Francesco Meriano

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Francesco Meriano (born September 21, 1896 in Turin , † May 21, 1934 in Kabul ) was a futuristic artist, Italian ambassador , fascist writer, journalist and politician.

Life

Francesco Meriano was the son of Carolina Capello and Ernesto Meriano. With Bino Binazzi (born November 12, 1878 in Figline Valdarno, † May 1, 1930 in Prato) he published the avant-garde magazine La Brigata in Bologna from June 1916 to 1920 . From 1916 to 1920 he worked with Tristan Tzara , whom he admired, on Relationes épistolaires .

From 1921 to 1923 he was editor of the Il Popolo d'Italia founded by Benito Mussolini . In 1923 he was deputy director of Il Resto del Carlino in Bologna and published with Dino Grandi Quaderni Imperia . In 1927 Meriano entered Italy's foreign service. In 1928 he became consul general in Odessa . From June 24, 1929 to September 26, 1930, he was envoy in Luxembourg . From 1931 to mid-1932 he was consul in Rabat , where he published L'Ala Italiana , (The Italian Wing), a conservative fortnightly magazine. In 1932, with increasing symptoms of illness, he was taken to a sanatorium in Abetina Vallesana in the province of Sondrio , where he spent two months in hospital from August 1932. In 1933 he negotiated in Split against the background of territorial conflicts about the promotion of Italian culture in Dalmatia . In 1934 he was sent to Kabul as Ministre plénipotentiaire , where he died of an illness. He is buried in the Settignano cemetery.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Henri Béhar, Catherine Dufour , Dada, circuit total p. 675
  2. ↑ Information about Francesco Meriano on a website of the Fondazione Primo Conti (Italian) ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fondazioneprimoconti.org
  3. ^ Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani , MERIANO, Francesco , Volume 73, 2009
predecessor Office successor
Riccardo Monzani Italian Ambassador to Luxembourg
June 24, 1929 to September 26, 1930 		Ugo Silvestri
Vincenzo Galanti Italian ambassador to Kabul in
1934 		Ugo Sabetta
personal data
SURNAME Meriano, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Turin
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1934
Place of death Kabul