Birth: 1901-08-20
, Módica
Death: 1968-06-14
, Nápoles
Salvatore Quasimodo was an Italian poet and translator, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1959. His work is characterized by lyrical and introspective language, exploring themes such as memory, nature, and the human condition in times of war and post-war. Quasimodo is seen as one of the exponents of Italian hermetic poetry.
