Enrica Malcovati

Enrica Malcovati (21 October 1894 - 4 January 1990) was an Italian Classical philologist.[1]

Enrica Malcovati
Born(1894-10-21)21 October 1894
Pavia, Italy
DiedJanuary 4, 1990(1990-01-04) (aged 95)
OccupationAcademic, scholar, classicist
Academic background
Academic work
DisciplineClassics
Sub-disciplineGreek literature
Latin literature
InstitutionsUniversity of Pavia
University of Cagliari

Career

In 1927, she was the general editor of Athenaeum, following the death of her mentor Carlo Pascal. She became a private teacher at the University of Pavia in 1930, the same year as her magnum opus - the three volumes of Oratorum Romanorum fragmenta - was published.[2]

In 1940, Malcovati moved to the University of Cagliari to become the Professor of Latin. In this role she published several studies and translations of ancient authors including Lucan and Cicero. In 1946 she took up the role of Professor Greek at the University of Pavia before switching to the Chair in Latin in 1950. She retired in 1969.[2]

In 1970, she received an honorary doctorate in philosophy from the University of Vienna, and in 1978 she was elected to membership of the Accademia dei Lincei.[2]

Legacy

After her death, an issue of the Bollettino dei classici was dedicated to her memory. A conference proceedings published in 1996 celebrated the October 1994 conference held in Pavia to celebrate the 100th anniversary of her birth.[3]

Malcovati’s home city, Pavia, named a street after her, the 'Via Enrica Malcovati'.[2]

Select publications
  • Malcovati, E. 1921 (1st edition) Imperatoris Caesaris Augusti operum fragmenta. Turin.
  • Malcovati, E. 1930 (1st edition) (ed.) Oratorum Romanorum fragmenta. Turin.
  • Malcovati, E. 1940. M. Anneo Lucano. Milan.
  • Malcovati, E. 1943. "Cicerone e la poesia",. Pavia, Annali della Facoltà di lettere e di filosofia della Università di Cagliari 13.
  • Malcovati, E. 1944. Clodia, Fulvia, Marzia, Terenzia. Rome.
  • Malcovati, E. 1945. Donne, ispiratrici di poeti nell’antica Roma. Rome.
  • Malcovati, E. 1952. Madame Dacier, una gentildonna filologa del gran secolo. Florence.
  • Malcovati, E. 1965 (1st edition) (ed.) M. Tulli Ciceronis Brutus. Leipzig.

References
  1. "Enrica Malcovati, Prof. Dr" (in German). Universitat Wien. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  2. Fiona McHardy. "Enrica Malcovati". Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. Per Enrica Malcovati: atti del convegno di studi nel centenario della nascita (Pavia 21–22 ottobre 1994) (in Italian). Como: Biblioteca di Athenaeum. 1996.
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