Ossi di seppia
Montale's debut collection and the essential starting point for his poetry.
Author guide
Eugenio Montale Books in Order
Eugenio Montale was a central figure of twentieth-century Italian literature. His poetry, marked by skepticism, compressed imagery, and later colloquial irony, includes Ossi di seppia, Le occasioni, La bufera e altro, Satura, Diario del '71 e del '72, and Quaderno di quattro anni. He also published prose, literary and cultural criticism, journalism, travel writing, diaries, correspondence, and posthumous writings. He worked for the Corriere della Sera and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975.
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Le occasioni
A canonical mature collection and a strong entry point to Montale's central poetic style.
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Books by series
bibliographic sequence · complete
Poetry collections and chapbooks
Chronological sequence of Montale's separately published poetry collections, shorter poetry books, and posthumous poetry collections.
- 1 Ossi di seppiaAmazon ↗
Book 1 · poetry_collection · 1925
- 2 La casa dei doganieri e altri versiAmazon ↗
Book 2 · poetry_collection · 1932
- 3 PoesieAmazon ↗
Book 3 · poetry_collection · 1938
- 4 Le occasioniAmazon ↗
Book 4 · poetry_collection · 1939
- 5 Finisterre. Versi del 1940-42Amazon ↗
Book 5 · poetry_collection · 1943
- 6 La bufera e altroAmazon ↗
Book 6 · poetry_collection · 1956
- 7 SaturaAmazon ↗
Book 7 · poetry_collection · 1962
- 8 Accordi e pastelliAmazon ↗
Book 8 · poetry_collection · 1962
- 9 Xenia. 1964-1966Amazon ↗
Book 9 · poetry_collection · 1966
- 10 Diario del '71Amazon ↗
Book 10 · poetry_collection · 1971
- 11 Satura. 1962-1970Amazon ↗
Book 11 · poetry_collection · 1971
- 12 Diario del '71 e del '72Amazon ↗
Book 12 · poetry_collection · 1973
- 13 Otto poesieAmazon ↗
Book 13 · poetry_collection · 1975
- 14 Quaderno di quattro anniAmazon ↗
Book 14 · poetry_collection · 1977
- 15 Altri versi e poesie disperseAmazon ↗
Book 15 · poetry_collection · 1981
- 16 Poesie inediteAmazon ↗
Book 16 · posthumous_poetry_collection · 1986
- 17 Diario postumoAmazon ↗
Book 17 · posthumous_poetry_collection · 1991
collected prose · complete
Il secondo mestiere
The two-volume posthumous collection of Montale's prose, criticism, music writing, and cultural journalism.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Nonfiction (6)
- Celebrazione di Italo SvevoAmazon ↗
literary_criticism · 1963
- Fuori di casaAmazon ↗
travel_writing · 1969
- Il poeta: DiarioAmazon ↗
diary · 1972
- Prime alla ScalaAmazon ↗
music_criticism · 1981
- I miei scritti sul "Mondo" da Bonsanti a PannunzioAmazon ↗
journalism · 1981
- Quaderno genoveseAmazon ↗
diary · 1983
Essays and speeches (7)
- Auto da fé. Cronache in due tempiAmazon ↗
essay_collection · 1966
- La poesia non esisteAmazon ↗
essays · 1971
- Nel nostro tempoAmazon ↗
essays · 1972
- È ancora possibile la poesia?Amazon ↗
lecture · 1975
- Sulla poesiaAmazon ↗
essays · 1976
- Montale premio NobelAmazon ↗
essays · 1977
- Sulla prosaAmazon ↗
essays · 1982
Other (6)
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Farfalla di DinardAmazon ↗prose_collection · 1956
- Il colpevoleAmazon ↗
prose · 1966
- Seconda maniera di MarmeladovAmazon ↗
prose · 1971
- Trentadue variazioniAmazon ↗
prose_collection · 1973
- Lettere a Salvatore QuasimodoAmazon ↗
correspondence · 1981
- Lettere a Pugliatti. Montale e la critica nel carteggio con Salvatore Pugliatti e tre lettere di Elio VittoriniAmazon ↗
correspondence · 1984