San Marino – Giosue Carducci – 10 Euro – 2007 – Proof Silver Crown – Case & COA Giosuè Carducci (July 27, 1835 – February 16, 1907) was an Italian poet, oft reckoned one of Italy’s greatest; also, a teacher. He was very influential and was regarded as the unofficial national poet of modern Italy. In 1906 he became the first Italian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.