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| Name: |
Salvatore Quasimodo | | Birth Date: |
August 20, 1901 | | Death Date: |
1968 | | Place of Birth: |
Modica, Sicily | | Nationality: |
Italian | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
poet, critic |
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 Biography of Salvatore Quasimodo
628 words, approx. 2 pages
 The Italian poet, translator, and critic Salvatore Quasimodo (1901-1968) was one of the chief exponents of Italian hermetic poetry. Salvatore Quasimodo was born on Aug. 20, 1901, in Modica, Sicily, where his father was a stationmaster with the Italian... summary from source:
 Biography of Salvatore Quasimodo
6,325 words, approx. 21 pages
 Born on 20 August 1901 in Modica, near Siracusa, Sicily, to Gaetano Quasimodo, a station master, and his wife, Clotilde Ragusa, Salvatore Quasimodo, the 1959 Nobel Prize winner for literature, followed irregular studies: elementary school in Gela, in... 
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 Salvatore Quasimodo Information
1,271 words, approx. 4 pages
Salvatore Quasimodo (August 20, 1901 - June 14, 1968) was an Italian author. In 1959, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times." Along with Giuseppe...
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The Independent - London Quasimodo on the couch
07/11/1996: 1,065 words, approx. 4 pages The technical credits for Disney's new animated feature are like the census of a small country. The list goes on and on, of Compositors, In-Betweeners, Colour Stylist Trainees, and it would be nice to report that these myriad artisans have collaborated on a cathedral...
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 Critical Essay by Frederic J. Jones
20,948 words, approx. 70 pages
In the following essay, Jones traces the development of Quasimodo as first a hermetic and later a more socially engaged poet. Examining Quasimodo's oeuvre from Acque et terre (1930) through Dare e avare, the author finds that Quasimodo's lyrical aesthetic style and overarching humanism contribute to his importance in twentieth century poetry, and that Quasimodo's work is at his most powerful when his imagery is least idiosyncratic.
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Critical Essay by Ernesto Livorni
10,515 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Livorni makes connections between Quasimodo's translation of Homer's Odyssey, particularly the trope of exile, and the hermetic poetry of his first three collections, Acque e terre, Òboe sommerso and Erato e Apollion, arguing that Homer's theme of nóstos not only influenced the narrative style and thematic imagery of hermeticism but that the metaphor of the island actually supports the principles of Quasimodo's inward-looking hermetic poetry... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Gregory Hays
5,506 words, approx. 18 pages
In the following essay, Hays addresses the striking originality of Quasimodo's translations of Sappho and Catallus in Lirici Greci, compares Quasimodo's translations to that of Foscolo and Pascoli, and examines the influence of Leopardi's translations on both Quasimodo's translations and original poetry.
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