11 Facts About Maria Corti

Maria Corti was an Italian philologist, literary critic, and novelist.

Maria Corti's mother was a pianist who died when Corti was ten years old.

Maria Corti would remain there for the next five years.

Maria Corti then attended the University of Milan where she would eventually complete two laurea degrees.

Maria Corti held a part-time teaching post at the University of Pavia from 1955 which she combined with her teaching at the liceo in Milan.

In 1964, Maria Corti returned to the University of Pavia, where she was given a permanent appointment as a professor of Italian Language History.

Maria Corti remained at Pavia for the rest of her career where her scholarship, along with that of Cesare Segre, D'Arco Silvio Avalle, and Dante Isella, Corti's scholarship created the so-called "Pavia school" of philology and semiotics.

Maria Corti founded and edited the journal Autografo which published scholarly work based on material in the archive, as well as two other journals Alfabeta and Strumenti critici.

Maria Corti continued working up until the time of her death.

Maria Corti died of respiratory failure in Milan two weeks later at the age of 86.

Maria Corti's funeral was held at the University of Pavia attended by her colleagues and students, Umberto Eco, and the presidents of the Accademia della Crusca and the Accademia dei Lincei.