The Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (English: Biographical Dictionary of the Italians) is a biographical dictionary published by the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, started in 1925 and completed in 2020. It includes about 40,000 biographies of distinguished Italians.[1] The entries are signed by their authors and provide a rich bibliography.
The work was conceived in 1925, to follow the model of similar works such as the German Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (1912, 56 volumes) or the British Dictionary of National Biography (from 2004 the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; 60 volumes). It is planned to include biographical entries on Italians who deserve to be preserved in history and who lived at any time during the long period from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the present. As director of the Treccani, Giovanni Gentile entrusted the task of coordinating the work of drafting to Fortunato Pintor, who was soon joined by Arsenio Frugoni. In 1959 the direction was taken up by Alberto Maria Ghisalberti.
The first volume appeared in 1960 to mark the 100th anniversary of the unification of Italy. It had taken about 15 years to organize a huge index of historical figures from which 40,000 were selected as Italians deserving to be remembered by a separate entry. 92 volumes had been published by 2018, up to the letter "S" (Sisto IV). Updates were occasionally issued. For example, in 1990 a supplement was issued for the letters A-C containing entries of people who had died before 1985. The final work should be composed of 110 volumes, excluding appendices and supplements.
In October 2009, following the threatened closure of the work, or reduction to a simplified version that would only be maintained online, the publisher launched an appeal to ensure the continuation according to the strict scholarly criteria that had hitherto characterized the paper version.[2]
In 2010 the list of planned items from the letters M to Z was published, for the purpose of their inclusion in the planned future volumes.[3] Currently the director of the work is Raffaele Romanelli. In March 2011 a new portal was designed to access the dictionary, in conjunction with the online version of the Treccani Encyclopaedia.[4] This was formally launched on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Italy.[5]
^"Salviamo il Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani". Senza Bavaglio. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
^"Elenco dei personaggi dall M alla Z" (PDF). Istituto dell'Enciclopedia italiana. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
^"La Treccani mette su Internet la storia dell'enciclopedia". La Stampa. 2011-03-15. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
^"Spinta digitale per la Treccani". Il Sole 24 Ore. 16 March 2011. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
External links
"Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (online version of the dictionary)". Treccani. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
January 20, 2023
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The Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani English Biographical Dictionary of the Italians is a biographical dictionary published by the Istituto dell Enciclopedia Italiana started in 1925 and completed in 2020 It includes about 40 000 biographies of distinguished Italians 1 The entries are signed by their authors and provide a rich bibliography Dizionario Biografico degli ItalianiCountryItalySubjectBiographiesGenreReference EncyclopediaPublisherIstituto dell Enciclopedia ItalianaPublication date1960 2020ISBN9788812000326OCLC883370 Contents 1 History 2 Volumes 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe work was conceived in 1925 to follow the model of similar works such as the German Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 1912 56 volumes or the British Dictionary of National Biography from 2004 the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 60 volumes It is planned to include biographical entries on Italians who deserve to be preserved in history and who lived at any time during the long period from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the present As director of the Treccani Giovanni Gentile entrusted the task of coordinating the work of drafting to Fortunato Pintor who was soon joined by Arsenio Frugoni In 1959 the direction was taken up by Alberto Maria Ghisalberti The first volume appeared in 1960 to mark the 100th anniversary of the unification of Italy It had taken about 15 years to organize a huge index of historical figures from which 40 000 were selected as Italians deserving to be remembered by a separate entry 92 volumes had been published by 2018 up to the letter S Sisto IV Updates were occasionally issued For example in 1990 a supplement was issued for the letters A C containing entries of people who had died before 1985 The final work should be composed of 110 volumes excluding appendices and supplements In October 2009 following the threatened closure of the work or reduction to a simplified version that would only be maintained online the publisher launched an appeal to ensure the continuation according to the strict scholarly criteria that had hitherto characterized the paper version 2 In 2010 the list of planned items from the letters M to Z was published for the purpose of their inclusion in the planned future volumes 3 Currently the director of the work is Raffaele Romanelli In March 2011 a new portal was designed to access the dictionary in conjunction with the online version of the Treccani Encyclopaedia 4 This was formally launched on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Italy 5 Volumes Edit1 Aaron Albertucci 2 Albicante Ammannati 3 Ammirato Arcoleo 4 Arconati Bacaredda 5 Bacca Baratta 6 Baratteri Bartolozzi 7 Bartolucci Bellotto 8 Bellucci Beregan 9 Berengario Biagini 10 Biagio Boccaccio 11 Boccadibue Bonetti 12 Bonfadini Borrello 13 Borremans Brancazolo 14 Branchi Buffetti 15 Buffoli Caccianemici 16 Caccianiga Caluso 17 Calvart Canefri 18 Canella Cappello 19 Cappi Cardona 20 Carducci Carusi 21 Caruso Castelnuovo 22 Castelvetro Cavallotti 23 Cavallucci Cerretesi 24 Cerreto Chini 25 Chinzer Cirni 26 Cironi Collegno 27 Collenuccio Confortini 28 Conforto Cordero 29 Cordier Corvo 30 Cosattini Crispolto 31 Cristaldi Dalla Nave 32 Dall Anconata Da Ronco 33 D Asaro De Foresta 34 Primo supplemento A C 35 Indice A C 36 De Fornari Della Fonte 37 Della Fratta Della Volpaia 38 Della Volpe Denza 39 Deodato Di Falco 40 Di Fausto Donadoni 41 Donaggio Dugnani 42 Dugoni Enza 43 Enzo Fabrizi 44 Fabron Farina 45 Farinacci Fedrigo 46 Feducci Ferrerio 47 Ferrero Filonardi 48 Filoni Forghieri 49 Forino Francesco da Serino 50 Francesco 1 Sforza Gabbi 51 Gabbiani Gamba 52 Gambacorta Gelasio 2 53 Gelati Ghisalberti 54 Ghiselli Gimma 55 Ginammi Giovanni da Crema 56 Giovanni Di Crescenzio Giulietti 57 Giulini Gonzaga 58 Gonzales Graziani 59 Graziano Grossi Gondi 60 Grosso Guglielmo da Forli 61 Guglielmo Gonzaga Jacobini 62 Iacobiti Labriola 63 Labroca Laterza 64 Latilla Levi Montalcini 65 Levis Lorenzetti 66 Lorenzetto Macchetti 67 Macchi Malaspina 68 Malatacca Mangelli 69 Mangiabotti Marconi 70 Marcora Marsilio 71 Marsilli Massimino da Salerno 72 Massimo Mechetti 73 Meda Messadaglia 74 Messi Miraglia 75 Miranda Montano 76 Montauti Morlaiter 77 Morlini Natolini 78 Natta Nurra 79 Nursio Ottolini Visconti 80 Ottone Pansa 81 Pansini Pazienza 82 Pazzi Pia 83 Piacentini Pio V 84 Piovene Ponzo 85 Ponzone Quercia 86 Querenghi Rensi 87 Renzi Robortello 2016 88 Robusti Roverella 2017 89 Rovereto Salvemini 2017 90 Salvestrini Saviozzo da Siena 2017 91 Savoia Semeria 2018 92 Semino Sisto IV 2018 93 Sisto V Stammati 2019 94 Stampa Tarantelli 2019 95 Taranto Togni 2019 96 Toja Trivelli 2019 97 Trivulzio Valeri 2020 98 Valeriani Verra 2020 99 Verrazzano Vittorio Amedeo 2020 100 Vittorio Emanuele I Zurlo 2020 References Edit La Stampa 15 03 2011 Salviamo il Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Senza Bavaglio Retrieved 2012 06 03 Elenco dei personaggi dall M alla Z PDF Istituto dell Enciclopedia italiana Retrieved 2012 06 03 La Treccani mette su Internet la storia dell enciclopedia La Stampa 2011 03 15 Retrieved 2012 06 03 Spinta digitale per la Treccani Il Sole 24 Ore 16 March 2011 Retrieved 2012 06 03 External links Edit Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani online version of the dictionary Treccani Retrieved 2012 06 03 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani amp oldid 1096470415, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
