(1888-1970) Italian poet. His spare, lyrical poems, employing experimental verse forms and complex imagery, made him the principal figure of the “hermetic” school of Italian poetry (from ermetico “obscure”). His works include Allegria di naufragi/The Joy of Shipwrecks 1919, Sentimento del tempo/The Sense of Time 1933, and Il dolore/Grief 1947.