(Turin, 1896 – Kabul, 1934), a poet and narrator, embraced the Futurist creed from a young age, formally adhering to it with his 1916 work "Night Equator." Attracted by new and stimulating experiences, he came into contact with foreign artists such as Apollinaire, Cendras, Concharova, and Tzara, and co-founded the magazine "La Brigata" in Bologna with Bino Binazzi in 1916, a testament to a refined openness to transalpine culture. A nationalist and interventionist, he entered politics through intense journalistic activity as a correspondent from Romagna, where he taught and founded the first Fascist Combat Group in 1919. A contributor to “Popolo d'Italia” (1921-1923), deputy director of “Il Resto del Carlino” (1923), director together with Dino Grandi of the Casa Editrice Imperia (1923), in 1928 Meriano began his diplomatic-consular career first in Odessa, then in Rabat, where he founded the conservative fortnightly “L'Ala Italiana” (1932), then in Split and finally, as plenipotentiary minister, in Kabul.
The Francesco Meriano Fund is divided into the following sections: Correspondence, which collects the letters addressed to Meriano by more than 560 senders, including Marinetti, Tzara, Apollinaire, De Chirico, Carrà, Binazzi, Bontempelli, D'Annunzio, De Pisis, Aleramo, Montale, Mussolini, Negri, Novaro, Papini, Prampolini, Raimondi and numerous others; Correspondence of uncertainties e Correspondence of unidentified persons; Manuscripts of Bino Binazzi, composed of the 61 manuscripts that Bino Binazzi left to his friend Meriano for reasons of close collaboration.
