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Gino Todisco (born in Vallerotonda December 23, 1927) is an Italian linguist and literary critic.
Biography
Gino Todisco is a Professor Emeritus of French Linguistics at the University of Rome « La Sapienza »and he was in charge of teaching at the Liberal Arts College of the University of Cassino. After his studies in high school « Leonardo da Vinci » in Paris, he was elected "Titular Student" at the École pratique des hautes études, with Decree of the French Minister of Education on September 11, 1968. Graduate in literature and law. Well-known specialist of Anatole France. He became national member of the « Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei » of Rome, for a work of judicial exegesis. Contributor of the journal « Culture française » published in Bari.
Decorations
Knight of the « Ordre des Palmes académiques », with Decree of the French Prime Minister on July 17, 1986.
Works
- « Le mystique et l'humain dans le Conte du Graal de Chrétien de Troyes » in Culture française, juill-août 1966.
- « La liaison dans le français populaire» in Culture française, janv.-févr. 1967.
- « Les répercussions littéraires d'une défaite » in Culture française, nov.-déc. 1969.
- Anatole France, Littérature et engagement, Poggibonsi, Lalli Editore, 1974.
- Aspects et problèmes phonétiques du français contemporain, Isernia, S.E.P., 1975.
- Note e ricerche su Abel-François Villemain, Cassino, S. Benedetto, 1983.
- Scritti vari, Cassino, F. Ciolfi, 1988.
- Regards sur la langue française, Cassino, Libreria universitaria Garigliano, 1996.
- Politique d’Anatole France, Cassino, S. Benedetto, 1999.
- Anatole France. Dal Secondo Impero all’Ile des Pingouins, UNI Service, Trento, 2008, ISBN 978-88-6178-289-1 (Italian edition)
- Regards sur la langue française, Editions de l'Onde, Paris, 2012, ISBN 978-29-1692-956-9
- Review by Le Monde, on August 1, 1975