Gabriele D’Annunzio: The Collection of Poems in English

Product Description The most complete English translation of Gabriele D'Annunzio's poetical works, together with the full original texts. Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso, Duke of Gallese (12 March 1863 – 1 March 1938), 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").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 (Rijeka, today’s Croatia) with himself as Duce. The constitution made "music" the fundamental principle of the state and was corporative in nature. Though D'Annunzio never declared himself a fascist, he has been described as the forerunner of Italian fascism as his ideas and aesthetics influenced it and the style of Benito Mussolini. About the Author Alessandro Baruffi (b. 1973) is a writer, poet, and academic researcher in the fields ofAmerican, Germanic, and Russian literature. Beyond the literary realm,he is an outdoor enthusiast, a lover of nature, and an advocate ofhealthy lifestyle and plant-based nutrition.His published works include: "Adua Mar" (2000, Poems), "Icarus" (2006,Poems), "Jersey Blues" (2007, Poems), "24 Racconti" (2008, ShortStories), "The Poems of Trieste and Five Poems for the Game of Soccer"(2013, Translation, Umberto Saba), "Lunga è la Notte" (2015, Novel),"The Forgotten amongst the Great: a Collection of the Best PoemsTranslated in English" (2015, Translation, Vincenzo Cardarelli), "TheTales of Franz Kafka" (2016, Translation, Franz Kafka), "Le Poesie diRobert Frost nella Traduzione Italiana" (2016, Translation, RobertFrost), "Midnight 30, American Poems" (2016, Poems), "The Poems ofGiovanni Pascoli (2017, Translation, Giovanni Pascoli), "Montale'sEssential: The Poems of Eugenio Montale in English" (2017, Translation,Eugenio Montale), "Giuseppe Ungaretti, the Master of Hermeticism,Translated In English" (2018, Translation, Giuseppe Ungaretti),"Gabriele D'Annunzio: The Collection of Poems in English" (2019,Translation, Gabriele D'Annunzio), and "Umberto Saba: the Collection ofPoems. Umberto Saba's Poetry Translated in English" (2020, Translation,Umberto Saba). He has translated for international literarymagazines authors such including: Franz Kafka, Robert Frost, EdgarAllanPoe, Emily Dickinson, Seamus Heaney, Antônio Álvares de Azevedo,Fernando Pessoa, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Alfonsina Storni, MikhailLermontov, Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, Marina Tsvetaeva, KonstantinSimonov, Umberto Saba, Vincenzo Cardarelli, Giovanni Pascoli, GabrieleD'Annunzio, Eugenio Montale, Giosuè Carducci, and Ada Negri. Website: baruffi.me