Teodolinda Barolini

Teodolinda Barolini (born December 19, 1951) is the Lorenzo Da Ponte Professor of Italian at Columbia University, and has twice served as Chair of the Department of Italian (1992–2004, 2011–2014).

Early life Barolini was born December 19, 1951, in Syracuse, New York. She is the daughter of Antonio Barolini From 1997 to 2003, she served as president of the Dante Society of America. In 2007, she won a Flaiano Prize in Italian Studies. She is currently the editor-in-chief of Columbia University's Digital Dante website.

She has written on the poetry of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio.