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Events on Saturday 12 September 1981 1
1896 – 1981Eugenio Montale (1896-1981)Died 12 September 1981, aged 84Italian poet Eugenio Montale, who won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature, died in Milan on 12 September 1981. He was one of the leading figures of twentieth-century Italian poetry, known for collections including Ossi di seppia. He had also worked as a journalist and translator.