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Gabriele D'Annunzio

1863 - 1938

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General Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso (UK: , US: ; Italian: [ɡabriˈɛːle danˈnuntsjo]; 12 March 1863 – 1 March 1938), sometimes written d'Annunzio as he used to sign himself, was an Italian poet, playwright, orator, journalist, aristocrat, and Royal Italian Army officer during World War I. He occupied a prominent place in Italian literature from 1889 to 1910 and in its political life from 1914 to 1924. He was often referred to by the epithets il Vate ("the Poet"; the Italian vate directly stems from Latin vates, and its meaning is a poet with special emphasis on prophetic, inspiring, or divining qualities) and il Profeta ("the Prophet"). 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gabriele D'Annunzio is the 367th most popular writer (down from 306th in 2019), the 538th most popular biography from Italy (down from 404th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Italian Writer.

Gabriele D'Annunzio was an Italian poet, journalist, soldier, and politician. He was also the founder of the Italian literary movement called Decadentism.

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Among writers, Gabriele D'Annunzio ranks 367 out of 7,302. Before him are Pierre Beaumarchais, Ivanka Trump, Arthur Schnitzler, Théophile Gautier, Henry Miller, and Heinrich von Kleist. After him are Coen brothers, Ivar Aasen, Carlos Castaneda, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Mikhail Sholokhov, and Jean Genet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Gabriele D'Annunzio ranks 10. Before him are Pierre de Coubertin, Henry Ford, Arthur Henderson, Konstantin Stanislavski, Paul Signac, and Pietro Mascagni. After him are Constantine P. Cavafy, David Lloyd George, Henry van de Velde, Carlos I of Portugal, Franz Stuck, and George Herbert Mead. Among people deceased in 1938, Gabriele D'Annunzio ranks 16. Before him are Mary Mallon, Faustina Kowalska, Nikolai Bukharin, Kanō Jigorō, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Béla Kun. After him are Karl Kautsky, Alexei Rykov, Genrikh Yagoda, Carl von Ossietzky, Suzanne Valadon, and Christian Lous Lange.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gabriele D'Annunzio ranks 538 out of 5,161. Before him are Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549), Tarcisio Bertone (1934), Peter Damian (1007), Trebonianus Gallus (206), Januarius (272), and Gaius Gracchus (-154). After him are Salvatore Riina (1930), Emilio Segrè (1905), Pope Agapetus II (900), Theocritus (-315), Lorenzo Valla (1407), and Giovanni Falcone (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Gabriele D'Annunzio ranks 29. Before him are Ludovico Ariosto (1474), Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Luigi Pirandello (1867), Alberto Moravia (1907), Christine de Pizan (1365), and Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896). After him are Theocritus (-315), Lorenzo Valla (1407), Cornelius Nepos (-100), Elena Ferrante (1943), Giosuè Carducci (1835), and Livius Andronicus (-280).

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