Eugenio Montale
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Eugenio Montale 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
Eugenio Montale
Italian literature
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Italian literature is written in the Italian language, particularly within Italy. It may also refer to literature written by Italians or in other languages spoken in Italy, often languages that are cl
Eugenio Montale
…allusions to Brandeis, here called Clizia (a senhal). Franco Fortini judged Montale's Ossi di seppia and Le occasioni the high-water mark of 20th century Italian poetry. T.S. Eliot, who shared Montale's admiration for Dante, was an important influence on his poetry at this time; in fact, the new poems of Eliot were…
Medieval and Renaissance Italian writers portrayed by Giorgio Vasari in Six Tuscan Poets (1544). From left to right: Cristoforo Landino, Marsilio Ficino, Francesco Petrarca, Giovanni Boccaccio, Dante Alighieri, and Guido Cavalcanti.
A depiction of Boethius teaching his students (1385). Boethius, a 6th century Christian philosopher, helped keep alive the classic tradition in post-Roman Italy.
Sordello from a 13th century manuscript
Jacobus de Voragine with the Golden Legend in his hand, fresco by Ottaviano Nelli, chapel of Palazzo Trinci, Foligno, Italy