Maria Luisa Altieri Biagi | |
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Born | Venice, Italy | 9 April 1930
Died | 29 November 2017 Bologna, Italy | (aged 87)
Occupation | Scholar and writer |
Nationality | Italian |
Alma mater | University of Bologna |
Period | 1974–present |
Notable works | Linguistica essenziale Grammatica del testo |
Maria Luisa Altieri Biagi (9 April 1930 [1] – 29 November 2017) was an Italian scholar and writer.
Altieri Biagi graduated from the University of Florence, where she studied Linguistics, and was a professor of the History of the Italian language at the University of Trieste since 1967, and at the University of Bologna since 1974.
Her numerous studies have helped to promote a knowledge of the Italian language, stylistics and jargons. [2]
She wrote essays on the language of important historical characters, as Galileo Galilei and Francesco Redi.
She was further a member of Crusca Academy [3] and of Science Academy of Bologna. [4] Biagi died on 29 November 2017 in Bologna, aged 87. [5]