Teodolinda Barolini (born December 19, 1951) is the Lorenzo Da Ponte Professor of Italian at Columbia University, and has twice served as Chair of the Department of Italian (1992–2004, 2011–2014).[1]
Teodolinda Barolini | |
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 Teodolinda Barolini, 2016 | |
| Born | December 19, 1951 |
| Occupation | Professor of Italian |
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| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Italian literature |
| Sub-discipline | Dante studies |
Early life edit
Barolini was born December 19, 1951, in Syracuse, New York. She is the daughter of Antonio Barolini[1] and Helen Barolini.
Career edit
In 1998, Barolini was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for the study of Italian literature.[2] From 1997 to 2003, she served as president of the Dante Society of America.[1] She was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2002.[3] In 2007, she won a Flaiano Prize in Italian Studies.[4] She is currently the editor-in-chief of Columbia University's Digital Dante website.[5]
She has written on the poetry of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio.[1]
Personal life edit
Barolini is married to James J. Valentini, professor of Chemistry at Columbia and the sixteenth Dean of Columbia College.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Teodolinda Barolini". Columbia University. Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "Teodolinda Barolini". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ^ "Premio di Italianistica" (in Italian). Associazione Culturale Ennio Flaiano. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "About – Digital Dante". digitaldante.columbia.edu. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
- ^ "Teodolinda Barolini, James Valentini". The New York Times. February 11, 2001. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
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