Eugenio Montale

Eugenio Montale
Member of the Senate of the Republic
Life tenure
13 June 1967 – 12 September 1981
PresidentGiuseppe Saragat
Personal details
Born(1896-10-12)12 October 1896
Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Died12 September 1981(1981-09-12) (aged 84)
Milan, Italy
Political partyAction Party
(1945–1947)
Independent
(1963–1972; 1976–1977)
Italian Liberal Party
(1972–1976)
Italian Republican Party
(1977–1981)
ProfessionPoet, writer, editor, translator, politician
Awards1975 Nobel Prize in Literature

Eugenio Montale (Italian: [euˈdʒɛːnjo monˈtaːle]; 12 October 1896 – 12 September 1981) was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature and one of the finest literary figures of the 20th century.[1]

  1. ^ "Nobel Prize". Retrieved 15 October 2015.