Vittore Branca
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Vittore Branca (9 July 1913 in Savona – 28 May 2004 in Venice) was a philologist, literary critic, and Italian academic. He was a professor emeritus of Italian literature at the University of Padua until his death in 2004, and one of the most acclaimed contemporary scholars of Italian author and poet Giovanni Boccaccio.
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Born | (1913-07-09)9 July 1913 Savona |
Died | 28 May 2004(2004-05-28) (aged 90) Venice |
Nationality | Italian |
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A man with strong religious roots, he participated in the partisan struggle during the Second World War.