39 Facts About Gabriele D'Annunzio

Gabriele D'Annunzio was often referred to under the epithets Il Vate, or Il Profeta.

Gabriele D'Annunzio came under the influence of Friedrich Nietzsche which would find outlets in his literary and later political contributions.

Gabriele D'Annunzio was associated with the elite Arditi storm troops of the Italian Army and took part in actions such as the Flight over Vienna.

Gabriele D'Annunzio's father was born as Francesco Paolo Rapagnetta, but at the age of 13 was adopted by a childless rich uncle, Antonio D'Annunzio.

Gabriele D'Annunzio's verse was so distinguished that literary critic Giuseppe Chiarini, upon reading them, brought the unknown youth before the public in an enthusiastic article.

In 1881 Gabriele D'Annunzio entered the University of Rome La Sapienza, where he became a member of various literary groups, including Cronaca Bizantina, and wrote articles and criticism for local newspapers.

Gabriele D'Annunzio published Canto novo, Terra vergine, L'intermezzo di rime, Il libro delle vergini and the greater part of the short stories that were afterwards collected under the general title of San Pantaleone.

Gabriele D'Annunzio took this latter course, and joined the staff of the Tribuna, under the pseudonym of "Duca Minimo".

Gabriele D'Annunzio provided leading roles for her in his plays of the time such as La citta morta and Francesca da Rimini, but the tempestuous relationship finally ended in 1910.

In 1897, Gabriele D'Annunzio was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for a three-year term, where he sat as an independent.

In 1912 and 1913, Gabriele D'Annunzio worked with opera composer Pietro Mascagni, writing the libretto for the opera Parisina, staying sometimes in a house rented by the composer in Bellevue, near Paris.

Gabriele D'Annunzio insisted that the entire, long libretto should be set to music, which eventually meant that the work was too long for audiences of the time, and required the entire last act to be removed.

Gabriele D'Annunzio held the inaugural speech and subsequently became an associated professor and a lecturer in the same institution.

Gabriele D'Annunzio was a Grand Master of the Scottish Rite Great Lodge of Italy which in 1908 had separated from the Grand Orient of Italy.

The Masonic initiation of Gabriele D'Annunzio his testified by the choice of Masonic symbols for the flag of the Regence of Carnaro like the Ouroboros and the seven stars of the Ursa Major.

Since taking a flight with Wilbur Wright in 1908, Gabriele D'Annunzio had been interested in aviation.

Gabriele D'Annunzio then declared Fiume an independent state, the Italian Regency of Carnaro; the Charter of Carnaro foreshadowed much of the later Italian Fascist system, with himself as "Duce".

Gabriele D'Annunzio attempted to organize an alternative to the League of Nations for oppressed nations of the world, and sought to make alliances with various separatist groups throughout the Balkans, although without much success.

Gabriele D'Annunzio ignored the Treaty of Rapallo and declared war on Italy itself, only finally surrendering the city on 29 December 1920 after a bombardment by the Italian navy and five days of fighting.

Gabriele D'Annunzio survived but was badly injured, and recovered only after Mussolini had been appointed Prime Minister.

Gabriele D'Annunzio died in 1938 of a stroke, at his home in Gardone Riviera.

Gabriele D'Annunzio was given a state funeral by Mussolini and was interred in a magnificent tomb constructed of white marble at Il Vittoriale degli Italiani.

Gabriele D'Annunzio is often seen as a precursor of the ideals and techniques of Italian fascism.

De Ambris provided the legal and political framework, to which Gabriele D'Annunzio added his skills as a poet.

Gabriele D'Annunzio has been described as the John the Baptist of Italian Fascism, as virtually the entire ritual of Fascism was invented by Gabriele D'Annunzio during his occupation of Fiume and his leadership of the Italian Regency of Carnaro.

Gabriele D'Annunzio was even said to have originated the practice of forcibly dosing opponents with large amounts of castor oil, a very effective laxative, to humiliate, disable or kill them, a practice which became a common tool of Mussolini's blackshirts.

Gabriele D'Annunzio advocated an expansionist Italian foreign policy and applauded the invasion of Ethiopia.

Gabriele D'Annunzio was the outstanding interventionist in May 1915 and his dramatic exploits during the war won him national and international acclaim.

Gabriele D'Annunzio held it for over a year and it was he who popularised the black shirts, the balcony speeches, the promulgation of ambitious charters and the entire choreography of street parades and ceremonies.

Gabriele D'Annunzio was seriously injured when he fell out of a window on 13 August 1922; subsequently the planned "meeting for national pacification" with Francesco Saverio Nitti and Mussolini was cancelled.

Nonetheless, Gabriele D'Annunzio kept attempting to intervene in politics almost until his death in 1938.

Gabriele D'Annunzio wrote to Mussolini in 1933 to try to convince him not to ally with Hitler.

In September 1937, Gabriele D'Annunzio met with Mussolini at the Verona train station to try to convince him to leave the Axis alliance.

At the height of his success, Gabriele D'Annunzio was celebrated for the originality, power and decadence of his writing.

Gabriele D'Annunzio wrote the screenplay to the feature film Cabiria based on episodes from the Second Punic War.

Gabriele D'Annunzio was associated with the Italian noblewoman Luisa Casati, an influence on his novels and one of his mistresses.

Gabriele D'Annunzio's work was part of the literature event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Gabriele D'Annunzio planned and developed it himself, adjacent to his villa at Gardone Riviera on the southwest bank of Lake Garda, between 1923 and his death.

Gabriele D'Annunzio's birthplace is open to the public as a museum, Birthplace of Gabriele D'Annunzio Museum in Pescara.