In the Milanese capital he also frequents the literary environment. In 1888 he was admitted to the Corriere della Sera as a literary critic and political commentator. In 1890 he collaborated with Marco Praga in drafting the libretto by Manon Lescaut for Puccini, later terminated by Luigi Illica.

In 1897 he applied to the Parliament for the Right, resulting elected in Parma. His Letters of a young deputy are published in the weekly magazine L'Illustrazione Italiana. The following year he was the successor of Torelli Viollier to the Corriere management, but he remained permanently in Rome, preferring to follow parliamentary work closely. In the year 1900 he lost both the office of director and that of deputy.

Thanks to contacts with politicians Antonio Salandra and Sidney Sonnino, he entered the newspaper Giornale d'Italia from the first issue, founded in the capital in 1901. Oliva is a columnist and a theater and literary critic. He holds his own column, "Literary Notes", from 1901 to 1913.

In 1910 he was among the founders of the Italian Nationalist Association. In 1913 he leaves the Giornale d'Italia, in disagreement with the neutralist line decided by the publishers, and passes to L'Idea Nazionale, organ of the Nationalist Association. In 1915 he became its director.

Death captures him suddenly at the age of 57.

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