BROWN
Renato Poggioli
(1907-1963)
Renato Poggioli, a distinguished scholar in
Comparative Literature, Slavic and Italian Studies
was a Professor at Smith College, Brown University
and Harvard University between 1938 and 1963.
He was author of several seminal studies and
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The Theory of the Avant-garde, The Poets of Russia,
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verso Russo, La violetta notturna, and many others.
Renato Poggioli was also a militant anti-fascist
and one of the founders, in 1938, of the Mazzini
Society, in Northampton, MA, the largest anti-fascist
organization outside Italy.
AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
CO-HOSTED BY
UMASS
Amherst
Brown
University
Harvard
University
The Five Colleges
917 Campus Center
9am
Crystal Room
Alumnae Hall
9am
Thompson Room
The Humanities Center
9am
October 25
October 26
October 27
Italian_Studies@brown.edu
coviello@fas.harvard.edu
and
freital@frital.umass.edu
www.umass.edu/italian/poggioli_symposium
An event co-sponsored by The Consulate General of Italy in Boston and ILICA, and by the following
local sponsors: UMass Amherst: The Department of Languages Literatures and Cultures; The
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Programs; The Department of Italian at Smith College; The Department of Russian at Smith
College; The Department of Classics and Italian at Mt. Holyoke College. Brown: The Marshall
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Italian Studies; Department of Comparative Literature; The Department of Slavic Languages; The
Friends of Italian Studies at Brown University. Harvard: The Lauro De Bosis Lectureship Fund.