European Book Prize
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Raffaele Simone
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Raffaele Simone
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1944-05-27 （Lecce, Italy）
- Nationality
- Italy
- Languages
- Italian
- Residence History
- Lecce (birthplace) → Rome (worked/lived) → Stockholm (research/visit, related to Descartes) → Germany (studies/advanced training)
Career
- Occupations
- linguist, essayist, university professor, lexicographer/editor, novelist
- Active Years
- 1966-
- Affiliations
- Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" (faculty), Università degli Studi Roma Tre (professor, former department director), Editorial board member of several academic journals
- Memberships
- Società di Linguistica Italiana, Società Italiana di Glottologia, Editorial boards of various journals
- Influenced By
- Ferdinand de Saussure, Philosophical tradition (ancient, 17th–18th century philosophy)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" | Faculty of Philosophy | — | Laurea (Philosophy) | 1962-1966 | Italy |
| University in Germany (unspecified) | — | — | — | — | Germany |
Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
Faculty of Philosophy
Degree:
Laurea (Philosophy)
Period:
1962-1966
Year of Graduation:
1966
Country:
Italy
Studied philosophy; also pursued studies in mathematics and law.
University in Germany (unspecified)
Country:
Germany
Undertook advanced training/studies in Germany; specific institution and dates not provided.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Premio Nazionale Rhegium Julii (Essay category) | La terza fase | — | Premio Nazionale Rhegium Julii organization | 受賞 |
| 2017 | European Book Prize (Premio del libro europeo) | Come la democrazia fallisce | — | European Book Prize organization | 受賞 |
| — | Honorary degree (Lund University) | — | — | Lund University | 授与 |
Premio Nazionale Rhegium Julii (Essay category)
Work:
La terza fase
Organization:
Premio Nazionale Rhegium Julii organization
Result:
受賞
European Book Prize (Premio del libro europeo)
2017
Work:
Come la democrazia fallisce
Organization:
European Book Prize organization
Result:
受賞
Honorary degree (Lund University)
Organization:
Lund University
Result:
授与
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
La terza fase
2000 non-fiction / cultural analysisAn essay analyzing transformations of knowledge and cognition in the digital age; examines how contemporary information environments affect scholarship and public thought.
digitalization and cognitioncrisis of knowledgeeducation
Il mostro mite
2008 political / cultural essayAn essay analyzing the crisis of the European left, exploring the cultural and intellectual roots of that crisis.
political thoughtEuropean leftcultural critique
Le passioni dell'anima
2011 novel (historical fiction)A historical novel focusing on Descartes' final months in Stockholm, exploring the philosopher's inner life and clashes with his era.
life of a philosophermodern thoughthistory and the individual
Presi nella rete. La mente ai tempi del web
2012 non-fiction / media studiesAn exploration of changes and vulnerabilities of thought in the web era; discusses how media affect attention and memory.
web and cognitionattention fragmentationmedia critique
Nuovi fondamenti di linguistica
2024 academic (linguistics)An academic work that revisits foundational linguistic theories and proposes new bases, combining descriptive and theoretical perspectives.
language theorydescriptive linguisticsintersection of philosophy and linguistics
Bibliography
- Per una grammatica nozionale (in La grammatica, Mondadori, 1983)
- Punti di attacco dei clitici in italiano (in Italia linguistica, Il Mulino, 1983)
- Maistock. Il linguaggio spiegato da una bambina (Firenze, 1988)
- Il destino internazionale dell'italiano (in L'italiano in Europa, Le Monnier, 1990)
- Caratteri originali dell'italiano (Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1991)
- Il sogno di Saussure. Otto studi di storia delle idee linguistiche (Laterza, 1992)
- Iconicity in Language (ed., Benjamins, 1995)
- Il software del linguaggio (Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2020)
- La grammatica presa sul serio (Laterza, 2022)
- Nuovi fondamenti di linguistica (McGraw-Hill, 2024)
- La terza fase (Laterza, 2000)
- Il paese del pressappoco (Garzanti, 2005)
- Il mostro mite (Garzanti, 2008)
- Presi nella rete. La mente ai tempi del web (Garzanti, 2012)
- Come la democrazia fallisce (Garzanti, 2015)
- L'ospite e il nemico. La grande migrazione e l'Europa (Garzanti, 2018)
- Divertimento con rovine. La nostra vita tra guerra e pandemia (Solferino, 2022)
- Le passioni dell'anima (Garzanti, 2011)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- philosophical and analytical styleclear, argumentative essaysinterdisciplinary (intersection of philosophy and linguistics)
- Recurring Motifs
- relation between language and cognitionhistory of modern thoughtdigitalization and society
Legacy
Raffaele Simone is known for work crossing linguistics and philosophical reflection; through scholarship, lexicographic projects and public essays he has influenced Italian academic and cultural debates. He has contributed both to technical linguistic literature and to widely read political-cultural commentary, and has been involved in major dictionary projects and journal editing.
Academic Societies
- Società di Linguistica Italiana
- Società Italiana di Glottologia
Archives
- National libraries in Italy (holdings)
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF) records
- International authority records (VIAF / ISNI, etc.)
Quotes
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"We are caught in the digital net, and forms of attention and memory are being transformed."
Source: Presi nella rete. La mente ai tempi del web (2012) (2012)
Trivia
- Founded the bimonthly magazine 'Italiano e oltre' in 1986 and directed it until its closure in 2004.
- Involved in Treccani lexicographic projects (e.g. Conciso Treccani, 2003).
- Published his first novel 'Le passioni dell'anima' in 2011.
- Long-serving professor at Roma Tre; became Professor Emeritus in 2015.