Gianfranco Contini

[1] He studied at the Collegio Mellerio Rosmini in Domodossola, then at the University of Pavia, where he graduated in 1933.

From 1934 to 1936, he lived in Paris, following Joseph Bédier's lessons, then he was called to teach in Florence and Pisa, where he became a contributor to "Letteratura", a literary magazine where he shared his views, among others, with Eugenio Montale, and where he began to collaborate with the Accademia della Crusca.

In 1938, he was called to teach Romance Philology at the University of Freiburg, as a successor of Bruno Migliorini.

After 20 years of brilliant academic activity, he was appointed at the University of Florence, and to the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.

He belonged to the Accademia dei Lincei, and was President of the Società Dantesca Italiana.