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Paolo Fabbri

1939 – 2020

Italian semiotician

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About Paolo Fabbri

Lived 1939 – 2020 (aged 81). Paolo Fabbri was an Italian semiotician.

Paolo Fabbri (17 April 1939 – 2 June 2020) was an Italian semiotician.

Early life and education Fabbri was born in Rimini in 1939. He studied at the University of Florence, graduating in 1962, and at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris, where he was taught by Roland Barthes, Lucien Goldmann, and Algirdas Julien Greimas.

Academic career Returning to Italy in 1966,

In 1967, to which he donated fifty philosophical works and manuscripts in April 2019.

Fabbri's appointments to other cultural entities included as:

Fabbri owned a villa on the Covignano hill outside Rimini.

Fabbri died on 2 June 2020.

Publications Pertinence et adéquation (1992) – a critical response to Greimas Tactica de los signos. Ensayos de Semiotica (Gedisa Editorial: Barcelona, 1996) La svolta semiotica (Laterza, 1998) Segni del tempo (2003) Gianfranco Baruchello. Flussi, pieghe, pensieri in bocca (2007) La competenza semiotica (Carocci: Rome, 2012), with Dario Mangano Elogio del conflitto (Sequitur: Madrid, 2017) LÉfficacia semiotica (Mimesis: Milan, 2017) Maurizio Cattelan: Victory is not an Option (2019) Under the Sign of Federico Fellini (2019) Vedere ed arte. Iconico e icastico (Mimesis, 2020)

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Semiotician
Employers
University of Bologna, University of Palermo, University of Florence
Awards
Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms; Officer of Arts and Letters; Honorary doctor of the University of Limoges

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Paolo Fabbri?

Italian semiotician (1939-2020)

When was Paolo Fabbri born?

Paolo Fabbri was born on 17 April 1939 in Rimini.

When did Paolo Fabbri die?

Paolo Fabbri died on 2 June 2020 in Rimini.

What was Paolo Fabbri's occupation?

Paolo Fabbri was a semiotician.

What nationality was Paolo Fabbri?

Paolo Fabbri was Italian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Paolo Fabbri

· Wikidata: Q526090

· DBpedia: Paolo Fabbri (semiotician)

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