Lia Purpura, Parasol Mushroom (detail), featured in AGNI 102

Little Testament

Translated from the Italian by Michael O’Brian
Published:

Eugenio Montale

Eugenio Montale (1896–1981) was a contemporary Italian poet. He published over eleven volumes of poetry, as well as four books of prose, and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975.

Michael O’Brian

Michael O’Brian’s most recent book, The Floor and the Breath, was published by Cairn Editions in 1994. (updated 1995)

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