Gabriele D’Annunzio facts for kids

Quick facts for kids General Gabriele D'Annunzio OMS CMG MVM Prince of Montenevoso Duke of Gallese
Duce of the Carnaro
In office 12 September 1919 – 30 December 1920
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Office abolished (Riccardo Zanella as President of the Free State of Fiume)
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 5 April 1897 – 17 May 1900
Constituency	Florence
Personal details
Born	(1863-03-12)12 March 1863 Pescara, Kingdom of Italy
Died	1 March 1938(1938-03-01) (aged 74) Gardone Riviera, Kingdom of Italy
Resting place	Vittoriale degli italiani, Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda
Political party	Historical Right (1897–1898) Historical Far-Left (1898–1900) Italian Nationalist Association (1910–1923)
Spouse	Maria Hardouin ​ (m. 1883)​
Domestic partner	Eleonora Duse (1898–1901)
Children	Mario (1884–1964) Gabriellino D'Annunzio (1886–1945) Ugo Veniero (1887–1945) Renata Anguissola (1893-1976) Gabriele Cruyllas (1897-1978)
Parents	Francesco Paolo Rapagnetta and Luisa de Benedictis
Profession	Journalist, poet, soldier
Nicknames	"Il Vate" ("The Poet"); "Il Profeta" ("The Prophet")
Military service
Branch/service	Royal Italian Army Royal Air Force
Years of service	active: 1915–18
Rank	General (honorary) Lieutenant colonel Major Lieutenant colonel
Unit	3rd Army Arditi
Battles/wars	World War I Impresa di Fiume Tenth Battle of the Isonzo Flight over Vienna
Writing career
Period	20th century
Genre	Poetry, novel
Subject	Individualism, existentialism
Literary movement	Decadentism
Notable works	Il Piacere Il trionfo della morte La Gioconda
Years active	1879–1938
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General Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso, Duke of Gallese OMS CMG MVM ( 12 March 1863 – 1 March 1938), sometimes spelled d'Annunzio, was an Italian poet, journalist, playwright and soldier during World War I. He occupied a prominent place in Italian literature from 1889 to 1910 and later political life from 1914 to 1924. He was often referred to under the epithets Il Vate ("the Poet") or Il Profeta ("the Prophet"). Some of his ideas and aesthetics influenced Italian fascism and the style of Benito Mussolini and, thereby, Adolf Hitler; he has been described as "the father of Fascism".

D'Annunzio was associated with the Decadent movement in his literary works, which interplayed closely with French Symbolism and British Aestheticism. Such works represented a turn against the naturalism of the preceding romantics and was both sensuous and mystical. He came under the influence of Friedrich Nietzsche which would find outlets in his literary and later political contributions. His affairs with several women, including Eleonora Duse and Luisa Casati, received public attention.

During the First World War, perception of D'Annunzio in Italy transformed from literary figure into a national war hero. He was associated with the elite Arditi storm troops of the Italian Army and took part in actions such as the Flight over Vienna. As part of an Italian nationalist reaction against the Paris Peace Conference, he set up the short-lived Italian Regency of Carnaro in Fiume with himself as Duce. The constitution made "music" the fundamental principle of the state and was corporatist in nature.

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  Birthplace of Gabriele D'Annunzio Museum in Pescara

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  Gabriele D'Annunzio, aged 7 (1870)

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  D'Annunzio in 1889

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  Italian translation of the propaganda leaflet which D'Annunzio threw from his airplane during his flight above Vienna.

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  Gabriele D'Annunzio (left) with a fellow officer

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  Fiume residents cheering D'Annunzio and his raiders, September 1919

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  D'Annunzio (near center with cane) with some legionaries (components of the Arditi's department of the Italian Royal Army) in Fiume in 1919. Next to D'Annunzio (right) is Lt. Arturo Avolio, the commander of the Arditi's department of Bologna Brigade.

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  Villa of Vittoriale degli italiani

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  Gabriele D'Annunzio reading (photo by Mario Nunes Vais)

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  Poster by Adolfo De Karolis for Alberto Franchetti's opera La figlia di Iorio (1906)

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  Pro-Italy messages that D'Annunzio threw from his airplane during his 1915 flight above Trieste

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