Alfonso Gatto

Alfonso Gatto
black-and-white photograph of Gatto dressed in a suit sitting on a bench and resting the side of his head on a hand while looking at the camera
Gatto in January 1975
Born(1909-07-17)17 July 1909
Salerno, Italy
Died8 March 1976(1976-03-08) (aged 66)
Orbetello, Italy
Occupation
NationalityItalian
Period1932–1974
Genre
  • Poetry
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • essay
Subject
Literary movementHermeticism (poetry)
Notable awardsBagutta Prize (1955), Viareggio Prize (1966)
SpouseJole

Alfonso Gatto (17 July 1909 – 8 March 1976) was an Italian writer. Along with Giuseppe Ungaretti he is one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century and a major exponent of hermetic poetry.