Enrica Malcovati

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Enrica Malcovati (born October 21, 1894 in Pavia ; † January 4, 1990 ibid) was an Italian classical philologist . She published several critical editions on Latin and Greek authors.

life and work

Enrica Malcovati was the daughter of Angelo Malcovati and Maria geb. Lardera. Her younger brother was the gynecologist Piero Malcovati (1902–1963).

Enrica Malcovati attended the Liceo Ugo Foscolo in Pavia and from 1913 studied Classical Philology at the University of Pavia . Her academic teachers included the ancient historian Plinio Fraccaro (1882–1959) and the Latinist Carlo Pascal (1866–1926), the founder of the review organ Athenaeum (from 1913) and the edition series Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum Paravianum (from 1916). After graduation (July 2, 1917) Malcovati taught at high schools in Biella (1917-1922), Molfetta (1922-1923) and Pavia (1923-1940). During this time she continued her research and published articles and reviews in various professional journals. Based on her dissertation, in which she dealt with the fragments of the poetry of Emperor Augustus , she created a study edition of these fragments, which appeared in 1921 in the edition series of her teacher Pascal. After his death (1926) Malcovati became managing editor of the magazine Athenaeum (under the editor Fraccaro). From 1958 to 1989 she was co-editor of the magazine.

In parallel to her work at the grammar school, Malcovati taught from 1930 as a private lecturer at the University of Pavia. In 1934 she received the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei Prize for Philology. In 1940 she took over the chair of Latin Philology at the University of Cagliari in Sardinia . In 1943, in the middle of the Second World War , she was offered the chair of Greek Philology at the University of Pavia, which she could not follow until December 1, 1946 due to the war. In 1950 she changed from the Greek chair to the Latin one, but until 1958/59 she represented both subjects in academic teaching. In 1954, at the suggestion of Fraccaro, she was elected rector of the Collegio Universitario Castiglioni-Brugnatelli, making her the first woman in this position at an Italian university. From 1957 to 1969 Malcovati served as dean of the Faculty of Philosophy; after reaching retirement age in 1964, she finally resigned from her professorship and all offices in 1969. She received the title and rights of a professor emeritus on February 27, 1979.

As a classical philologist, Enrica Malcovati mainly dealt with the literary legacies of antiquity. She was primarily a Latinist, but also dealt with Greek subjects. She dealt with the history of transmission and textual criticism of various authors and published critical editions in which she made her findings useful for the constitution of the text. Her fragment editions of the poetry of Emperor Augustus (first in 1921, five editions until 1969) and the Roman Orators (first in 1930, several new editions until 1976), their critical editions of the historical works of Cornelius Nepos (1934; third edition 1964) and Sallust were of particular importance (School editions, 1940/41) and the poetry of Florus (1938), which she identified with the historian Florus . In the 1940s she wrote non-fiction books on Cicero's views on poetry (1943) and women of Roman antiquity (1944, 1945).

Her studies on the Greek translation of Paianios of Eutropius ' Breviarium ab urbe condita (1943/44) as well as her editions of Musaios ' poem Hero and Leander (1947) and Lykurg's Speech Against Leocrates (1956; with commentary and translation ) are above all in the Graecist area 1966) significant. A collection of smaller contributions and essays from 1920 to 1980 appeared after her death (1990).

On the occasion of her 70th birthday, Malcovati received an honorary doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Vienna (1964). On January 8, 1978 she was elected a member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.

Fonts (selection)

  • Imperatoris Caesaris Augusti operum fragmenta . Torino 1921. 2nd edition 1928. 3rd edition 1948. 4th edition 1962. 5th edition 1969.
  • Oratorum Romanorum fragmenta . 3 volumes, Torino 1930. 2nd edition 1955. 3rd edition 1967. 4th edition 1976.
  • Cornelii Nepotis quae exstant . Torino 1934. 2nd edition 1945. 3rd edition 1964.
  • Res Gestae Divi Augusti. Testo, traduzione e commento . Roma 1937.
  • L. Annaei Flori quae exstant . Roma 1938. New edition 1972.
  • Sallustio, De coniuratione Catilinae . Torino 1940.
  • Sallustio, Bellum Iugurthinum . Torino 1941.
  • Antologia oraziana . Torino 1942. 2nd edition 1957. 3rd edition 1970.
  • Cicerone e la poesia . Pavia 1943.
  • Clodia, Fulvia, Marzia, Terenzia . Roma 1944.
  • Donne ispiratrici di poeti nell'antica Roma . Roma 1945.
  • Museo, Ero e Leandro. Edizione critica con traduzione e note italiane . Milano 1947.
  • Plinio il Giovane, Il Panegirico di Traiano . Firenze 1949. New edition 1952.
  • Madame Dacier . Firenze 1952.
  • Licurgo: Orazione contro Leocrate . Torino 1956. 2nd edition 1971.
  • M. Tulli Ciceronis Brutus . Leipzig 1965. New edition 1970. Reprint Milano 1981 (= M. Tulli Ciceronis scripta quae manserunt omnia 4).
  • Licurgo: Orazione contro Leocrate e frammenti . Roma 1966.
  • Florilegio critico di filologia e storia . Como 1990 (with list of publications).

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personal data
SURNAME Malcovati, Enrica
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Pavia
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1990
Place of death Pavia