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Born Dec. 22, 1876 (Alexandria, Egypt)- Died Dec. 2, 1944 (Bellagio, Italy). | Born Dec. 22, 1876 (Alexandria, Egypt) - Died Dec. 2, 1944 (Bellagio, Italy). | ||
The ideological founding father of the '''Futurist movement''' | The ideological founding father of the '''Futurist movement''' | ||
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Born Dec. 22, 1876 (Alexandria, Egypt) - Died Dec. 2, 1944 (Bellagio, Italy).
The ideological founding father of the Futurist movement
Life of Marinetti
Marinetti was born as first child to Amalia Grolli, a literature scholar's daughter and Enrico Marinetti, an advocat. Within the beneficial intellectual setting, Marinetti not only profited from his father's relations to Egyptian high society members but also from an education in Egypt, France, Italy and Switzerland. 1888 at the age of 12, he enters the Jesuit Saint François Xavier College in France where he discovers his passion for Literature, especially French writers, as for instance Émile Zola. Due to his non-conformist behaviour, according to the Jesuits, he is expelled from college. 1893 he moves to Paris in order to do his baccalauréat ès lettres. His stay in Paris is of vital importance for his development as a writer and futurist poet. After his graduation