Alessandro Quasimodo, son of the poet Nobel prize for literature, Salvatore, and of the dancer Maria Cumani dies. He was 85 years old. Born in Milan on May 22, 1939, he passed away yesterday in the Lombard capital. The mayor of Modica (Ragusa), Maria Monisteri, gives news on social media.
«Strong his link with our city, where he always came back willingly and where I have met him many times and with great pleasure. Very loved to converse with him, between the memories of his father and the great respect he had for Modica, a place that he felt a little his. Alessandro Quasimodo – Monisteri writes – was the voice of his father’s poetry and several times he recited them from the balcony of the house in via Posterla. And it is to him that the opening to the public of this Nat of Christmas Salvatore Quasimodo is due to the public, which has become the museum that tells the life of the Nobel Prize winner. I express my condolence to Alessandro’s family members and I bring with me the memory of a great man and his affection for our city ».
The condolence on social networks
“With profound sadness the Salvatore Quasimodo literary park of Roccalumera announces the disappearance of Alessandro Quasimodo. Actor and director, he was among the founders of the literary park and honorary citizen of Roccalumera”, the lawyers say on social media Sergio and Carlo Mastroeni The other two founding members.