General Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso, Duke of Gallese (; 12 March 1863 – 1 March 1938), sometimes spelled
d'Annunzio, was an
Italian writer, poet, journalist, playwright and soldier during
World War I. He occupied a prominent place in
Italian literature from 1889 to 1910 and after that political life from 1914 to 1924. He was often referred to under the epithets
Il Vate ("the Poet") or
Il Profeta ("the Prophet").