Pietro Paolo Trompeo

Pietro Paolo Trompeo , also Pietro Paolo Trompèo , (born December 2, 1886 in Rome , † June 7, 1958 ibid) was an Italian author, Romanist and French scholar .

life and work

Trompeo studied at La Sapienza University in Rome with Cesare De Lollis and graduated in 1912. From 1922 to 1957 he was a lecturer (from 1930 professor) for French language and literature at the same university. From 1948 to 1949 he published the magazine La Fiera letteraria . He was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1952), Knight of the Legion of Honor (1948) and an honorary doctorate from the University of Grenoble (1955).

Works

Romance Studies

• Nell'Italia romantica sulle orme di Stendhal , Rome 1924
• Rilegature gianseniste , Milan and Rome 1930
  • Vecchie e nuove rilegature gianseniste , Naples 1958
• Il lettore vagabondo , Rome 1942
• Carducci e D'Annunzio. Saggi e postille , Rome 1943
• La pantofola di vetro. Note di varia letteratura , Naples 1952
• L'azzurro di Chartres e altri capricci , Caltanissetta 1958
• Preti, Rome 1962
• Incontri di Stendhal , Naples 1963
• Diporti italiani , ed. by Nello Vian, Rome 1984 (collective publication, 1942–1958)

prose

• Piazza Margana , Rome 1942, 1969
• La scala del sole , Rome 1943, 1969
• Tempo ritrovato , Rome 1947, 1969
• Via Cupa , Bologna 1958
• Pagine biellesi di Pietro Paolo Trompeo , Biella 1967

literature

• Pietro Paolo Trompeo, ed. by Luigi de Nardis and Mario Picchi, in: La Fiera letteraria 12, 38, 1958
• Studi sulla letteratura dell'Ottocento, in onore di Pietro Paolo Trompeo , ed. by Giovanni Macchia and Glauco Natoli , Naples 1959 (commemorative publication, with list of publications)
• Massimo Colesanti, Ritratti di critici , Rome 1970
• Pietro Paolo Trompeo. In: Massimo Bray (ed.): Enciclopedia dei Papi. Rome 2000 ( treccani.it ).
• Nicolò Mineo:  Pietro Paolo Trompeo. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI).