Eugenio Montale - Nobel Prize in Literature, 1975 (2 books)

EUGENIO MONTALE (1896-1981) was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator.  He received the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions."

Montale is widely recognized as having brought the great Italian lyric tradition that began with Dante into the twentieth century with unrivaled power and brilliance.  He is a love poet whose deeply beautiful, individual work confronts the dilemmas of modern history, philosophy, and faith with courage and subtlety.  He has been widely translated into English and his work has influenced two generations of American and British poets.


The following books are in PDF format:

* Collected Poems, 1920-1954 (FSG, 1998).  Bilingual edition.  Translated and annotated by Jonathan Galassi.

* The Nobel Prize Lecture: Is Poetry Still Possible? (Nobel Foundation, 1975).

* Selected Poems (New Directions, 1965).  Bilingual edition.  Translated by Glauco Cambon et al.