Modern Italian Poets
Here you can find a selection of various modern Italian poets
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Elio Pecora (b. 1936)
Elio Pecora is an Italian poet and writer, also editor of the magazine “Poeti e Poesia”. His works explore contemporary topics, as the loneliness of man and his relationship with nature.
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.
Eugenio Montale (1896-1981)
Eugenio Montale was an Italian poet (from Genoa), also writer, editor and translator. He had received honorary degrees from several universities and had been appointed in the Italian Senate.He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975. His poetry explores solitude, nature and the “little” and “insignificant” things, using the concept of the objective correlative.
Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
Langston Hughes was an American poet, writer and social activist. He was one of the earliest innovators of jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.