Eugenio Montale
Eugenio Montale Montale Born (1896-10-12)October 12, 1896 Genoa, Italy Died September 12, 1981(1981-09-12) (aged 84) Milan, Italy Occupation Poet, prose writer, editor, translator Notable awards Nobel Prize in Literature 1975 Eugenio Montale (Italian: [euˈdʒɛnjo monˈtale]; 12 October 1896 – 12 September 1981) was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, and recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is widely considered the greatest Italian lyric poet since Giacomo Leopardi. In 1973 he was awarded the Golden Wreath of the Struga Poetry Evenings in Struga, Macedonia.