bio notes:
born: 8/20/1901
died: 6/14/1968
born as: Salvatore Quasimodo
nationality: Italy

Italian poet, critic, and translator who was one of the leaders of the Hermetics--poets whose works were characterized by unorthodox structure, illogical sequences, and highly subjective language. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1959. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature