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Francesco D'Ovidio

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Francesco D'Ovidio
Born5 December 1849
Campobasso, Italy
Died24 November 1925
Naples, Italy
Academic work
Disciplinephilology
literary criticism
Sub-disciplineRomance philology
InstitutionsUniversity of Naples
Notable works
  • Dell' origine dell' unica forma flessionale del nome italiano (1872)
  • Il vocalismo tonico italiano (1878)
  • Storia della letteratura latina (1879)
  • Il Tasso e la Lucrezia Bendidio-Machiavelli (1882)

Francesco D'Ovidio (Campobasso, 5 December 1849 – Naples, 24 November 1925) was an Italian philologist and literary critic. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.[1]

Biography

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He was educated at Pisa and Naples. In 1870 he became professor of Romance philology at the University of Naples.

Works

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His thorough scholarship and keen criticism are shown in a large number of works, of which the following are the most noteworthy:

  • Dell' origine dell' unica forma flessionale del nome italiano (1872)
  • Il vocalismo tonico italiano (1878)
  • Storia della letteratura latina (1879)
  • Il Tasso e la Lucrezia Bendidio-Machiavelli (1882)

References

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  1. ^ "Nomination Database". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2017-04-19.

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