Francesco Venturi

Francesco Venturi is Professor of Italian Literature at the University of Oslo's Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, with a focus on 20th-century and Renaissance literature. His academic journey includes a doctorate from the University of Siena (2012), postdoctoral research at the University of Pavia (2012-14), and a Marie Curie Co-fund Postdoctoral Fellowship at Durham University (2014-16). He has led projects such as the British AHRC-funded 'Petrarch Commentary and Exegesis in Renaissance Italy' (2017).

• PhD in Italian Literature (University of Siena, 2012)

His research spans genetic criticism, textual scholarship, and epistolary exchanges, with monographs on Andrea Zanzotto and a forthcoming critical edition of Annibal Caro's Rime. He has co-edited volumes like Self-Commentary in Early Modern European Literature (Brill, 2019). Recent articles analyze Gadda's manuscripts, Betocchi-de Libero correspondence, and Volponi's Corporale.

Scientific awards include the Marie Curie Co-fund Postdoctoral Fellowship and participation in the AHRC-funded Petrarch commentary project. His work intersects with digital humanities and archival studies, emphasizing unpublished texts and authorial processes.