About Umberto Bosco
Lived 1900 – 1987 (aged 86). Umberto Bosco was an Italian italianist, literary historian, dantist, university teacher, editor-in-chief and literary critic.
Umberto Bosco (2 October 1900, in Catanzaro – 24 March 1987, in Rome) was an Italian literary historian and literary critic. A graduate of the Sapienza University of Rome, he served as editor-in-chief of the Treccani encyclopaedia, and was a professor at the University of Milan. A member of the Accademia della Crusca, he was made a Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1976.
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Who was Umberto Bosco?
Italian literary historian (1900-1987)
When was Umberto Bosco born?
Umberto Bosco was born on 2 October 1900 in Catanzaro.
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Umberto Bosco died on 24 March 1987 in Rome.
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Umberto Bosco was an italianist, literary historian, dantist, university teacher, editor-in-chief and literary critic.
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Umberto Bosco was Italian.
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