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Presentation: IO, Attilio Attilio English (Sulmona, Saturday, November 20th - 17.00)

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Plaza Venezuela No. 4 - SULMONA

Saturday, Nov. 20 - 17:00

Presentation of the book
Attilio English
IO, ATTILIO
A seducer in the Italian Vittorio D'Annunzio
Speakers and Masci Marco Tornar

attended by the curator of Italian and English publisher Marco Solfanelli

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In a story that crosses political and social upheavals of Italy from the eve of World War I until the end of the second conflict, Attilio confesses his devotion to the pleasure flesh, lived in the wake of the model of d'Annunzio.
Beware of the cultural phenomena of its time, is also popular lecturer and poet, which may seem contradictory to its use in public office as a judge before, and as a result of lawyer in the state.
Juggling between the libertine life and career of lawyer, firmly based on a hierarchy of timeless values, reliable witness of events that generate more controversial interpretations, Attilio lives personally salient events of Italian history from the first half of the twentieth century, attracted by the adventure dannunziana where eroticism, aestheticism and heroism are confused.
"I wondered if my participation in the bloody civil war was not a luxury that I could not allow me, she asks suddenly.
The choice of a more responsible behavior wins the desire to get involved, and the everyday life requires more courage to participate in nearly as dangerous as a romantic adventure.
fleeting Love, Dangerous Liaisons, successes and jamming of the profession, the drama of the administration of justice in military courts, are all taken in the form of an autobiography declined unusually long and touching letter to his son. The author


English Attilio (1898-1983) was born in Sulmona Abruzzo from both parents for several generations.
a teenager, he worked as a parliamentary journalist Stefani Agency, then the largest news agency in Italy.
past the competition in the judiciary, he carried out the functions of investigating judge and then in Orbetello Grosseto. Therefore, won the competition lawyer in the state, was initially intended Eagle, then to Cagliari, Ancona, and finally to Rome with the Attorney General of the State, where he traveled brilliantly throughout his career.
During the Second World War, was called up for military with the rank of colonel in the military justice. He was president of the military court in Greece and then the military prosecutor in Dalmatia, Corsica and France.
multi-faceted personality, was the author of sharp legal studies and books of poetry. Among the latter, we point out the book "The two of us and fortune," published in 1962 by the publisher of Bologna, Cappelli.
Decorated cross of war, Commander of the Crown of Italy, a knight and Mauritius, most recently, the highest honor of the Italian Republic, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit.

Attilio English
IO, ATTILIO
A seducer in the Italian dannunziana
by Italo English
Editions Solfanelli
[ISBN-978-88-89756-81-2]
pp 352 - € 20.00
http://www.edizionisolfanelli.it/ ioattilio.htm