Nobel laureate
Salvatore Quasimodo — Nobel Prize in Literature 1959
“for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times”
Prize motivation
“for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times”
The Swedish Academy awarded Salvatore Quasimodo the 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times.
Other laureates of the 1950s
Sources & data
- Nobel Prize API (CC0).