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Giuseppe Ungaretti Quotes

poet, writer, translater, journalist and academic from Italy

Giuseppe Ungaretti (8 February 1888 – 2 June 1970) was an Italian modernist poet, journalist, essayist, critic, academic, and recipient of the inaugural 1970 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. A leading representative of the experimental trend known as Ermetismo ("Hermeticism"), he was one of the most prominent contributors to 20th century Italian literature.

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Closed between mortal things (Even the starry sky will end)
Why do I crave God?

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Chiuso fra cose mortali
(Anche il cielo stellato finirà)
Perché bramo Dio?

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True love is like a lighted window in a dark night.
True love is a burning stillness.

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