Gabriele d' Annunzio (1863 - 1938)

Gabriele D'Annunzio, Principe di Montenevoso, 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. He was nicknamed Il Vate (The Poet) and Il Profeta (The Prophet).