1896-1981. Italian poet and writer. His
pessimistic poetry, for which he was awarded
a Nobel prize in 1975, includes Ossi di
seppia/Cuttlefish bones 1925 and Le
Occasioni/Occasions 1939. In 1989 it was
revealed that much of his literary
journalism, such as his regular column in the
Corriere della Sera newspaper, was in fact
written by an American, Henry Frost.