Giosuè Carducci — Nobel Prize in Literature 1906

“not only in consideration of his deep learning and critical research, but above all as a tribute to the creative energy, freshness of style, and lyrical force which characterize his poetic masterpieces”

The Swedish Academy awarded Giosuè Carducci the 1906 Nobel Prize in Literature not only in consideration of his deep learning and critical research, but above all as a tribute to the creative energy, freshness of style, and lyrical force which characterize his poetic masterpieces.