Gian Carlo Oli

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Gian Carlo Oli (born in Florence, 30 May 1934; died in Florence, 13 July 1996) was an Italian lexicographer. [1]

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Biography

Graduated in 1957 with Italian literature, he began to publish stylistic essays on the Poliziano. As a professor at a high school, he later devoted himself to the study of the Italian language by taking up the vocabulary part of the Vocabulary of the Italian language, written with Giacomo Devoto, published for the first time in 1971 by Le Monnier. [2] [3] The meeting with Devoto took place with the help of Giovanni Nencioni, then president of the Accademia della Crusca.

After the death of Devoto (1974), he did the only updating of the various editions of the dictionary, without neglecting the contribution of dialects and other languages in the evolution of contemporary Italian lexicon. Starting from the 2004 edition, the work was curated by Luca Serianni and Maurizio Trifone.

In 1993, after working in Israel and Venezuela as a cultural affiliate, he joined the Northern League, [4] convinced that federalism is the only weapon to defend the dialect. [5]

He died between 13 and 14 July 1996, after having been urgently admitted to the Villa Santa Chiara clinic in Florence.

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References

  1. Vinci, Anna; Oli, Gian Carlo (1993). Bugiarderia: interviste "sincere" con Giancarlo Oli, Dacia Maraini, Franco Grillini, Simona Argentieri, Bruno Storti, Massimo Geraci, Tina Anselmi, Gervasio Gestori, Pinocchio (per copia conforme, Fernando Tempesti) (in Italian). Edizioni Associate. ISBN   9788826702100.
  2. Devoto, Giacomo; Oli, Gian Carlo (2000). Il dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian). Mondadori Education. ISBN   9788800510868.
  3. Devoto, Giacomo; Oli, Gian Carlo (1981). Vocabolario illustrato della lingua italiana (in Italian). Selezione dal Reader's Digest.
  4. "da Oli a Sassu, la cultura sul Carroccio". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2015-11-05. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
  5. "::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni - Senato del 27 Marzo 1994". elezionistorico.interno.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-09-03.