Maria Luisa Spaziani

Maria Luisa Spaziani (born 1924) is an Italian poetess.

Spaziani has been nominated twice for the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Spaziani and Eugenio Montale

In the 1950s Spaziani had an affair with the poet Eugenio Montale, and was the inspiration for the character la Volpe ("the Fox") in his poetry. Montale's poem "Da un lago svizzera" is an anacrostic forming Maria Luisa Spaziani.

Spaziani is president of the Centro internazionale Eugenio Montale, which confers the Premio Montale, a literary prize.

List of Works