Nuccio Ordine
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| Occupation | Writer, Professor, Philosopher |
| Genres | Philosophy, |
Nuccio Ordine (born 1958) is an Italian professor, philosopher and one of the world's top experts on Renaissance and the philosopher Giordano Bruno.
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[edit] Biography and career
Ordine was born in the city of Diamante in southern Italy. He is currently professor of Theory of literature at the University of Calabria in Cosenza, Italy. Fellow of the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies and of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, he has taught at American (Yale, New York University) and European universities (EHESS, Paris-IV Sorbonne, Paris-III Sorbonne-Nouvelle, CESR of Tours, Institut Universitaire de France, Paris-VIII, Warburg Institute, Eichstätt University). He is one of the major contemporary experts on Giordano Bruno and the Renaissance. His books have been translated into many languages, among them Chinese, Japanese and Russian. He is general editor of a new edition of Bruno's work and, along with Yves Hersant and Alain Segonds, of three collections of classics at Les Belles Lettres. In Italy, he is general editor of the series “Sileni” at Liguori, “Classici del pensiero europeo” at Nino Aragno Editore and “Classici della letteratura europea” at Utet.
[edit] Books
[edit] Non Fiction
- The threshold of Shadow; (Orig. "La soglia dell'ombra") (2003), Published by Marsilio; (2004) Revised 2nd Edition
- GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ASS (Orig.La cabala dell'asino) (1987), Published by Liguori, Italy; (2005) Revised 2nd Edition
- Giordano Bruno, Ronsard and Religione (2007), Published by Cortina, Italy
- THEORY OF SHORT STORIES AND THEORY OF LAUGHTER IN THE 16TH CENTURY (Orig.Teoria della novella e teoria del riso nel '500 (1996), Published by Liguori, Italy
- The meeting of knowledges (Orig. Le rendez-vouz des savoirs) (1999), Published by Kliencksieck, France
[edit] Awards
- Rombiolo ; 2007
- Filosofia Siracusa ; 2007
- Anassilaos ; 2006 for the Megale Hellas section
- Orient Express ; 2003
- Cesare de Lollis ; 2003
- Le Città della Magna Grecia ; 1987
[edit] References
Paul Oskar Kristeller:The rich and complicated work will introduce the attentive reader to a vast number of primary and secondary sources on Western thought from antiquity to early modern times that would otherwise have escaped him.
George Steiner:The reader will find in Nuccio Ordine a marvellously faithful and revealing guide to the ardent, magical world of Giordano Bruno.
Umberto Galimberti in La Repubblica: A magisterial and engrossing introduction to Bruno.
