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Montale

American  
[mawn-tah-le] / mɔnˈtɑ lɛ /

noun

  1. Eugenio 1896–1981, Italian poet: Nobel Prize 1975.


Montale British  
/ monˈtaːle /

noun

  1. Eugenio (euˈdʒɛːnjo). 1896–1981, Italian poet: Nobel prize for literature 1975

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Merini won two coveted Italian literary awards, the Librex Montale in 1993 and the Viareggio Prize for poetry in 1996.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2022

Unfortunately for those who don’t live in Southern Italy, like Montale did, or California, like Waters, lemon groves are few and far between.

From Washington Post • May 4, 2020

As a college student, Klobuchar got her first taste of working in a presidential administration as an intern for former Vice President Walter Montale under the Carter administration.

From Fox News • Feb. 19, 2020

He is the president and publisher of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, a trustee of Philips Exeter Academy and an acclaimed translator of the Italian poets Eugenio Montale and Giacomo Leopardi.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2012

Unlike Eliot, however, Montale has not trained his spirit to the lattice of traditional theology; his God is a rough diamond hewn from the igneous rock of experience.

From Time Magazine Archive

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