Attilio Momigliano

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Attilio Momigliano (born March 7, 1883 in Ceva , † April 2, 1952 in Florence ) was an Italian Romanist , Italianist and literary historian.

life and work

Momigliano studied in Turin with Artur Graf (graduated in 1905), then spent another year in Florence. From 1906 to 1920 he was a high school teacher in Saluzzo , Savona , Treviglio , Asti , Bologna , Nuoro , Catania and Turin . From 1920 to 1924 he was a lecturer at the University of Catania , from 1925 to 1934 he taught in Pisa , then at the University of Florence .

As a "Jew" he fell under the 1938 Italian Race Laws in 1938 and was removed from his chair. He declined an invitation to England and instead published as a private scholar under the pseudonym Giorgio Flores. He fled from the National Socialists to Bologna, then to Città di Castello , and finally to Borgo San Sepolcro , where he hid under a false name in a clinic and took care of his sick wife. In April 1945 Momigliano returned to his chair.

Works (selection)

  • L'indole e il riso di Luigi Pulci , Rocca San Casciano 1907
  • L'opera di Carlo Porta . Studio compiuto sui versi editi ed inediti , Città di Castello 1909
  • Alessandro Manzoni , 2 vols., Messina 1915–1919
  • Primi studi goldoniani , Florence 1922
  • Saggio su l '" Orlando furioso " , Bari 1928
  • Storia della letteratura italiana dalle origini ai nostri giorni , Milan 1937 (Portuguese: São Paolo 1948)
  • Cinque saggi , Florence 1945
  • Introduzione ai poeti , Rome 1946
  • Studi di poesia , Bari 1938, 3rd edition, Messina 1960, 1976
  • Ultimi studi , ed. by Walter Binni , Florence 1954
  • Dante. Manzoni. Verga , Messina 1955, 1976

Editorial activity

  • Carlo Porta, Antologia , Genoa 1913
  • Antologia della letteratura italiana , 3 vols., Messina 1931-1934
  • Torquato Tasso , La gerusalemme liberata , Florence 1946
  • Dante Alighieri , La Divina Commedia , Florence 1948
  • Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi sposi , Florence 1951

literature

  • Enrico Ghidetti:  MOMIGLIANO, Attilio. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 75:  Miranda – Montano. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2011.
  • Attilio Momigliano: Lettere scelte , ed. by Mario Scotti, Florence 1969
  • Emilio Bigi: Attilio Momigliano. In: Critica e storia letteraria. Studi offerti a Mario Fubini , Padua 1970, pp. 546-571
  • Pasquale Tuscano: Critica e stile di Attilio Momigliano , Bergamo 1971
  • Attilio Momigliano. Atti del convegno di studi nel centenario della nascita, Firenze 10-11 February 1984 . Edited by Alvaro Biondi. Florence 1990

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personal data
SURNAME Momigliano, Attilio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flores, Giorgio (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Romanist, Italianist and literary historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Ceva
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1952
Place of death Florence