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D'Annunzio

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

noun

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


D'Annunzio British  
/ danˈnuntsjo /

noun

  1. 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

“She failed to advise Dr. Kelly of the order before she asked a question certain to elicit testimony of smoking,” lawyers Matthew D’Annunzio and Joseph Messa argued in a brief.

From Washington Times Feb. 1, 2015

Nor can it be said that D'Annunzio ever tries to give it delicacy or veiled suggestion; his language is as broad and as gross as that of Ovid or Catullus.

From Critical Studies by Ouida

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