Biography

Born in Florence, he worked as journalist and writer. He collaboreated to Il Fanfulla and in 1879 he founded the Fanfulla della domenica literary supplement, which he directed until 1882; he was also editor of La Domenica letteraria from 1882 al 1885 and professor at the University of Pisa

University of Pisa

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In 1876 he was elected in the Italian

Italy

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 Parliament, a position he held for 43 years. He was Minister of Colonies in the Salandra I

Antonio Salandra

Antonio Salandra was a conservative Italian politician who served as the 33rd Prime Minister of Italy between 1914 and 1916...

 and Salandra II cabinets, and Minister of the Public Instruction in the first Giolitti

Giovanni Giolitti

Giovanni Giolitti was an Italian statesman. He was the 19th, 25th, 29th, 32nd and 37th Prime Minister of Italy between 1892 and 1921. A left-wing liberal, Giolitti's periods in office were notable for the passage of a wide range of progressive social reforms which improved the living standards of...

 cabinet. Martini was also governor of Eritrea

Eritrea

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 from 1897 to 1907.

On 1 March 1923 he was created Senator of the Italian Kingdom. In 1925 he was one of the signers of Giovanni Gentile

Giovanni Gentile

Giovanni Gentile was an Italian neo-Hegelian Idealist philosopher, a peer of Benedetto Croce. He described himself as 'the philosopher of Fascism', and ghostwrote A Doctrine of Fascism for Benito Mussolini. He also devised his own system of philosophy, Actual Idealism.- Life and thought :Giovanni...

's Manifesto of the Fascist intellectuals

Fascism

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He died at Monsummano Terme

Monsummano Terme

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in 1928.

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