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- from wikipedia biography
Born in Iolo, a small town in the city of Prato, to a wealthy and wealthy family, landowner and a silk spinning machine, after completing his high school studies at the Cicognini boarding school in Prato he had to interrupt his university studies in literature at the university of Florence before graduating. He married twice: in 1904 with the Canadian Caroline Le Liévre de Saint Remy whom she met in Florence in the late 1890s; here the girl went to the nearby boarding school at Poggio Imperiale, where she studied. Deeply in love, Cecconi had long correspondence with her once he returned home, until, in July 1904, he decided to embark from Naples for America; he disembarked in New York, traveled by train to Ottawa, in the Ontario Department where the girl resided, and asked her to be his wife. They got married in October, on the steamer that brought them back to Italy and lived taking care of the family's landholdings. Cousin of Ardengo Soffici [1] , he frequented the literary circles of Florence and met Gabriele D'Annunzio and Giovanni Pascoli. He also lived in Paris and corresponded with Émile Zola. He occasionally collaborated with the magazine Il Marzocco and financially contributed to the foundation of the magazine La Voce.He published some works of fiction: a novel and some volumes of short stories.
He died in his house in Iolo on 25 September 1963 at the age of ninety-four, after a long and intense life.
A street was named after him in Prato .
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1870 - 1963 (93 years)
Caroline Le Lievre de St Remy, b. 2 Mar 1884, Ontario 