Umberto Saba, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Umberto Saba

Italian poet and novelist

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1883

Place of Birth: Trieste, Friuli–Venezia Giulia

Date of Death: 26-Aug-1957

Profession: writer, poet, journalist, essayist

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Umberto Saba (9 March 1883 – 26 August 1957) was an Italian poet and novelist, born Umberto Poli in the cosmopolitan Mediterranean port of Trieste when it was the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Poli assumed the nom de plume "Saba" in 1910, and his name was officially changed to Umberto Saba in 1928.
From 1919 he was the proprietor of an antiquarian bookshop in Trieste.
He suffered from depression for all of his adult life.