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Born	March 12, 1863 • Pescara • Italy
Died	March 1, 1938 (aged 74) • Italy
Notable Works	“Alcyone” • “Canto novo” • “Francesca da Rimini” • “La Gioconda” • “Laudi del cielo del mare della terra e degli eroi” • “Primo vere” • “The Child of Pleasure” • “The Daughter of Jorio” • “The Flame of Life” • “The Maidens of the Rocks” • “The Triumph of Death”
Movement / Style	Decadentism

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