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1959
Nobel Prize in Literature 1959

Salvatore Quasimodo

Italy

Salvatore Quasimodo received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1959, making them laureate number 54 since the prize was first awarded in 1901.

They are one of 6 laureates from Italy.

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