Giosuè Carducci
Italian poet
Died when: 71 years 204 days (858 months)Star Sign: Leo
Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci (Italian: [d?ozu'? kkar'dutt?i]; 27 July 1835 – 16 February 1907) was an Italian poet, writer, literary critic and teacher.
He was very noticeably influential, and was regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy.In 1906, he became the first Italian to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Excerpt from the Swedish Academy's motivation: "[...] not only in consideration of his deep learning and critical research, but above all as a tribute to the creative energy, freshness of style, and lyrical force which characterize his poetic masterpieces".
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