Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Umberto Saba
Born: March 9, 1883
Died: August 26, 1957 (aged 74)
Bio: Umberto Saba was an Italian poet and novelist, born Umberto Poli in the cosmopolitan Mediterranean port of Trieste when it was the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Known for:
- Il canzoniere (1921)
- Ernesto
- Songbook
- History and chronicle of the Songbook
- Scorciatoie e raccontini (1946)