De Bosis, Lauro, 1901-1931

De Bosis was an Italian poet and freedom fighter who was killed in 1931 after dropping anti-fascist leaflets from an airplane over Rome.

From the description of Papers, 1917-1933. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122581282

De Bosis was an Italian poet and anti-fascist; he taught at Harvard beginning in 1926, during which time he published his translation of La vita privata di Elena di Troia by J. Erskine.

From the description of Letter : to unidentified recipients, [ca. 1926] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612851842

De Bosis was an Italian poet who was killed in 1931 after dropping anti-fascist leaflets from an airplane over Rome.

From the guide to the Papers, 1917-1933., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

Lauro De Bosis was an Italian poet and anti-fascist; Nancy Cox-McCormack Cushman was an American sculptor, writer, artist, and socialite.

From the description of Letters to : Nancy Cox-McCormack Cushman, ca. 1922-1948. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612863863

Nancy Cox-McCormack Cushman (1885-1967) was a sculptor, author, socialite, and traveler. She studied art in St. Louis, Missouri and at the Art Institute of Chicago, and was a close friend of Lauro De Bosis' mother, Lillian De Bosis, as well as Lauro De Bosis.

Lauro De Bosis (1901-1931) was an Italian poet, classicist, anti-fascist, and freedom fighter. He was born and educated in Rome, the son of an American, Lillian Vernon De Bosis, and an Italian poet, Adolfo De Bosis. He taught at Harvard University beginning in 1926. In 1930 he organized an underground anti-fascist movement in Italy he called the Alleanza Nazionale (or National Alliance). De Bosis disappeared in October of 1931 after dropping anti-fascist leaflets from an airplane over Rome.

From the guide to the Letters sent to Nancy Cox-McCormack from Lauro De Bosis and others, 1922-1956., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)