The Nobel Prize in Literature 1906

Giosuè Carducci

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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1906 was awarded to Giosuè Carducci "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."

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