Salvatore Quasimodo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Salvatore Quasimodo

Italian writer

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1901

Place of Birth: Modica, Sicily, Italy

Date of Death: 14-Jun-1968

Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet, translator, university teacher, journalist, literary critic, linguist

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Salvatore Quasimodo (Italian: [salva'to?re kwa'zi?modo]; August 20, 1901 – June 14, 1968) was a Sicilian novelist and poet.
In 1959 he won the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times".
Along with Giuseppe Ungaretti and Eugenio Montale, he is one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century.