Maria Cumani Quasimodo

Maria Cumani Quasimodo was an Italian actress and dancer Born Maria Cumani in Milan she studied dance under Jia Ruskaja In 1936 she became the companion of the poet Salvatore Quasimodo with whom she had a son Alessandro In 1937 she made her professional debut as a dancer and shortly later she specialized in poetic dance a personal style in which dance was combined with poetic verses She was married to Quasimodo from 1948 to 1960 In the meanwhile Cumani Quasimodo started a double career as a choreographer and a stage and film character actress Shortly before her death she released an autobiography Larte del silenzio which particularly focuses on her years alongside Salvatore Quasimodo Wiki