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An exact poetic duplication of a man is for the poet a negation of the earth, an impossibility of being, even though his greatest desire is to speak to many men, to unite with them by means of harmonious verses about the truths of the mind or of things.

Salvatore Quasimodo

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Salvatore Quasimodo
Age: 66 †
Born: 1901
Born: August 20
Died: 1968
Died: June 14
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