Giosuè Carducci

thumb|Giosuè Carducci circa 1900 Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci (27 July 1835 – 16 February 1907) was an Italian poet, writer, literary critic and teacher. He was very noticeably influential, and was regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy. In 1906 he became the first Italian to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Quotes Il Parlamento (1879) Il sole / ridea calando dietro il Resegone The sun laughed as it set behind the Resegone Hymn to Satan (1865) Inno a Satana To thee of All Being /A te, de l’essere The First Cause immense /Principio immenso, Of matter and spirit, /Materia e spirito, Of reason and sense /Ragione e senso; Whilst in the full goblet /Mentre ne’ calici Shall sparkle the wine, /Il vin scintilla So bright the pupil /Si’come l’anima The souls of men shine, /Ne la pupilla Whilst earth still is smiling, /Mentre sorridono And the sun smiles above, /La terra e il sole And men are exchanging /E si ricambiano Their sweet words of love, /D’amor parole Thrills mystic of Hymen /E corre un fremito Through high mountains course, /D’imene arcano And broad plains are heaving /Da’ monti e palpita With life's fertile force, /Fecondo il piano; On thee in verse daring, /A te disfrenasi From tight rein released, /Il verso ardito, On thee I call, Satan, /Te invoco, o Satana The King of the feast. /Re del convito -lines 1-20 (as Printed by the Nobel Prize Library) External Links Category:Poets from Italy Category:Translators from Italy Category:Literary critics Category:Educators from Italy Category:Atheists Category:Freemasons Category:1835 births Category:1907 deaths Category:Nobel laureates in Literature Category:People from Tuscany Category:Nobel laureates from Italy