Eugenio Montale
Eugenio Montale | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Senate of the Republic | |
| Life tenure 13 June 1967 – 12 September 1981 | |
| President | Giuseppe Saragat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 October 1896 Genoa, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 12 September 1981 (aged 84) Milan, Italy |
| Political party | Action Party (1945–1947) Independent (1963–1972; 1976–1977) Italian Liberal Party (1972–1976) Italian Republican Party (1977–1981) |
| Profession | Poet, writer, editor, translator, politician |
| Awards | 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature |
Eugenio Montale (Italian: [euˈdʒɛːnjo monˈtaːle]; 12 October 1896 – 12 September 1981) 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'.