Gabriele D'Annunzio

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1863-03-12

Deathday 1938-03-01 (74 years old)

Place of Birth Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Biography

Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938), born Gaetano Rapagnetto d'Annunzio, was an Italian poet, playwright, orator, journalist, aristocrat, and army officer during World War I. He occupied a prominent place in Italian literature and political life. He was often referred to under the epithets Il Vate ("the Poet") or Il Profeta ("the Prophet"). He is best known for his novels Il Piacere (1889), L'Innocente (1892), poetry collection Alcyone (1903) and his contribution to silent film epic Cabiria (1914), for which he wrote all of the intertitles, named the characters and the movie itself.

Known For

Writer

2022
1984
Francesca da Rimini

as Original Story

1976
The Innocent

as Novel

1955
L'onda

as Writer

1954
1948
1921
The Ship

as Novel

1918
The Fire

as Writer

1916
The Fire

as Novel

1914
Cabiria

as Novel

Actor

2022
The March on Rome

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

2006
Fascism in Colour

as Self (archive footage)

1962
To Arms, We Are Fascists!

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1948
Paris Nineteen Hundred

as Self (archive footage)

Crew

1955
L'onda

as Poem