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Giuseppe Ungaretti

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Giuseppe Ungaretti


Born
in Alexandria, Egypt
February 08, 1888

Died
June 02, 1970

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Giuseppe Ungaretti was an Italian modernist poet, journalist, essayist, critic and academic. A leading representative of the experimental trend known as ermetismo, 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 was a collaborator of Benito Mussolini (whom he met during his socialist accession), as well as a foreign-based correspondent for Il Popolo d'Italia and La Gazzetta del Popolo. While briefly associated with
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Vita d'un uomo - Tutte le p...

4.43 avg rating — 973 ratings — published 1966 — 12 editions
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L'allegria

4.33 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 1931 — 17 editions
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Vita di un uomo. 106 poesie...

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Selected Poems

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4.21 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 1971 — 14 editions
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Il porto sepolto

4.37 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 1916 — 5 editions
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Sentimento del tempo

4.21 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1933 — 12 editions
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Poesie

4.19 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions
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Vita di un uomo: Il dolore ...

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37 poesie

3.91 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1996
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Ungaretti. Vita poetica ope...

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Vita d'un Uomo - Poesie I: ... Vita dÕun uomo. Poesie. II.... Vita di un uomo III Poesie ... Vita di un uomo: Il dolore ... Vita d'un uomo. Poesie V. L...
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“LA MADRE

E il cuore quando d'un ultimo battito
avrà fatto cadere il muro d'ombra
per condurmi, Madre, sino al Signore,
come una volta mi darai la mano.

In ginocchio, decisa,
Sarai una statua davanti all'eterno,
come già ti vedeva
quando eri ancora in vita.

Alzerai tremante le vecchie braccia,
come quando spirasti
dicendo: Mio Dio, eccomi.

E solo quando m'avrà perdonato,
ti verrà desiderio di guardarmi.

Ricorderai d'avermi atteso tanto,
e avrai negli occhi un rapido sospiro.”
Giuseppe Ungaretti, Sentimento del tempo

“With my wolf's hunger
I haul my lamb's body
down like a sail

I am like
the wretched boat
and the lascivious sea”
Giuseppe Ungaretti, Selected Poems

“Let me be
like
a thing
left
in a
corner

and forgotten”
Giuseppe Ungaretti, Selected Poems

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