Salvatore Quasimodo's Birth Card: The 6 of Clubs

In the record

Salvatore Quasimodo (Italian: [salvaˈtoːre kwaˈziːmodo]; 20 August 1901 – 14 June 1968) was an Italian poet and translator, awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times". The birth-card coordinate for August 20 is the 6 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1959 Literature prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1959 The Nobel Prize in Literature — for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times

The 6 of Clubs coordinate

Salvatore Quasimodo's birthday maps to the 6 of Clubs (The Nurturing Creator). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Salvatore Quasimodo. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You pass on what you know without disappearing behind the lesson.

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Salvatore Quasimodo in the public record

Along with Giuseppe Ungaretti and Eugenio Montale, he was one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century. Quasimodo was born in Modica, Sicily, into a Sicilian-Greek family. His paternal grandmother, Rosa (née Papandreou), was from Patras, Greece. Quasimodo integrated both of his ancestries in his works, in which he defined himself as a "Siculo-Greco" (lit. 'Sicilian-Greek'). In his biography for Elio Filippo Accrocca, he even sought to relocate his birthplace to Syracuse, the most notable city of Magna Graecia, instead of Modica, where he was actually born. Quasimodo spent his childhood in Roccalumera. In 1908 his family moved to Messina, as his father had been sent there to help the local population struck by a devastating earthquake. The impressions of the effects of natural forces would have a great impact on the young Quasimodo.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Salvatore Quasimodo (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 6 of Clubs

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Natural teaching and mentoring ability

Salvatore Quasimodo (Italian: [salvaˈtoːre kwaˈziːmodo]; 20 August 1901 – 14 June 1968) was an Italian poet and translator, awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times".

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: literature.

Also on the record

1. In 1919 he graduated from the local Technical College.
2. In Messina, he also made friends with Giorgio La Pira, future mayor of Florence.
3. Salvatore Quasimodo was introduced to the Scottish Rite Freemasonry by his father, who was a member of the Masonic Lodge "Arnaldo da Brescia".
4. The Grand Orient of Italy has recognized Quasimodo as one of his most notable brothers.

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• Hideki Shirakawa — 2000 Chemistry
• Joshua D. Angrist — 2021 Economic Sciences
• K. Barry Sharpless — 2001 Chemistry; 2022 Chemistry
• Martin L. Perl — 1995 Physics
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• 5 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is Salvatore Quasimodo's birth card?

The 6 of Clubs. August 20 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

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