Italian academic and writer (1947–2020)
Marco Santagata |
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| Born | 28 April 1947
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| Died | 9 November 2020(2020-11-09) (aged 73)
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| Resting place | Cimitero di Zocca |
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| Nationality | Italian |
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| Occupation(s) | Academic
Writer |
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Marco Santagata (28 April 1947 – 9 November 2020) was an Italian academic, writer, and literary critic.[1]
Biography
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 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] He is buried at the Cimitero di Zocca in the province of Modena.[4]
