[kwah-suh-moh-doh, -zuh-moh-; It. kwah-zee-maw-daw] 
| Sal⋅va⋅to⋅re [sahl-vah-taw-re] , 1901–68, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1959. |
| Qua·si·mo·do (kwä'zē-mō'dō) Italian poet whose early nostalgic works contrast with his later socially concerned poetry. He won the 1959 Nobel Prize for literature. |
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