Salvatore Quasimodo

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Salvatore Quasimodo
Born	(1901-08-20)20 August 1901 Modica, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy
Died	14 June 1968(1968-06-14) (aged 66) Naples, Italy
Resting place	Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Italy
Occupation	Author
Literary movement	Hermeticism
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Literature 1959

Salvatore Quasimodo (Italian: [salvaˈtoːre kwaˈziːmodo]; 20 August 1901 – 14 June 1968) was an Italian poet and translator, awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times".^[1] Along with Giuseppe Ungaretti and Eugenio Montale, he was one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century.