Quasimodo, Salvatore
Born: Aug 20, 1901 AD
Died: 1968 AD, at 66 years of age.
Nationality: Italian
Categories: Critics, Poets
Died: 1968 AD, at 66 years of age.
Nationality: Italian
Categories: Critics, Poets
1901 - Born in Modica, Sicily on the 20th of August.
1917 - Quasimodo founded the short-lived Nuovo giornale letterario, on which he published his first poems.
1919 - He graduated in the local Technical College. In Messina he also make friends with Giorgio La Pira, future mayor of Florence.
1919 - He moved to Rome to finish his engineering studies, but his poor economical conditions forced him to find a work as technical drawer.
1929 - Invited by Elio Vittorini, who had married Quasimodo's sister, he moved to Florence.
1930 - He was received from Italy's Civil Engineering Corps a job in Reggio Calabria.
1931 - He was transferred to Imperia and then to Genoa.
1932 - He published with them a new collection, Oboe sommerso.
1934 - Quasimodo moved to Milan.
1938 - He devoted himself entirely to writing, working with Cesare Zavattini and for Letteratura, official review of the Hermetic movement.
- He published Poesie, followed the translations of Lirici Greci.
1946 - He publisher another collection, Giorno dopo giorno.
1950-1958 - Quasimodo won the following awards, Premio San Babila, Premio Etna-Taormina, Premio Viareggio.
1959 - The Nobel Prize for Literature.
1967 - He received honoris causa degrees from the Universities of Messina and Oxford, respectively.
1968 - Died on the 14th of June.
1917 - Quasimodo founded the short-lived Nuovo giornale letterario, on which he published his first poems.
1919 - He graduated in the local Technical College. In Messina he also make friends with Giorgio La Pira, future mayor of Florence.
1919 - He moved to Rome to finish his engineering studies, but his poor economical conditions forced him to find a work as technical drawer.
1929 - Invited by Elio Vittorini, who had married Quasimodo's sister, he moved to Florence.
1930 - He was received from Italy's Civil Engineering Corps a job in Reggio Calabria.
1931 - He was transferred to Imperia and then to Genoa.
1932 - He published with them a new collection, Oboe sommerso.
1934 - Quasimodo moved to Milan.
1938 - He devoted himself entirely to writing, working with Cesare Zavattini and for Letteratura, official review of the Hermetic movement.
- He published Poesie, followed the translations of Lirici Greci.
1946 - He publisher another collection, Giorno dopo giorno.
1950-1958 - Quasimodo won the following awards, Premio San Babila, Premio Etna-Taormina, Premio Viareggio.
1959 - The Nobel Prize for Literature.
1967 - He received honoris causa degrees from the Universities of Messina and Oxford, respectively.
1968 - Died on the 14th of June.
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