Teodolinda Barolini
Teodolinda Barolini, 2016
Born(1951-12-19)December 19, 1951
Syracuse, New York
OccupationProfessor of Italian
Parents
Academic work
DisciplineItalian literature
Sub-disciplineDante studies

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).[1]

Early life

Barolini was born December 19, 1951, in Syracuse, New York. She is the daughter of Antonio Barolini[1] and Helen Barolini.

Career

In 1998, Barolini was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for the study of Italian literature.[2] From 1997 to 2003, she served as president of the Dante Society of America.[1] She was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2002.[3] In 2007, she won a Flaiano Prize in Italian Studies.[4] She is currently the editor-in-chief of Columbia University's Digital Dante website.[5]

She has written on the poetry of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio.[1]

Personal life

Barolini is married to James J. Valentini, professor of Chemistry at Columbia and the sixteenth Dean of Columbia College.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Teodolinda Barolini". Columbia University. Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Teodolinda Barolini". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Premio di Italianistica" (in Italian). Associazione Culturale Ennio Flaiano. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  5. ↑ "About – Digital Dante". digitaldante.columbia.edu. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Teodolinda Barolini, James Valentini". The New York Times. February 11, 2001. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 31, 2023.


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