Eugenio Montale
Eugenio Montale was born in 1896 in Genoa, Italy.
Despite limited formal education due to ill health, he became a self-taught man.
Initially aspiring to be an opera singer, Montale instead became one of Italy's greatest 20th-century poets.
His summers spent near the Ligurian Riviera profoundly influenced his work.
Montale's distinctive poetry, known for interpreting human values with artistic sensitivity and a realistic outlook, earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975.
His work spans various phases of his life, reflecting the cities he lived in, the women he loved, and his evolving thoughts and melancholies.
