Ungaretti
born in 1888 in Alexandria, because the father worked in the Suez Canal, and here spent his early youth.
Important will be the memories of this period: deserts, mirages, Bedouins, etc.. That will give you the inspiration for many of his compositions.
A second phase of his life include his years in France between 1912 and the first world war.
In Paris, the poet comes into contact with leaders of the avant-garde art and culture, among them Picasso.
The third phase coincides with the experience live in the First World War where he participated as a soldier, refusing a highest office, had been a heated interventionist.
The trench warfare, however, not time for some great action, because it has a very drab daily reality: hunger, cold and dirt, as well as the anguish of death constantly lurks.
All this adds awareness of the futility of the conflict and atrocities. During the war
born the following collections of poetry: "The Buried Port", "Joy of Shipwrecks"
In 1936 he moved to Brazil, where he taught Italian literature at the University of S. Paul, here is marked by a bereavement for the death of his son Antonietto, 9 years old.
Back in Italy in 1940 and teaches at the University of Rome. It is already considered an undisputed master of great international reputation. He died in Milan in 1970.
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