... become so accustomed to it that we do not recognize it and take these powerful shapes and colors for granted. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti * The Italian millionaire poet and writer, Emilio Angelo Carlo Marinetti (later called Filippo Tommaso), was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1876 the second son of ... and in 1898 he published his first work in the new 'free verse' style. By 1900 he had decided to devote himself entirely to Italian and French literature and poetry. He founded the international magazine Poesia (Poetry) in 1905 and published it in Milan from 1905 until 1909. ... movement. ...

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