The Nobel Prize in Literature 1975
Awarded on: 1975-10-23
"for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions"
Eugenio Montale
Born: 1896-10-12 in Genoa, Italy
Gender: male
Field: Italian writer (1896–1981)
Biography
Eugenio Montale was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator. In 1975, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 'for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions'.