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Eugenio Montale, recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Genoa, Italy. He was the youngest of five children born to Domenico and Giuseppina Montale. His father ran an import business. During World War I he served as an infantry officer. He later wrote for the Italian daily newspaper CORRIERE DELLA SERA.
Montale wrote poetry, prose, and translated works. His first volume of poetry OSSI DI SEPPIA (BONES OF THE CUTTLEFISH) was published in 1925. He was a cofounder of the hermeneutic school of poetry in Italy.
Eugenio Montale died in Milan of a heart ailment in 1981.
CHRONOLOGY
1896 He was born in Genoa, Italy. (October 12)
1925 OSSI DI SEPPIA (BONES OF THE CUTTLEFISH)
1927 He moved to Florence.
1928 He was appointed director of the Gabinetto Viesseux research library.
1932 LA CASA DEI DOGANIERI E ALTRE POESIE
1938 He was dismissed as director for refusing to join the Fascist Party.
1939 OCCASIONI (THE OCCASIONS)
1943 FINISTERRE (LAND'S END)
1956 LA BUFERA E ALTRO (THE STORM AND OTHER THINGS); LA FARFALLA DI DINARD (THE BUTTERFLY OF DINARD); POEMS FROM EUGENIO MONTALE
1962 SATURA; ACCORDI E PASTELLI (HARMONY AND PASTELS)
1964 POESIE/POEMS
1965 SELECTED POEMS OF EUGENIO MONTALE
1966 IL COLPEVOLE (THE OFFENDER); AUTO DA FE; ZENIA
1967 He became member-for-life of the Italian Senate.
1970 PROVISIONAL CONCLUSIONS
1973 DIARIO DEL '71 E DEL '72; MOTTETTI
1975 He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1976 NEW POEMS; POET IN OUR TIME
1977 QUADERNO NI QUATTRO ANNI
1981 He died in Milan. (September 12)
1982 THE SECOND LIFE OF ART
1984 OTHERWISE: LAST AND FIRST POEMS OF EUGENIO MONTALE
1990 MOTTETTI: POEMS OF LOVE
1994 CUTTLEFISH BONES
1998 COLLECTED POEMS 1920-1954
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