Benedetta Craveri

Benedetta Craveri is a Professor of French Literature at the Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa in Naples, holding the position since 2005. Previously, she served as Full Professor (2001–2005) and Associate Professor (1988–2001) at the Università della Tuscia, Viterbo. She has also held visiting positions at the Sorbonne (2006–2007) and participated in doctoral commissions at Università La Sapienza di Roma (2008–2014).

• Affiliation: Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa (Naples), Università della Tuscia (Viterbo), Sorbonne (Paris IV), Università La Sapienza (Rome)

Her research focuses on cultural and gender history during the Enlightenment, particularly the role of conversation in Ancien Régime French society and the Italian model's influence on French literary culture. She has extensively analyzed salon culture, moralists like La Bruyère, and biographical studies of French aristocracy.

Craveri's publications include works on Dumas fils's La Dame aux Camélias and Prévost's Manon Lescaut, with contributions to major reference works like the Dictionnaire général de Voltaire. Her research spans salonnières, elite social practices, and transnational cultural exchanges.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Prix du meilleur livre étranger (1987)
  • Prix Saint-Simon (2003)
  • Prix du rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature françaises (2006)
  • Member, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (2016)
  • Cino del Duca World Prize (2017)

Her academic career combines literary analysis with historical inquiry, emphasizing how conversational practices shaped intellectual and social structures in pre-revolutionary France.