Salvatore Quasimodo
Sicilian-Greek poet of classical fire and tragic experience
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Salvatore Quasimodo was an Italian poet and translator who won the 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature.[1][2]
Life and work
He called himself a "Siculo-Greco" and integrated both ancestries into his works.[3] He once tried to claim his birthplace was Syracuse instead of Modica.[3] He began a fruitful collaboration with Circoli and published the collection Oboe sommerso in 1932.[4] Quasimodo's ancestry was Sicilian-Greek; his father's mother, Rosa, originated from Patras, Greece.[3]
A transfer in 1931 took Quasimodo to Imperia and later Genoa; there he became acquainted with Camillo Sbarbaro and other figures from the Circoli magazine.[4]
What the cited sources add
The Nobel Foundation archive confirms Quasimodo received the 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature for his lyrical poetry.[2] The Giordano Bruno Masonic Lodge account states he was initiated on 31 March 1922 at age 21.[5] The same source notes his father had already been a member of the "Arnaldo da Brescia" lodge.[5] The Grand Orient of Italy lists Quasimodo among notable literary figures including Ugo Foscolo and Giovanni Pascoli.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Salvatore Quasimodo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Nobelprize.org" (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Nobelprize.org". facts only, no text reused. nobelprize.org
- Wikipedia, "Salvatore Quasimodo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Moritz, "Current Biography Yearbook, 1960", H. W. Wilson Company, 1961, p. 325; Liberti, "Mediterraneo dissonante. La Grecia contemporanea di Salvatore Quasimodo", Italica, 2017, p. 514–531; Liberti, "Mediterraneo dissonante. La Grecia contemporanea di Salvatore Quasimodo", Italica, 2017, p. 514–531; Ioli, Giovanna (2002). La Sicilia spiega il mondo: la parola di un siculo greco. In: Salvatore Quasimodo nel vento del Mediterraneo: atti del Convegno internazi; Primo, Novella (2012). "Figure della memoria (e memorie di traduzione) nel en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Salvatore Quasimodo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Biografy", Messina Province, August 2025 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Man of our century", Giordano Bruno Masonic Lodge. facts only, no text reused. loggiagiordanobruno.com
- "Massoni e padri d'Italia, ecco gli elenchi. Dei vip", Grand Orient of Italy, 4 February 2017. facts only, no text reused. grandeoriente.it
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