Giuseppe Ungaretti

Giuseppe Ungaretti 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. Influenced by symbolism, he was briefly aligned with futurism. Like many futurists, he took an irredentist position during World War I. Ungaretti debuted as a poet while fighting in the trenches, publishing one of his best-known pieces, L'allegria.

10 February 1888

Born on the same birth day (10 February): Henry Paul • John Suckling (poet) • Lenny Dykstra • Luis Madrigal • Melissa Doyle • Mike Ribeiro • Nigel Olsson • Reinhold Yabo • Roberta Flack • Selçuk İnan • Thomas Platter

Born in the same month (February 1888): Chandrashekhar Agashe • Clemence Dane • Edith Evans • Georges Bernanos • Georgios Papandreou • John Foster Dulles • John Warren Davis (college president) • José Eustasio Rivera • Lotte Lehmann • Otto Stern • Owen Brewster • Roberto Assagioli • Ronald Knox • Stephen McKenna (novelist)