Ezio Maria Gray

Ezio Maria Gray (born 9 October 1885 in Novara, Piedmont – died 8 February 1969 in Rome) was an Italian fascist politician and journalist. Gray was the architect of the Grand Design for a Mediterranean Confederation dominated by a Latin Alliance. His geopolitical ideas influenced the development of Mussolini's expansionist strategies.

Early years Gray, a staunch critic of socialism, was a founder member of the Italian Nationalist Association in 1910. A strong supporter of the Libyan war and an interventionist in World War I, he dropped out of politics to serve in the Italian Army during the First World War and afterwards in Dalmatia. Away from his party duties he was a leading figure in the Società Dante Alighieri, President of the Ente Autonomo della Stampa and a businessman with a reputation for shady dealings. His position grew towards the end of the Italian fascists period and on 23 July 1943 he was appointed vice-president of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations. Following the collapse of this regime he was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for his leading role in the fascist government. Gray returned to parliament, serving the MSI as a deputy from 1953 to 1958 and in the Senate from 1963 to 1968.

Main works

Lo smeraldo di Nerone, Forlì 1911; La bella guerra, Firenze 1912; Il Belgio sotto la spada tedesca, ibid. 1915; La guerra senza sangue, ibid. 1915; Disciplina civile, ibid. 1916; Venezia in armi, Milano 1917;

Con le fanterie sarde. Giornate sull'Altipiano e sul Piave, Firenze 1918; Come Lenin conquistò la Russia, ibid. 1920; Il fronte antibolscevico, ibid. 1920; Il processo di Cadorna, ibid. 1920; Il pensiero di Mussolini, Milano 1927; Oriani maestro di vita e di potenza, Bologna 1930; Crescendo di certezze, Roma 1930; Credenti nella patria, Milano 1934; Antonio Cecchi, ibid. 1935; Silvio Pellico, ibid. 1936; Francesco Caracciolo e la Rivoluzione napoletana, ibid. 1936; L'Italia ha sempre ragione. Cronache del regime (aprile 1932 - giugno 1938), ibid. 1938; Ramazza. Cose dette e non dette (15 giugno 1939 - 22 sett. 1941), ibid. 1942.