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Di Giuseppe Ungaretti
Come questa pietra del S. Michele così fredda così dura così prosciugata così refrattaria così totalmente disanimata . Come questa pietra è il mio pianto che non si vede . La morte si sconta vivendo
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I am a being
By Giuseppe Ungaretti
Like this rock from St. Michele so cold so hard so drained so refractory so totally lifeless . Like this rock is my lament which goes unseen . Death is expiated by living
. Translation ©Matilda Colarossi
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Giuseppe Ungaretti was an Italian modernist poet, journalist, essayist, critic, academic, and winner of the 1970 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. He was a leading representative of what was known as Ermetismo (Hermeticism), and one of the most prominent contributors to 20th century Italian literature. He debuted as a poet while fighting in the trenches.
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