Giovanni Macchia (14 November 1912 – 30 September 2001) was an Italian literary critic and essayist.
Born in
Trani, the son of a magistrate, Macchia moved with his family to Rome in 1923, where, in 1934, he graduated in letters and philosophy with a thesis on
Charles Baudelaire as a critic, a topic which was later one of his main subject of studies. He attended master classes at the
Collège de France and at
La Sorbonne.[1]
Starting from 1938, he was a lecturer of French letters and literature at the
University of Pisa, at the
University of Catania and at
La Sapienza in Rome, where he also founded and directed the Institute of history of the theatre and performing arts.[1]
Giovanni Macchia (14 November 1912 – 30 September 2001) was an Italian literary critic and essayist.
Born in
Trani, the son of a magistrate, Macchia moved with his family to Rome in 1923, where, in 1934, he graduated in letters and philosophy with a thesis on
Charles Baudelaire as a critic, a topic which was later one of his main subject of studies. He attended master classes at the
Collège de France and at
La Sorbonne.[1]
Starting from 1938, he was a lecturer of French letters and literature at the
University of Pisa, at the
University of Catania and at
La Sapienza in Rome, where he also founded and directed the Institute of history of the theatre and performing arts.[1]