Born in Modica, Sicily, Salvatore Quasimodo graduated in classical literature. He began his poetic career with symbolist influences, but evolved towards more engaged and socially conscious poetry, especially after World War II. He translated works by poets such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Shakespeare into Italian. His poetry is marked by musicality, precision of language, and the ability to evoke powerful images. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1959 for his poetic work, which 'with artistic flame, expressed the human life, suffering, under the sun of his country'. He passed away in 1968.