Augusto Turati, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Augusto Turati

Italian journalist

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1888

Place of Birth: Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Date of Death: 27-Aug-1955

Profession: politician, journalist, fencer

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Augusto Turati

  • Augusto Turati (16 April 1888 – 27 August 1955) was an Italian journalist and Fascist politician. Born in Parma, after moving to Brescia as a young man, Turati worked on newspapers and became one of the editors at the liberal Provincia di Brescia; he attended law classes, but never graduated.
  • An irredentist and advocate of Italy entering World War I, he volunteered for the front in 1915.
  • In 1918, he returned to Brescia as head editor of the same newspaper. In 1920, he joined the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento - a year later, the National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, or PNF).
  • Active in trade unionism for the régime-backed corporatist enterprises, Turati was a secretary for the Brescia Fascio.
  • In 1926-1930, he was secretary of the PNF, helping in the consolidation of Benito Mussolini's rule.
  • He doubled this task with leadership positions in sports: a Federtennis president, a Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera one, and leader of the Italian National Olympic Committee (jobs held in 1928-1930).
  • In 1930-1931, he was a member of the International Olympic Committee.
  • Turati was also the inventor of a short-lived and supposedly uniquely Italian team sport which he called volata. Between 1924 and 1934, Turati served in the Italian Chamber of Deputies; in 1931-1932, he was the editor-in-chief of La Stampa.
  • Accused of intrigues against other members of the PNF, Turati was demoted from official positions, and was confined on Rhodes (an Italian possession at the time) in 1933.
  • Redeemed in 1937, he was released and assigned the task of carrying out a massive agricultural experiment in Ethiopia (part of Italian East Africa).
  • He had to return to Italy after the project failed the next year. Turati moved away from the political scene, and worked as a legal consultant.
  • He was however opposed to Italy's entry into World War II, as well as to the Nazi-protected Italian Social Republic; at the end of the war, he nevertheless faced trial, but was acquitted on all charges. He died in Rome

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