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Curi in 2012 | |
Born | Verona, Italy | September 4, 1941
Nationality | Italian |
Known for | poetry |
Umberto Curi (Verona, 4 September 1941) is an Italian philosopher and former professor at University of Padua.
Umberto Curi obtained his degree in 1964 and subsequently specialized in philosophy in 1967 at the University of Padua. [1] In 1971 he obtained the teaching position in the "history of modern and contemporary philosophy". He became a full professor in 1986, at the Faculty of Lettere e Filosofia of the University of Padua. He retired in 2008 and was then appointed emeritus professor. [2] He directed the “Istituto Gramsci-Veneto” cultural foundation for over twenty years and was also, for a decade, a member of the Board of Directors of the Venice Biennale. [3]