Gabriele d'Annunzio facts for kids

Gabriele d'Annunzio (Pescara 12 March 1863 - Gardone Riviera 1 March 1938) was a famous Italian writer, poet, and journalist. He also wrote plays for the theater. People often called him "Il Vate" (The Poet) and "Il Profeta" (The Prophet) because of his powerful words. He was known for his unique writing style, which was part of a movement called Decadentism.

His Amazing Works

Gabriele d'Annunzio wrote many different kinds of stories and poems. He was very creative and wrote about many topics. His works are still read and studied today.

Novels He Wrote

He wrote several novels, which are long stories. Some of his most well-known novels include:

• Il piacere (1889)
• Giovanni Episcopo (1891)
• L'innocente (1892)
• Il trionfo della morte (The Triumph of Death, 1894)
• Le vergini delle rocce (The Maidens of the Rocks, 1895)
• Il fuoco ( The Flame of Life: A Novel, 1900)
• Forse che sì forse che no (1910)

Plays for the Stage

D'Annunzio also wrote many tragedies, which are serious plays. These plays were often performed in theaters.

• La città morta (The Dead City: a Tragedy, 1899)
• La Gioconda (Gioconda, 1899)
• Francesca da Rimini (1902)
• L'Etiopia in fiamme (1904)
• La figlia di Jorio (1904)
• La fiaccola sotto il moggio (1905)
• La nave (1908)
• Fedra (1909)

Short Stories and Poems

Besides novels and plays, he also wrote collections of short stories and many poetry books.

• Terra vergine (1882)
• Le novelle della Pescara (1884–1886)
• Primo vere (1879)
• Canto novo (1882)
• Poema paradisiaco (1893)
• The five books of Laudi del cielo, del mare, della terra e degli eroi (1903–1912)
  • Maia (Canto Amebeo della Guerra)
  • Elettra
  • Alcyone
  • Merope
  • Asterope (La Canzone del Quarnaro)
• Ode alla nazione serba (1914)

Images for kids

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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

See also

In Spanish: Gabriele D'Annunzio para niños