Daniele Varè

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Daniele Varè (born January 12, 1880 in Rome , † February 27, 1956 there) was an Italian diplomat and writer.

Act

Varè worked in the diplomatic service in China in the 1920s and 1930s , where he a. a. also represented his country's economic interests.

His interest in Chinese history and culture, along with his own experiences and impressions, later formed the basis for his works The Temple of Precious Wisdom , The Tailor of Heavenly Pants and The Gate of the Happy Sparrows . With these three novels Varè became known all over Europe.

With his later works he could not repeat this success and is almost forgotten today. He published many of his works in English.

In his memory book Daniele in the Diplomatic Mine, Varè describes his active service as Italian envoy in various countries, initially experiences in his youth until he entered the diplomatic service.

Life

After the early death of his father, he lived with his mother in England for four years with their relatives before he returned to Rome at the age of eleven. At the age of 52, he and other colleagues were released into retirement by the Mussolini government . However, he kept in touch with the regime, had close personal ties with the Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano and traveled extensively to support Italian politics.

His dream was to acquire colonies in Africa for the “Italian people without space” to settle Italian colonists who would bring civilization there. Accordingly, he welcomed and supported the conquest of Abyssinia by Italy. He also welcomed Italy's support of the fascists in the Spanish Civil War as a fight against communism .

Fonts

Autobiographical
  • Daniele in the diplomatic pit ("The two impostors"). Zsolnay, Vienna 1955.
  • The laughing diplomat ("Laughing Diplomat"). Zsolnay, Vienna 1959.
  • The shadow of the Spanish Steps. Roman memories ("The ghost of the Spanish Steps"). Fischer-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1959.
stories
  • Five tigers . In: Barbara Baker (Ed.): Chinese ink, western pen. Stories of China; an anthology . University Press, Oxford 2000.
Novels
  • The gate of the happy sparrows. Roman ("The gate of the happy sparrows"). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1979, ISBN 3-499-14140-X .
  • The Temple of Precious Wisdom. Roman ("The temple of costly experience"). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1956.
  • The Doge's Ring. Roman ("The doge's ring"). Desch, Munich 1957 (world in books).
  • Happy melody. Roman ("Gay melody"). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1963.
  • Friend of animals (“Il romanzo di un cane”). Scheffler Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1953 (translated by Rudolf Krämer-Badoni ).
Non-fiction
  • Hewers of wood and drawers or water. On the Italian claim to colonies . Centro Italiano di Studi e Pubblicazioni, Rome 1946.
  • The last stronghold of German Nazism. On the South Tirol . Centro Italiano di Studi e Pubblicazioni, Rome 1946.
  • East wind on the Adriatic . Centro Italiano di Studi e Pubblicazioni, Rome 1946.
  • Italy, Great Britain and the league in the Italo-Ethiopian conflict . Unione Italiana d'America, New York 1935.
  • The last empress. From old to new China (“The last of the empresses”). Zsolnay, Vienna 1959.

literature

  • Karl Schodrok : Daniele Varè and the partition of Upper Silesia in 1922 . In: Silesia. Art, science, folklore; Lower Silesia, Upper Silesia, Sudetenschlesien , Vol. 13 (1968), Issue 3, pp. 129-138, ISSN  0036-6153 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography of Daniele Varè in the Munzinger archive

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personal data
SURNAME Varè, Daniele
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1956
Place of death Rome