Modern Italian Poets
Here you can find a selection of various modern Italian poets
symbolism
Guido Gozzano (1883-1916)
Guido Gozzano was an Italian poet and writer. He was the prominent exponent of The Crepusculars, a group of Italian post-decadent poets inspired by French symbolists, whose works were a response to the modernization of the early 20th century.
Giovanni Pascoli (1855-1912)
Giovanni Pascoli was an Italian poet and an emblematic figure of nineteenth century Italian literature. Overall his work tend to mix the old classicist tradition – inherited from his teacher Giosuè Carducci -and the new themes of decadentism and symbolism, focusing on domestic life and nature, developing which he called poetica del fanciullino (poetics of …
Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1970)
Giuseppe Ungaretti was an Italian modernist poet and journalist, leading representative of the experimental trend known as Ermetismo (“Hermeticism”). He was one of the most prominent contributors to 20th century Italian literature, also influenced by symbolism and futurism. He served in World War I and during the interwar period he was a foreign-based correspondent for …
Khalil Gibran (1883-1931)
Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, also considered a philosopher, best known for his work The Prophet (1923), which is one of the best-selling books of all time.