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Salvatore Quasimodo
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Salvatore Quasimodo was an Italian writer who lived from 1901 to 1968 and is recognized as a significant figure in twentieth-century literature. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1959, making him one of Italy's most celebrated literary voices of his era.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Literature1959
“for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times”
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Salvatore
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Modica
- Place of death
- Naples
- Spouse
- Maria Cumani Quasimodo
- Occupation
- critic
- Employer
- Sapienza University of Rome
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Movement
- hermeticism
- Official website
- salvatorequasimodo.it
- Image
- Salvatore Quasimodo 1959.jpg
- Work location
- Rome
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- Salvatore Quasimodo
- date of birth
- 1901-08-20
- date of death
- 1968-06-14
- cause of death
- cerebral hemorrhage
- place of burial
- monumental cemetery of Milan
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- name in native language
- Salvatore Quasimodo
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- Quasimodo
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Encyclopedic overview
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". Along with Giuseppe Ungaretti and Eugenio Montale, he was one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century.
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