Le donne del mio Vate – ☾I☽

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Questa serie di racconti sulle donne di Gabriele D’Annunzio (o anche d’Annunzio) si basa liberamente su scritti suoi o che si riferiscono a lui (messi tra virgolette e/o in corsivo). Il narratore è la fedele Aélis.

Alla nascita, mi è stato dato il nome di Amélie ma l’Immaginifico l’ha trasformato in Aélis.
Ricopro svariate mansioni qui al Vittoriale, ma ritengo che vi basti sapere che sono la sua cameriera personale, la testimone, colei che sa di tutte le sue donne.

1 LE DUE MARIE

1a – Maria Hardouin

La prima donna che non sono mai riuscita a sopportare è quella moglie scomoda da cui il mio Gabriele non ha mai divorziato; anche se non la odiamo, io sono davvero infastidita ogni volta che donna Maria arriva al Vittoriale gettando tutti nello scompiglio.
E’ sempre stata una presenza ingombrante, anche se non molto in vista, in quanto viene relegata in una residenza appartata, una dépendance restaurata e ribattezzata Villa Mirabella.

La loro storia iniziò nel 1883, in un boschetto: un focoso incontro d’amore che ebbe come conseguenza la denuncia sporta dal padre della giovane Maria per corruzione di minorenne.
I due amanti allora decisero di fuggire in treno fino a Firenze, dove però vennero presto scoperti. Si diceva che fosse stato lo stesso Gabriele a far trapelare la notizia, per porre la famiglia di fronte a una scelta: o matrimonio o scandalo. E il matrimonio riparatore venne celebrato, con gran risalto, portando allo scrittore che ancora non era stato riconosciuto a dovere una buona dose di notorietà

NOTA

Gabriele D’Annunzio (1863-1938) poeta, romanziere, drammaturgo, giornalista, eroe militare, trend setter e molto altro, è considerato il principale scrittore italiano tra la fine del XIX e l’inizio del XX secolo.
È stato spesso indicato come il Vate, il Profeta. o l’Imaginifico per il suo particolare stile di scrittura.
Fu anche famoso per le sue avventure romantiche e per le sue esperienze sessuali quasi compulsive descritte nei romanzi.
La sua multiforme carriera, i suoi affari scandalosi, la sua audacia in tempo di guerra, la sua eloquenza e leadership politica, hanno contribuito a renderlo una delle personalità più sorprendenti del suo tempo.
Si ritirò dopo il 1922, quando fu spinto fuori da una finestra e rimase zoppo nel Vittoriale, la sua grandiosa tenuta collinare, a Gardone Riviera affacciata sul Lago di Garda, che è composta dalla residenza principale detta la Prioria, un anfiteatro, l’incrociatore Puglia incastonato in una collina, una darsena contenente la nave MAS utilizzata da D’Annunzio nel 1918 e un mausoleo circolare.

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This series of short stories about the mistresses of Gabriele D’Annunzio (or also d’Annunzio) is loosely based on his writings or documents which refer to him (in quotation marks and/or in italics). The narrator is his faithful Aélis.
Vate is one of the epithets given to him, and it means Poet, Bard.

When I was born, I was given the name of Amélie but the Poet transformed it into Aélis.
I hold various duties here at the Vittoriale, but I think it is enough for you to know that I am his personal maid, his witness, the one who knows all about his women.

1 THE TWO MARIAS

1a – Maria Hardouina

The first woman I’ve never been able to put up with is his inconvenient wife, from whom my Gabriele has never divorced; although we don’t hate her, I am really annoyed every time Donna Maria arrives at the Vittoriale throwing everyone into confusion.
She has always been a cumbersome presence, although not really noticeable, as she has been relegated to living in a secluded residence, an outbuilding restored and renamed Villa Mirabella.

Their story began in 1883, in a grove: a hot love encounter which resulted in a complaint filed by her father for corruption of a minor.
Therefore the two lovers took the train and fled to Florence, where they were discovered. They said it was Gabriele himself who leaked the news, to confront her family with a choice: either marriage or scandal. And the shotgun wedding was celebrated, with great prominence, bringing a good deal of notoriety to a writer who had not yet been acknowledged as such.

NOTE

Gabriele D’Annunzio (sometimes written d’Annunzio) was born on 12 March 1863 in Pescara, in the region of Abruzzo, Italy, and died on 1st March 1938 at Gardone Riviera (in the north of Italy. He was an Italian poet, novelist, dramatist, journalist, and Royal Italian Army officer during World War I. He was considered a military hero, trend setter, and much more, and is the leading Italian writer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
He was often referred to under the epithets “il Vate” (the Poet) or “il Profeta (the Prophet), or “l’Imaginifico” (The Creator of Imagery) due to his particular writing style.
He was also famous for his romantic adventures which received public attention, and for his almost compulsive sexual experiences detailed in his fiction.
His colourful career, his scandalous affairs, his daring actions in wartime, his eloquence and political leadership, all contributed to make him one of the most striking personalities of his time.
He withdrew into semi-retirement after 1922, when he was pushed out a window in Gardone Riviera and badly crippled. His grandiose hillside estate is called “Il Vittoriale /The shrine of victories of the Italians,” in the town of Gardone Riviera overlooking Lake Garda in Lombardy. It consists of the main residence called the Prioria (priory), an amphitheatre, the cruiser Puglia set into a hillside, a boathouse containing the motor torpedo-boat used by D’Annunzio in 1918 and a circular mausoleum.

To be continued

Image: Gabriele D’Annunzio – 1916 – CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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70 thoughts on “Le donne del mio Vate – ☾I☽

  1. Love the story’s beginning. A wonderful lead-in–The first woman I’ve never been able to put up with is his inconvenient wife, from whom my Gabriele has never divorced; although we don’t hate her, I am really annoyed every time Donna Maria arrives at the Vittoriale throwing everyone into confusion. He sounds like he could become quite the character. I am curious as to who pushed him out the window –was it the inconvenient wife?

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    1. Luisa ! You are a master story teller . Your liking is unparallel . Though presenter is Aelis Vate , but selection is yours . Gabriele , a less known writer-turned culprit of eloping with a minor girl Maria, confronted with her family with a choice — either marriage or scandal . A daring poet , the prophet and the creator of imagery , Gabriele was famous for his romantic adventures . He was a poet , novelist , dramatist , journalist and above all a Royal Italian Army Officer during World War I . Such a brilliant persona can not the citizen of a particular country but the citizen of the world as a whole . A scandalous character-turned -a romantic hero excelled not only on the papers but on the war sites also . Thanks for sharing!

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  2. Molto molto interessante questa nuova serie in cui si narreranno i racconti delle donne di D’Annunzio, 👍. Dall’incipit mi sembra di capire che Aélis fosse segretamente innamorata di D’Annunzio ed essendone solo la cameriera e non una possibile “candidata” al cuore del Vate fosse gelosa delle altre donne.

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  3. Thank you, Luisa, for the new series about a “striking” writer and poet, I never heard about!
    I use the word “striking” as it seems to be a focus of his personality.
    I might be in for a surprise…

    Joanna

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  4. Mi ha fatto piacere leggere quanto hai scritto, e mi farà piacere leggere quello che scriverai… non foss’altro che per il fatto che… abbiamo dovuto studiarlo a scuola… ma in un altro modo.
    Buon Pomeriggio Luisa.
    Quarc

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  5. Un nuovo e interessante ra conto bene, tra l’altro sono sempre stata piuttosto interessata al D’Annunzio e chissà cos’altro si scoprirà attraverso le tue ricerche ❤️ Buon proseguimento di serata cara Luisa 😘

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