Presentation

Born March 11 1946, Turin (Italy).

Education and professional career

  • 1960-1965 : Secondary studies at Massimo-d'Azeglio high school, Turin
  • 1965-1969 : Faculty of Arts, University of Turin. Bachelor of Arts
  • 1972-1976 : Assistant, then Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Letters, University of Turin
  • 1976-1982 : Professor Extraordinary, then Full Professor of Italian Literature, Faculty of Letters, University of Geneva
  • 1982-1988 : Professor Extraordinary, then Full Professor of Italian Literature at the Faculty of Education, University of Padua
  • 1988-1999 : Full Professor of Italian Literature, Faculty of Letters, University of Turin
  • 1999-2020 : Professor at the Collège de France, chair Modern literatures of Neolatin Europe

Awards and distinctions

  • Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome (founded 1603)
  • Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA (founded 1780)
  • Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, London
  • Member of Arcadia, Accademia Letteraria Italiana, Rome (founded 1690)
  • Member of the Accademia delle Scienze, Turin (founded 1783)
  • 1975 : " Bonavera " prize for Belles-Lettres, Accademia delle Scienze, Turin
  • 1979 : " Vallombrosa " prize, Florence, for criticism and poetry
  • 1991 : " Roncaglia " prize for Belles-Lettres, from the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome
  • 1997 : " Antonio Feltrinelli " prize for literary criticism, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome
  • 2010 : " Cesare Pavese " prize
  • 2010 : " Pisa " national prize
  • 2021 :Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize

Selected bibliography