Enrica Malcovati (21 October 1894 - 4 January 1990) was an Italian Classical

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Career

In 1927, she was the general editor of ''Athenaeum'', following the death of her mentor Carlo Pascal. She became a private teacher at the

University of Pavia The University of Pavia ( it, Università degli Studi di Pavia, UNIPV or ''Università di Pavia''; la, Alma Ticinensis Universitas) is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. There was evidence of teaching as early as 1361, making it one ...

in 1930, the same year as her

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- the three volumes of ''Oratorum Romanorum fragmenta'' - was published. In 1940, Malcovati moved to the

University of Cagliari The University of Cagliari ( it, Università degli Studi di Cagliari) is a university in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It was founded in 1606 and is organized in 11 faculties. History The ''Studium Generalis Kalaritanum'' was founded in 1606 alon ...

to become the Professor of Latin. In this role she published several studies and translations of ancient authors including

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and

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. In 1946 she took up the role of Professor Greek at the University of Pavia before switching to the Chair in Latin in 1950. She retired in 1969. In 1970, she received an

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in philosophy from the

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, and in 1978 she was elected to membership of the

Accademia dei Lincei The Accademia dei Lincei (; literally the "Academy of the Lynx-Eyed", but anglicised as the Lincean Academy) is one of the oldest and most prestigious European scientific institutions, located at the Palazzo Corsini on the Via della Lungara in Rom ...

Legacy

After her death, an issue of the ''Bollettino dei classici'' was dedicated to her memory. A conference proceedings published in 1996 celebrated the October 1994 conference held in Pavia to celebrate the 100th anniversary of her birth. Malcovati’s home city, Pavia, named a street after her, the 'Via Enrica Malcovati'.

Select publications

*Malcovati, E. 1921 (1st edition) ''Imperatoris Caesaris Augusti operum fragmenta''. Turin. *Malcovati, E. 1930 (1st edition) (ed.) ''Oratorum Romanorum fragmenta''. Turin. *Malcovati, E. 1940. ''M. Anneo Lucano''. Milan. *Malcovati, E. 1943. "Cicerone e la poesia",. Pavia, ''Annali della Facoltà di lettere e di filosofia della Università di Cagliari'' 13. *Malcovati, E. 1944. ''Clodia, Fulvia, Marzia, Terenzia''. Rome. *Malcovati, E. 1945. ''Donne, ispiratrici di poeti nell’antica Roma''. Rome. *Malcovati, E. 1952. ''Madame Dacier, una gentildonna filologa del gran secolo''. Florence. *Malcovati, E. 1965 (1st edition) (ed.) ''M. Tulli Ciceronis Brutus''. Leipzig.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malcovati, Enrica 1894 births 1990 deaths Italian classical scholars Women classical scholars Academic staff of the University of Pavia Academic staff of the University of Cagliari