Giosue Carducci
Italian poet who was the first Italian Nobel laureate (1906) and the most important Italian poet of the second half of the nineteenth century. His Odi Barbare adapted classical Greek meters to Italian.
Works
- RimeLyric verses of classical form celebrating Italian history
- JuveniliaEarly youthful poems of romantic and classical inspiration
- Levia GraviaCollection balancing serious and light poetic treatments
- Odi BarbareBarbarous odes reviving classical meters in modern verse
- Rime NuoveNew poems of mature reflection and classical restraint