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Luciano Canfora
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1942
Luciano Canfora is an Italian classicist and historian who is professor emeritus of Classics at the University of Bari. Born in Bari, Canfora obtained his first degree in Roman History in 1964 at Pisa University. While his specialty is ancient libraries, he also wrote about Greek and Latin literature, philology, historiography, and politics, and his works have been translated into some 15 languages. In 1975, Canfora started to edit the periodical Quaderni di storia. In 1988, he joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI). After the dissolution of the PCI, he joined the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) and the Party of Italian Communists (PdCI). He unsuccessfully stood in the 1999 European Parliament election for the PdCI.
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About Luciano Canfora
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1942
Luciano Canfora is an Italian classicist and historian who is professor emeritus of Classics at the University of Bari. Born in Bari, Canfora obtained his first degree in Roman History in 1964 at Pisa University. While his specialty is ancient libraries, he also wrote about Greek and Latin literature, philology, historiography, and politics, and his works have been translated into some 15 languages. In 1975, Canfora started to edit the periodical Quaderni di storia. In 1988, he joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI). After the dissolution of the PCI, he joined the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) and the Party of Italian Communists (PdCI). He unsuccessfully stood in the 1999 European Parliament election for the PdCI.
Luciano Canfora is a prestigious historian and classical philologist born in Bari in 1942.
His most renowned work, The Vanished Library, explores the fascinating mystery of one of the wonders of the ancient world.
Throughout his prolific career, he has published nearly a hundred works dedicated to the study of history.
His research focuses deeply on the historiography and politics of Greek and Roman civilizations.
As a university professor, he has dedicated his life to passing on knowledge about the classical world to new generations.
