Modern Italian Poets
Here you can find a selection of various modern Italian poets
Hermeticism
Camillo Sbarbaro (1888-1967)
Camillo Sbarbaro was an Italian (from Liguria) poet, wrier and translator. He was close to Eugenio Montale. Sbarbaro was an exponent of Crepuscolarismo (twilight school) and experimented with a form of prose poetry that he called trucioli (shavings). Some of his first poems were written in the trenches during World War I.
Leonardo Sinisgalli (1908-1981)
Leonardo Sinisgalli was an Italian poet and art critic. His early education and careers led to him being called the “engineer poet”: he studied engineering and mathematics, and worked as an architect and graphic artist. Sinisgalli focused on themes from ancestral southern Italian myths and from existentialism and realism. He was a close friend of the …
Alfonso Gatto (1909-1976)
Alfonso Gatto was one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century and a major exponent of hermetic poetry. His language is rarefied and allusive. Nature and love are his main themes.
Mario Luzi (1914-2005)
Mario Luzi was an Italian poet. He was a prominent member of Hermeticism. His main themes are disquiet, conflict, search for identity and meaning of life in lonely, windy and harsh landscapes.
Vittorio Sereni (1913-1983)
Vittorio Sereni was an Italian poet, editor and translator. He was drafted into the Italian Army during World War II. His poetry frequently addressed the themes of Italian history and life in 20th century, such as Fascism and postwar era.