The 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Italian poet Salvatore Quasimodo "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times" He i
"for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times."
The Nobel committee proposed that the 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature should be awarded to the Danish author Karen Blixen.
Salvatore Quasimodo
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Salvatore Quasimodo 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
1959 Nobel Prize in Literature
…The 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Italian poet Salvatore Quasimodo (1901–1968) "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times" He is the fourth Italian…
Salvatore Quasimodo 1959
Quasimodo's grave at the Cimitero Monumentale in Milan in 2015
Quasimodo in 1958