biography
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Quasimodo, Salvatore
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pronunciation:
[kwazeemohdoh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1901–68)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in Syracuse, Sicily, S Italy. He studied at Palermo and Rome, became an engineer, then turned to writing, becoming professor of literature in Milan. His early work was Symbolist in character, as in Ed è subito sera (1942, And Suddenly It's Evening), and he became a leader of the ‘hermetic’ poets. After World War 2 his poetry dealt largely with social issues and a deep concern with the fate of Italy, as in La vita non è sogno (1949, Life is not a Dream). |
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