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Giosuè Carducci
1835–1907
A towering voice in Italian poetry, he helped shape the literary identity of modern Italy and became the first Italian writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. His work blends classical form, patriotic feeling, and a strong public voice that made him one of his era's best-known poets.
4 Audiobooks
Da un carteggio inedito
by Giosuè Carducci
Poems of Giosuè Carducci, Translated with two introductory essays: I. Giosuè Carducci and the Hellenic reaction in Italy. II. Carducci and the classic realism
by Giosuè Carducci
Conversazioni critiche
by Giosuè Carducci
Pagine di storia letteraria
by Giosuè Carducci
About the author
Born in Tuscany in 1835, Giosuè Carducci became one of the central figures of 19th-century Italian literature. He was a poet, critic, and teacher, and for many readers he came to represent the cultural energy of a newly unified Italy.
Carducci taught Italian literature at the University of Bologna and built a reputation not only through his poems but also through his scholarship and literary criticism. He admired the strength and balance of classical writing, and that influence can be felt in the discipline, grandeur, and musical force of his verse.
In 1906 he became the first Italian to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in Bologna in 1907, but his work remained deeply influential, especially for readers interested in the meeting of poetry, history, and national life.