On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Gabriele d’Annunzio’s death (March 1, 1938), the Italian Cultural Institute of Montréal and the Société Dante Alighieri of Montréal are pleased to present the conference of Prof. Filippo Salvatore, “Gabriele d ‘Annunzio a Fiume, between patriotism and utopia“.
March 8th, 2018, 6pm – Free admission
Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Montréal
1200 Av. du Dr Penfield
Conference in Italian
Gabriele d’Annunzio (1863-1938) It is a fascinating figure and remains a controversial figure in Italian culture from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It is the only case of a poet who became commander and supreme political authority of an independent territory, the city of Rijeka from September 1919 to January 1921. Starting from a film that retraces the Gabriele d’Annunzio’s life, Prof. Filippo Salvatore, emeritus of Italian Studies at Concordia University, analyzes the reasons that have made him the last great figure of the Risorgimento. After the Treaty of Versailles of 1919 that denies Fiume and Dalmatia to Italy, d’Annunzio speaks of ‘mutilated victory’ and with a body of volunteers militarily occupying Fiume and ‘transforms the Bolshevik cardo in pink of Italy’. The Carnaro Charter, drafted by Alceste De Ambris in collaboration with d’Annunzio himself, is the principal expression of fiumanesimoIt is a constitution that tends to beauty and gives voice, through the corporations, to the different social components. How should the How should the Charter be seen after about a century? As an attempt to give shape to utopia, to an ideal society, as the third way between capitalism and communism.
Filippo Salvatore (BA McGill, MA, Ph.D. Harvard,) is professor emeritus of Italian and Canadian studies at Concordia University in Montreal. Poet, playwright, essay writer, journalist, columnist of the weekly Il Cittadino Canadese and also editor of the magazine PanoramItalia and of the newspaper on line Newsitaliapress. He is currently a columnist for the newspaper on-line Qui Quotidiano. Previously he was President of the Harvard Club of Québec, Vice President of the Associazione Italiana Scrittori/Canadian Association, Vice President of the Congresso Italiano/canadese, President of the APIQ (Associazione dei Professori di italiano del Québec) board member of AIPI (Associazione Internazionale dei Professori di Italiano), board member of the French Language of Québec, city of Montréal councilor for the district of Loyola, President of the Federazione delle Associazioni Abruzzo of Québec, member of the CoM It ES (Comitato degli Italiani all’Estero, Québec and province marittime). He is currently President of the Società Dante Alighieri Comitato of Montréal, Member of the Board of Directors of the Centro di Studi Canadesi (Udine University), Visiting Professor at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada), University of Varsavia (Polonia), University of Udine, (Italia).
Author of about 40 scientific articles on literature, politics, cinema, published in Canada, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy, Romania, United States and over 600 (six hundred) editorials and newspaper articles. Filippo Salvatore he is also the author of books: Tufo e Gramigna/Suns of Darkness (poesia), La Fresque de Mussolini (teatro), Tra Molise e Canada (saggi letterari), Ancient Memories/Modern Identities, Italian Roots in Contemporary Canadian Authors (saggi), Le Fascisme et les Italiens à Montreal, Le Cinéma de Paul Tana, parcours critique (con Anna Gural), Liborio Lattoni’s Carmina Cordis, Referendum 1995 nel Québec (saggi), Breve Storia Illustrata d’Italia/A Short Illustrated History of Italy (1815-2011), Terre e Infiniti (poesia, vincitore del premio Histonium poetry award). And also author of the Scienza e Umanità (saggi), Civiltà ideologia (saggi), Antichi e Moderni in Italia nel Seicento (critica letteraria). In 2003 he was made a Sir of the Italian Republic by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
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