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FILIPPO TOMMASO MARINETTI CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS, 1886-1974 (bulk 1900-1944) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, born in Alexandria in 1876, attended secondary school and university in France, where he began his literary career. |
 | | Following WWI, in which he served, Marinetti became an active member of the fascist party; on April 15, 1919, he and Ferruccio Vecchi led the "battle" of piazza Mercanti against socialists, communists, and anarchists, which was Italian fascism's first decisive victory. |
 | | Throughout the 1920s and 30s and until his death in 1944, Marinetti sought to reconcile the theories of futurism with the ideology of state fascism and to serve as impresario for both. |
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