| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1958 |
| Number: | 2 - 2 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Salvatore Quasimodo |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1901 |
| Year, Death: | 1968 |
| Country: | ITALY (IT) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1959 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Carlo Bo |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1911 |
| Year, Death: | 2001 |
| Profession: | Professor of French literature |
| University: | University of Urbino |
| Country: | ITALY (IT) |