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Also Known As	Ettore Schmitz
Born	December 19, 1861 • Trieste • Italy
Died	September 13, 1928 (aged 66) • Italy
Notable Works	“A Life” • “Commedie” • “Further Confessions of Zeno” • “Lettere”
Movement / Style	Decadentism

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