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That is the place where he planned his first flights: he flew over Trieste on August 7th on board a Farman piloted by Giuseppe Miraglia, the following days over Grado and Caorle, in September over Trento and Asiago with the rank of “ufficiale osservatore dell’aeroplano” (air observer officer).

1916 On January 16th, during a reconnaissance flight on a seaplane piloted by Luigi Bologna, he suffered a wound to his right temple after a harsh landing in the waters off the shores of Grado.

He was given a state funeral by Mussolini and interred at Il Vittoriale degli Italiani. Following the annexation of Fiume by Italy, the King bestowed upon the Poet the title of Prince of Montenevoso.

1926–1928 The Istituto per l’edizione dell’Opera Omnia (Institute for publishing d’Annunzio’s entire works) was established by Mondadori in 1926, while the second volume of Faville del maglio came out in 1928.

His daughter Renata (the Sirenetta of the novel Notturno) was born out of wedlock by a married woman, Maria Gravina Cruyllas, one of his many companions.  In 1910  D'Annunzio was forced to sell La Capponcina, a sumptuous villa near Florence, where he had lived since 1899. But only during the night between 8–9 August was the mission finally successful, leading him to being promoted to the rank of Major.

Il fuoco (1900; The Flame of Life) depicts his relationship to Eleonora Duse.

After the start of World War I, d'Annunzio returned to Italy and made public speeches in favor of Italy's entry on the side of the Allies. His short stories showed the influence of Guy de Maupassant.

Legacy

At the height of his success, d'Annunzio' was celebrated for the originality, power and decadence of his writing.

Its leader character was a modern sportman, motorist and (certainly not by chance) an aviation pioneer. He published the episodes of a new novel on the “Corriere della sera” newspaper, called La Leda senza cigno (Leda without Swan).

He published his first poetry while still at school at the age of 16 with a small volume of verses called Primo Vere (1879), influenced by Giosuè Carducci's Odi barbare. But by then he was already besieged by creditors and moneylenders who forced him into abandoning Italy and his beloved Capponcina in the direction of France. These three novels created a profound impression.

Some entered the teaching career and were lost to literature; others threw themselves into journalism. The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. His passion for Alessandra grew day by day – to the point of Gabriele even offering his “wonderful brain” to her in an actual love contract – while the first staging of Lafiglia di Iorio (The Daughter of Jorio) was a great success.

1905–1906 The Poet composed other tragedies that were less successful: La fiaccola sotto il moggio (The Torch Under the Bushel, 1905) and Più che l’amore (1906).

He also began his collaboration with the “Corriere della sera” newspaper, where he published the first Faville del maglio.

1913 He was assiduously busy with composing other tragedies: initially La Crociata degli Innocenti (The Children’s Crusade) for Giacomo Puccini, then LaPisanelle ou la Mort Parfumée for the actress Ida Rubinstein and ultimately Il ferro.

He worked as a gossip columnist and in 1885 was the editor of “Cronaca bizantina” for a few months. Accessed 6 November 2006.