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Choose another writer in this calendar:. Italian poet, novelist and dramatist, military hero, and supporter fascist political ideas. Of Notice combined in his work naturalism, symbolism, and erotic images, becoming the best interpreter of European Decadence in post-Renaissance Italy. "Or black and white women rondini, between night and dawn, between vespro and black night, or white women and. Volan elle sí. low that the motivatings force grass sfioran with the chests, and the pleasure their flight seems made blue the arbole large, if very it shakes always, does not weave the flight around to mine temple. (from ' Along the Affrico in the evening of june after pioggia') the Gabriel D`Annunzio was born in Pescara (Abruzzi), in Central Italy on the Adriatic coast. This environment provided him with inspiration for many his books. "On the soles of my shoes, the heels of my boots carry the earth of the Abruzzi, the mud of my estuary," Of Annunzion later said. At the age of 13 he had been adopted by his uncle, Antionio D' Annunzio, and he legally added the ' Of Annunzio' to his name. In 1858 he married Luisa De Benedictis. they had three daughters and two sons. Of Notice studied at the Cicognini Grammar school in Prato - the school was one of the best in Italy at that Time. As to poet Of FIRST Notice made his debut at the age of sixteen with TRUE (1879). The poems to were inspired by Giosuè. Carducci' s Barbarian Hatreds (1877). It is also generally agreed that in The Triumph of Death D' Annunzio portrayed him as an incurable womanizer, as he was in real life. In 1883 Of Notice married Welsh Hardouin Maria di, to duke' s daughter. They had three sons. the marriage ended in 1891. These During years Of Notice produced much hack work in order to support the expensive life style of his titled wife. Of Annunzio' s works in the 1880s, SONG NOVO (1882), EARTH VERGINE (1882), and INTERVAL OF RHYMES (1883), expressed the sensuous joys of life. His short stories showed the influence of the popular French writer Guy de Maupassant. Of Notice published his first full-length novel, The Child of Pleasure, in 1889. The story of to snobbish but weak-willed decadent was to parody of contemporary French ' decadent' fiction. "Elena was silent, wrapped in to chief of mink, with to veil covering her face, her hands in to muff. He breathed with delight the subtle odor of heliotrope emanating from the precious fur, while feeling her arm over his. They both felt to make removed from the world, halo but suddenly to black carriage of to prelate passed by or to herdsman or to group of clerics or beasts." Of Annunzio' s next novel, The Victim (1891), was to story where husband, sexually depraved Tullio Hermil, forces his chaste wife into adultery. His best-known novel, the TRIUMPH Of DEAD WOMEN (1894, The Triumph of Death), featured hero as his next major novel the VERGINI Of CLIFFS (1896). The drama The Daughter of Jorio (1904) gained much attention and was enthusiastically imitated. In the early 1890s Of Notice moved to Naples, to where his novel, The Intruder (1898), was serialized in the courier of Naples. After to long liaison with the Countess Gravina Auguissola, D´.Annunzio began in 1894 an affair with the actress Eleonora Duse. Their relationship started after Of Annunzio' s journey to the Aegean islands. Inspired by Duse, he wrote several dramas for her, including GIOCONDA (1899) and FRANCESCA FROM RIMINI (1901). In the Gioconda Lucio Settà.la, to sculptor, has attempted suicide. He is recovering in the home of his wife Silvia, whom he had abandoned. Lucio' s realizes that he is still in love with his mistress and creative inspiration, the Gioconda. When the two woman confront, the Gioconda tries to destroy Lucio' s masterpiece - Silvia saves it but her hands to are smashed. Lucio returns to his art and his mistress. However, Leonardo from Vinci' s Mona Lisa - or the Gioconda as it was called in Italy - remained Of Annunzio' s obsession. He had already in 1889 composed to poem on mysteriously smiling checkerses, and republished its shortened version in the Newspaper of Iltalia after the painting was stolen in 1911. "Of the mouth was the cruel smile/fulgidissimo and/that the divine Leonardo/perseguì./of its burlaps. In 1899 Of Notice settled in to luxurious Tuscan villa, the Capponcina. He was defeated in the elections next year, but continued to live over his income. Accumulating debts forced D´.Annunzio eventually to flee in 1910 to France, Arcachon near CAP Ferret. There he began to new career as to writer. MARTYR DE SAINT SÉ.BASTIEN (1911), to play-with-music, was made with the French composer Claude Debussy. In its premiere, starring Ida Rubinstein, the writer Marcel Proust considered Ida' s legs to were the most interesting thing about the event. The work is still performed because of the celebrated music. When World War the broke out, Of Notice returned to Italy and started successful career as to military leader. Of Notice had yearned years for war which would change Italy' s position as to second-installments power. In to wartime flying accident, Of Notice lost an eye. His prose pieces in NOCTURNE (1921) to were composed when he was recovering from the injury. In 1919, annoyed that Italy had lost the town of River, D´.Annunzio' s troops occupied the town, to where he ruled it as to dictator for eighteen months until 1920. At one point he declared war against Italy but was finally forced to retreat. Although Mussolini was much influenced by the tactics of Of Notice, the writer never held an important post in the Fascist government. Of Notice retired to his home on Lake Garda and spent his last years writing. In 1924 he was created Prince of Snowy Mount and in 1937, following the death of Marconi, he was made president of the Italian Royal Academy. Of Notice died of to stroke at his desk on March 1, 1938. He was given to been funeral by Mussolini. D´.Annunzio´.s collected works to were published in the 1950s. His correspondence with Mussolini appeared in 1971. Stern: Joyce said that the three great talents of the nineteenth century to were Tolstoy, Kipling and - can you guess. I' ve read very little Of Notice, and the very fact that I' ve read very little of him is my judgment of him. The wonder how you can to admire all three. (Jorge Luis Borges and Richard Stern in. Of Annunzio' s end-de-siè.cle works to are now mostly forgotten and his plays to are rarely performed. After World War II his reputation declined in the new literary atmosphere. However, his life has fascinated several biographers. The novel is to fictionalized account of his love affair with Duse, and created to onsiderable scandal at the Time of its publication. Of Annunzio' s and Duse' s relationship ended in 1910, when the Marchioness Alessandra di Rudini-Carolotti found an admirer from the author. Wingless Victory: To Dual Biography of Gabrie D' Annunzio and Eleanore Duse by F. Winwar (1956). Of Notice: The Poet as Superman by To Ledeen (1977). The Italian Stage from Goldoni to Of Notice by M. Becker (1995). Gabriel D' Annunzio: Defiant Archangel by John Woodhouse (1998) - Nazi Other writers with or fascist sympathies:. The NOVELS Of the PESCARA, 1884-86 - Tales of My Native Town L´.INNOCENTE, 1891- The Intruder/The Victim GIOVANNI EPISCOPO, 1891 - Episcopo and Company the TRIUMPH Of the DEAD WOMEN, 1894 - The Triumph of Death (trans. the VERGINI Of CLIFFS, 1895 - The Maidens of the Rock the PLEASURE, 1898 - The Child of Pleasure/Pleasure (trans. the CITTÀ. DEAD WOMAN, 1898 - The Dead City LAUDI Of the SKY Of the SEA Of the EARTH And the HEROES, 1899. DREAM Of a MATTINO OF SPRING, 1899 - The Dream of to Spring Morning the FIRE, 1900 - The Hunger of Life/The Flame (trans. NOVELS Of the PESCARA, 1902 - Tales of My Native Town MAIA/LAUS VITAE, 1903 (part of Laudi of the Sky of the Sea of the Earth and Heroes) ELETTRA, 1903 (part of Laudi of the Sky of the Sea of the Earth and the Heroes) the DAUGHTER OF IORIO, 1904 - The Daughter of Jorio - Jorion tytä.r ALCYONE, 1904 (part of Laudi of the Sky of the Sea of the Earth and the Heroes) the TORCH UNDER MOGGIO, 1905 - The Torch under the Bushel MARTYRE DE SAINT SÉ.BASTIEN, 1911 (music by Debussy and dances by Ida Rubenstein) the PISANELLE. OU, MORT PARFUMÉ.E, 1913 (music by Ildebrando Pizzetti and later by Peter Mascagni) MEROPE/SONGS OVERSEAS, 1913 (part of Laudi of the Sky of the Sea of the Earth and the Heroes) SONGS Of the LATIN WAR, 1914-1918 (part of Laudi of the Sky of the Sea of the Earth and the Heroes) the CRUSADE Of the INNOCENTS, 1920 - The Children' s Crusade the COMPANION From the EYES WITHOUT CIGLI, 1928. LETTER DI GABRIEL Of NOTICE To BARBARIAN LIONS, 1972 LETTERS OF Of NOTICE To MARIA GRAVINA AND DAUGHTER CICCIUZZA, 1978 Of NOTICE And WOMEN VITTORIALE: UNKNOWN CORRESPONDENCE, 1996 GABRIEL Of NOTICE And ARTHUR TOSCANINI: WRITTEN, 1999