Eugenio Montale
October 12, 1896 –September 12, 1981
Poet, Journalist, Translator, Politician, Librarian, Prose writer
Lived 84 years
- Born in
- Genoa
- Passed away in
- Milan
Eugenio Montale (Italian: [euˈdʒɛːnjo monˈtaːle]; 12 October 1896 – 12 September 1981) was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator. In 1975, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions."
Notable works: Ossi di seppia, Le occasioni, La bufera e altro, Satura, Xenia, Dinard butterfly, Auto da fé Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature, Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Golden Wreath, honorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Feltrinelli Prize
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