Giuseppe Ungaretti

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Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888–1970) was an Italian poet, born in Alexandria, Egypt; a central figure of Italian hermeticism whose wartime experiences informed his terse, fragmentary verse.

Born in Alexandria, Egypt (1888) and died 1970. Major 20th-century Italian poet associated with hermeticism; served in World War I; notable collections include Il Porto Sepolto and L'Allegria.

Reviews emphasise Ungaretti's terse, essential language — few words with deep resonance. Recurring themes: war, exile, silence and the fragmentary nature of memory. Readers praise the poems' concentrated emotional force and hermetic density.

For:students, readers of modernist poetry, scholars and fans of Italian hermeticism

Few words stripped of any virtuosity.
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When I find in this my silence a word, it is carved into my life like an abyss
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Si sta come d'autunno sugli alberi le foglie
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