Filippo tommaso marinetti in his car

Italian poet (1876–1944)

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Born	(1876-12-22)22 December 1876 Alexandria, Khedivate of Egypt
Died	2 December 1944(1944-12-02) (aged 67) Bellagio, Italy
Occupation	Poet
Literary movement	Futurism
Spouse	Benedetta Cappa

Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti (Italian:[fiˈlippotomˈmaːzomariˈnetti]; 22 December 1876 – 2 December 1944) was an Italian poet, editor, art theorist, and founder of the Futurist movement.

He was associated with the utopian and Symbolist artistic and literary community Abbaye de Créteil between 1907 and 1908. Marinetti is best known as the author of the Manifesto of Futurism, which was written and published in 1909, and as a co-author of the Fascist Manifesto, in 1919.

Childhood and adolescence

Emilio Angelo Carlo Marinetti (some documents give his name as "Filippo Achille Emilio Marinetti") spent the first years of his life in Alexandria, Egypt, where his fathe