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Edition 54 (1983) Winner
Gianfranco Folena
ジャンフランコ・フォレーナ
Gianfranco Folena
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1920-04-09 （Savigliano）
- Died
- 1992-02-14 （Padua） age 71
- Nationality
- Italy
- Languages
- Italian
- Residence History
- Savigliano → Pisa → Florence → Padua
Career
- Occupations
- linguist, philologist, academic, author
- Active Years
- 1945-1990
- Affiliations
- University of Padua
- Memberships
- Accademia dei Lincei, Accademia della Crusca, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Italian Linguistic Society, Philological-Linguistic Circle of Padua
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scuola Normale Superiore | — | Classical Philology | — | — | Italy |
| University of Florence | — | Linguistics | — | — | Italy |
Scuola Normale Superiore
Classical Philology
Country:
Italy
Attended along with Giorgio Pasquali
University of Florence
Linguistics
Country:
Italy
Graduated with Bruno Migliorini
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Feltrinelli Prize | — | — | Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Viareggio Prize | L'Italiano in Europa | ノンフィクション | — | 受賞 |
Feltrinelli Prize
1972
Organization:
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Result:
受賞
Viareggio Prize
1983
Work:
L'Italiano in Europa
Category:
ノンフィクション
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
L'italiano in Europa
1983 LinguisticsA work discussing the place of Italian in Europe
Language historyEuropean languages
Culture e lingue nel Veneto medievale
1990 PhilologyOn culture and languages in medieval Veneto
Medieval ItalyVeneto dialects
Volgarizzare e tradurre
1991 Translation studiesTheory of translation and vernacularization
TranslationLanguage change
Bibliography
- L'italiano in Europa, Torino, Einaudi, 1983
- Culture e lingue nel Veneto medievale, Padova, Editoriale Programma, 1990
- Volgarizzare e tradurre, Torino, Einaudi, 1991
- Il linguaggio del caos, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 1991
- Dizionario della lingua italiana Palazzi-Folena, Torino, Loescher, 1992
- Filologia e umanità, Vicenza, Neri Pozza, 1993
- Vocabolario del veneziano di Carlo Goldoni, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1993
- Scrittori e scritture, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1997
- Textus testis: lingua e cultura poetica delle origini, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 2002
Legacy
Prominent Italian linguist and philologist, professor at the University of Padua, member of several academies. Made significant contributions to language history and philology.
Academic Societies
- Accademia dei Lincei
- Accademia della Crusca
In Popular Culture
- In 2014, the Municipality of Padua named a square after him
Trivia
- Was a prisoner of war in India
- Remarried in 1989