Rome, May 15.
Marquis F. M. Taliani de Marchio, Italian Ambassador to China, now in Shanghai, was awarded the "solemn praise" of the Royal Academy of Italy in a recent ceremony attended by King-Emperor Victor Emmanuel Til, -the Stefani News Agency reported here today.
The award was given the diplomat for the literary excellence of a biography of Enrico Cardinal Gas-parti, former Secretary of State of the Vatican. The Academy's mention is the highest distinction an Italian author can obtain for a single work, the Mussolini Prize being awarded only to the entire production of a writer.
Marquis de Marchio's book, entitled the "Life of Cardinal Gasparri," has been one of the best sellers in Italy.
—Domei.
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