Eugenio Montale

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Senator for life Eugenio Montale
Member of the Senate of the Republic
Life tenure 13 June 1967 – 12 September 1981
President	Giuseppe Saragat
Personal details
Born	(1896-10-12)12 October 1896 Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Died	12 September 1981(1981-09-12) (aged 84) Milan, Italy
Political party	Action Party (1945–1947) Independent (1963–1972; 1976–1977) Italian Liberal Party (1972–1976) Italian Republican Party (1977–1981)
Profession	Poet, writer, editor, translator, politician
Awards	1975 Nobel Prize in Literature

Eugenio Montale (Italian: [euˈdʒɛːnjo monˈtaːle]; 12 October 1896 – 12 September 1981) was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, and recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature.^[1]