GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO
(Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso)
It is not clear whether their manifesto was written by D’annunzio himself or followers in Fiume the Dictatorial mini-state that he ruled, He was a precursor to the Fascists of Europe and this is the origin of the Fascist glorification of war. Hitler and Mussolini also picked up the dagger as a symbol (see Quotation 643744), the black colored uniforms and the stiff-armed salute from D’annunzio.
He was the early precursor to the European Fascist movement of Italy and Germany where individual life was secondary to national purpose and mission.
General Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso, Duke of Gallese OMS CMG MVM (Italian pronunciation: [ɡabriˈɛːle danˈnuntsjo]; 12 March 1863 – 1 March 1938), sometimes spelled d'Annunzio, was an Italian writer, poet, journalist, playwright and soldier during World War I. He occupied a prominent place in Italian literature from 1889 to 1910 and after that political life from 1914 to 1924 when he and his followers occupied Fiume in Croatia where he became the dictator independent of the Italian government. He was the precursor to European Facism. His perverse sexual excesses and his bad government led to his undoing. . He was often referred to under the epithets Il Vate ("the Poet") or Il Profeta ("the Prophet").
