D'Annunzio

American

[duh-noon-see-oh, dahn-noon-tsyaw] / dəˈnʊn siˌoʊ, dɑnˈnun tsyɔ /

noun

Gabriele Duca Minimo, 1863–1938, Italian soldier, novelist, and poet.

D'Annunzio British

/ danˈnuntsjo /

noun

Gabriele (ɡaˈbrjɛːle). 1863–1938, Italian poet, dramatist, novelist, national hero, and Fascist. His works include the poems in Alcione (1904) and the drama La Figlia di Iorio (1904)

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Her work inspired several plays, including “Tamara,” an interactive show about her disastrous attempt to paint the poet Gabriele D’Annunzio that ran in Los Angeles for nearly a decade, and in New York.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

D’Annunzio said he first came across the name of the supposed whistleblower in a Gateway Pundit article.

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2019

D’Annunzio — a legendary womanizer and decadent — was one of the most colorful of all Europeans, and his peculiar interpretation of Nietzschean values has become a permanent challenge to liberal democracy.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2017

But D’Annunzio and Messa, who would share the $946,000 judgment with Wilson’s family, say the order simply compensates them for their time, and does not include punitive damages.

From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2015

D'Annunzio has also a total lack of perception when the ridiculous mars the pathetic.

From Critical Studies by Ouida

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