Nationality Italian Died November 15, 1983 Role Writer | Name Giulio Cogni Period Italian Fascism | |
Born January 10, 1908Siena ( 1908-01-10 ) Occupation writer, racial theorist, music composer, music critic | ||
Giulio Cogni (January 10, 1908 – November 15, 1983) was an Italian writer, racial theorist, music composer and music critic.
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Life
Giulio Cogni taught psychology and musical esthetics at the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini. He published articles in the journals Il Mattino, Il Messaggero, La Sicilia and Gazzetta del Sud.
Cogni was also an Italian racial theorist and member of the National Fascist Party of Italy. Cogni wrote the work Il Razzismo (1936) and sent it to Duce Benito Mussolini to review, initially Mussolini was not impressed with the work, however Cogni's ideas later entered into the official Fascist racial policy several years later.
In 1941 Giulio Cogni went to Weimar in Nazi Germany where he met collaborating European writers and joined the "Europäische Schriftstellervereinigung" (i.e. European Writers' League) which was founded by Joseph Goebbels.