Nocturne. D’Annunzio G.

Gabriela d'annunzio (1863–1938) - poet, writer and playwright. The modernist, the icon of decadence, the hero of the First World War, the crusher of public foundations, the classic of Italian literature, one of the most striking characters of the brilliant and violent era of the turn of the century, he had a huge impact on contemporaries, both who adored him and categorically rejected. Disputes around his work and personality still arouse keen interest among the reading public.

In the midst of the First World War, January 16, 1916, the Italian military hydroplane made an emergency landing off the coast of the Adriatic. Gabriela d'annunzio, who was part of the crew, received a contusion that threatened him with complete loss of vision. In order not to lose the opportunity to see, he had to spend for about three months, lying in the complete darkness, by the order of the doctors, almost without movement. The pain, insomnia, hallucinations, memories of childhood and youth, the ghosts of the dead combat comrades relentlessly pursued the poet in the dusk for infinitely long weeks. Not wanting to go crazy, he blindly - a line behind the line - made notes on small stripes of paper, fixing events, thoughts, sensations.

These fragmentary sketches, coupled with earlier notes, formed the basis of an amazing book, which the author entitled Notturno and called the best of his prosaic works.

“So the word that I mark in the darkness loses its appearance and meaning. It `s music". Notturno, however, can be translated not only as a noktyurn, but also as an all -night or generally something related to the most dark, mysterious and terrible time of day. Immersion at night.