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Giuseppe Ungaretti
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Giuseppe Ungaretti was an Italian poet, translator, journalist, and essayist born in Alexandria in 1888. He worked in the field of Italian literature and wrote in French and Italian. His notable works include *Il povero nella città*, *Una costellazione plurilingue*, *I poeti scelti*, *Selected poems*, and *Sentimento del tempo*. He was educated at the University of Paris and served as a professor at the University of São Paulo and Sapienza University of Rome.
Ungaretti participated in World War I and was a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. He received the Neustadt International Prize for Literature and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He spoke Italian, English, French, and Spanish. Ungaretti died of bronchopneumonia in Milan in 1970 and is buried at Campo Verano. He had three children and taught Raffaello Brignetti.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1888
- Died
- 1970
- Works
- 150
Top works
- Il povero nella città
- Una costellazione plurilingue
- I poeti scelti
- Selected poems
- Sentimento del tempo
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1888-02-08 ) 8 February 1888, Alexandria , Khedivate of Egypt
- Died
- 2 June 1970 (1970-06-02) (aged 82), Milan , Italy
- Occupation
- Poet journalist essayist academic civil servant
- Nationality
- Italian
- Period
- 1912–1970
- Genre
- lyric poetry , free verse
- Subject
- literary criticism
- Literary movement
- Symbolism , Futurism , Dada , Hermeticism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Giuseppe
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Alexandria
- Place of death
- Milan
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Employer
- Sapienza University of Rome
- Political party
- National Fascist Party
- Languages spoken
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Native language
- Italian
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Field of work
- Italian literature
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- Royal Italian Army
- Military rank
- Corporal
- Image
- Photo Portrait of the Italian poet and writer Giuseppe Ungaretti aboard the ship Cristoforo Colombo 1964 - Touring Club Italiano 11 5598.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- São Paulo
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- Commons category
- Giuseppe Ungaretti
- date of birth
- 1888-02-10
- date of death
- 1970-06-02
- place of burial
- Campo Verano
- cause of death
- bronchopneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- writing language
- French
- name in native language
- Giuseppe Ungaretti
- ethnic group
- Italians
- handedness
- right-handedness
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Encyclopedic overview
Giuseppe Ungaretti ( Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe uŋɡaˈretti]; 8 February 1888 – 2 June 1970) was an Italian modernist poet, journalist, essayist, critic, academic, and recipient of the inaugural 1970 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. A leading representative of the experimental trend known as Ermetismo ("Hermeticism"), he was one of the most prominent contributors to 20th-century Italian literature. Influenced by symbolism, he was briefly aligned with futurism. Like many futurists, he took an irredentist position during World War I. Ungaretti debuted as a poet while fighting in the trenches, publishing one of his best-known pieces, L'allegria ("The Joy").
During the interwar period, Ungaretti worked as a journalist with Benito Mussolini (whom he met during his socialist accession), as well as a foreign-based correspondent for Il Popolo d'Italia and Gazzetta del Popolo. While briefly associated with the Dadaists, he developed Hermeticism as a personal take on poetry. After spending several years in Brazil, he returned home during World War II, and was assigned a teaching post at the University of Rome, where he spent the final decades of his life and career.
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