another famous dalmatian irredentist was arturo colautti. he was a writer and journalist who -from his native zara- relocated to spalato in 1876, where he founded the magazine of culture and literature, "rivista dalmatica". the magazine did not last long, because strongly pro-italian and related to antonio bajamonti. in the same year, he was asked to direct "l'avvenire" and, from 1876 al 1880, he developed it as an irredentist newspaper. following the publication of an anti-austrian article on his newspaper, in september 1880, colautti was attacked by a group of croatian soldiers who rendered him impaired for a few months. shortly after, also because of the threat of a lawsuit for crimes against the stringent austrian press laws and for his support of italian irredentism, colautti chose the path of exile and took refuge in the kingdom of italy (where he strongly supported the intervention of italy in world war i).