He is most remembered for his research on the poet Dante Alighieri, though he also wrote about Italian figures such as Galileo Galilei and Cesare Pavese.
After World War II and the formation of the Hungarian People's Republic, his father was imprisoned for refusing to give up his title and mansion.
[2][3] He earned money while studying by taking trips to Rhode Island to work with his uncle as an oxygen therapist.
"[6] Wlassics was also considered an expert on other Italian figures such as Galileo Galilei, Giovanni Verga, and Cesare Pavese.
[10] The University of Virginia's Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese has held an ongoing Tibor Wlassics Faculty Lecture Series since 1984.