Marco Santagata
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Born28 April 1947
Zocca, Italy
Died9 November 2020 (aged 73)
Pisa, Italy
Resting placeCimitero di Zocca
OccupationsAcademic
Writer
Writer
Marco Santagata | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 April 1947 Zocca, Italy |
| Died | 9 November 2020 (aged 73) Pisa, Italy |
| Resting place | Cimitero di Zocca |
| Occupations | Academic Writer |
Marco Santagata (28 April 1947 – 9 November 2020) was an Italian academic, writer, and literary critic.[1]
Santagata studied classical literature at the University of Pisa and the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, where he graduated in 1970. He became a professor of literature at Ca' Foscari University of Venice before returning to his alma mater, the University of Pisa, in 1984 as a professor of philology, literature, and linguistics.[2] He was one of the most important Italian specialists of Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio and Petrarch.
Marco Santagata died in Pisa on 9 November 2020, at the age of 73, after contracting COVID-19 amid the ongoing pandemic in Italy.[3]
