Quasimodo
Salvador Quasimodo, first translation Quasimodo (1901 ~ 1968) QuasimodoSalvatore, Italian poet. In 1959, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature for "lyrical works full of classical passion that express the tragedy of modern life."
Chinese name: Quasimodo
Foreign name: Quasimodo Salvatore
Nationality: Italian
Date of birth: August 20, 1901 Japan
Occupation: Poet
Main achievements: Nobel Prize for Literature
Representative works: "Life is Not a Dream", "Promised Land", etc.
Life
Born in the small town of Modica, Sicily, and died in Naples on June 14, 1968. He has been passionate about poetry since he was a child, and published his essays at the age of 15. Later, due to family financial constraints, he dropped out of school to make a living and wandered around the world, but always insisted on creating. In 1929, he went to Florence and became a contributor to the progressive literary magazine Solaria. In 1930, the first collection of lyric poems "Water and Soil" was published. The memory of Sicily and the childhood spent in his hometown is the main theme that appears repeatedly in "Water and Earth" and the subsequently published poetry collections "The Lost Flute Sound", "Erato and Apollo" and "New Poems". In 1939, he was appointed professor of Italian literature at the Milan Conservatoire. The anti-fascist resistance movement had a clear influence on Quasimodo poetry. His lyric poetry incorporates the connotation of social poetry. The collection of poems "Day after Day" denounces the fascist atrocities of massacring innocent people and pays tribute to the soldiers who fought heroically against the fascist executioners. "Life is Not a Dream" and "Promised Land" express the poet's belief that life is not a dream, but an obligation, and express the poet's eager desire to breathe with the people, control their destiny, and actively participate in social life. He is artistically individual. Galloping rich and romantic imagination, using novel symbols, metaphors, and associations, directly appealing to people's senses, establishing an artistic image in the interweaving of dreams and reality, memories and realism. His language is condensed and clear, often combining the bright colors of painting and the beautiful melody of music. He also translated many classical literature and foreign literary masterpieces. In 1959, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature for "lyric works full of classical passion that express the tragedy of modern life"
Achievements
Italy has won the Nobel Prize since 1934, when Pirandello won the Nobel Prize. After winning the Bell Prize for Literature, for a quarter of a century, this country, which claims to have a long cultural tradition, has been left out in the cold for 25 years. Quasimodo's award was called "Renaissance" in another sense by the Italian people. The New York Times published an article written by Sir Pola, who called Quasimodo one of the few important poets who emerged during World War II. He resurrected the language of poetry in Italy. When Quasimodo learned that he had won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1959, he immediately made the following remarks to the press: "I know that because of my extremely special status in the field of European poetry, I am worried that I will be criticized. Strong opposition. My opponent, that is, the other candidates who competed, held all the trump cards, and I had to fight alone.” That being said, he is still very happy to be lucky enough to win this big award. Happy. He personally went to Stockholm to receive the award and gave a passionate speech of thanks in Italian. The next day, he gave an academic report entitled "Poetry and Politics" in Stockholm.