Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

The Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (English: Biographical Dictionary of the Italians) is a

Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, started in 1960 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.

History

The work was conceived in 1925, to follow the model of similar works such as the German

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 was published 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. In December 2020, the 100th and last volume appeared. Meanwhile 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.

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

1: 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

^ "La Stampa 15/03/2011". Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
^ "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. Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. 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.

[1] "La Stampa 15/03/2011". Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2016-04-20.

[2] "Salviamo il Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani". Senza Bavaglio. Retrieved 2012-06-03.

[3] "Elenco dei personaggi dall M alla Z" (PDF). Istituto dell'Enciclopedia italiana. Retrieved 2012-06-03.

[4] "La Treccani mette su Internet la storia dell'enciclopedia". La Stampa. 2011-03-15. Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2012-06-03.

[5] "Spinta digitale per la Treccani". Il Sole 24 Ore. 16 March 2011. Retrieved 2012-06-03.

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