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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Literature (114) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1970s (104) 1975 (12) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1890s (65) 1896 (6) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, southern (30) Italy (19) Genoa (2) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1980s (66) 1981 (7) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, southern (27) Italy (14) Milan (3) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) E (55) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) M (84) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 80 - 89 (56) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (123) Media and Communication Workers (117) Writers and Editors (101) Writers and Authors (101) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Europe (33) Europe, southern (20) Italy (20) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, southern (30) Italy (18) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards E-F (439) F (394) Feltrinelli Prize (5) G-H (389) G (254) Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (4) K-L (297) K (173) Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (11) complete name: Eugenio Montale nobel prize: literature award year: 1975 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1975 was awarded to Eugenio Montale "for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Eugenio family name: Montale occupation: writer occupation: poet occupation: politician occupation: translator occupation: journalist description: Eugenio Montale was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, and recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is widely considered the greatest Italian lyric poet since Giacomo Leopardi. In 1973 he was awarded the Golden Wreath of the Struga Poetry Evenings in Struga, Macedonia. pronunciation: (Italian: [euˈdʒɛnjo monˈtale]) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1975. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1975/summary/> date birth: 1896 date death: 1981 usual name: Eugenio Montale