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Giuseppe Ungaretti Quotes

1888–1970 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?

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

Of these houses
nothing is left
but a few scraps
of walls
Of so many
whose life I shared
not even that much
is left
But my heart carries
all their crosses
My heart's indeed
the most ravaged land.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Giuseppe Ungaretti (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.