Biography

Son of poet Salvatore Quasimodo and dancer/actress Maria Cumani Quasimodo.

He was president of the jury of some literary and poetry prizes such as the "San Domenichino città di Massa", the "Premio Città di Castello", the "Lord Byron Porto Venere Golfo dei poeti", of which he was also the founder.

Alessandro Quasimodo was the honorary president of the Salvatore Quasimodo Literary Park of Roccalumera , the place of origin of the Quasimodo family, as well as an honorary citizen of Roccalumera since 2017.

Alessandro Quasimodo was an Italian actor, theatre director and poet.

He collaborated with RSI Radio Svizzera Italiana, for which he took part in numerous radio dramas, and with RadioRAI, for which he curated, among other things, twenty-six broadcasts on Italian poetry between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries entitled Saltimbanchi dell'anima (1986).