This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul.


Eugenio Montale

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Eugenio Montale - born in Genoa in 1896, died in Milan, 1981 - is one of the twentieth-century Europ...
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