Background
Petroni, Liano was born on August 20, 1921 in Montecarlo/Lucca, Italy. Son of Giotto and Matilde (Mencarini) Petroni.
French language and literature educator
Petroni, Liano was born on August 20, 1921 in Montecarlo/Lucca, Italy. Son of Giotto and Matilde (Mencarini) Petroni.
Student, SNS Pisa, 1945. Degree Modern Letters, University Pisa, Italy, 1945. Diploma in French Foreign Language Studies, Sorbonne University, Paris, 1946.
Student, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, 1948. Libera Docenza, University Rome, 1958. Honorary Degree, University Paul Valéry, France, 1981.
Professor classical high school, Pisa, 1945-1946;
professor classical high school, Italian School, Paris, 1946-1954;
professor classical high school, Commercial Technology Institute, Cagliari, Italy, 1954-1959;
professor French language and literature, U. Cagliari, 1954-1959;
professor French language and literature, U. Bologna, Italy, since 1959. Member of faculty letters and philosophy U. Bologna. Director Institute Filologia Germanica, 1971-1974.
Director theatrical section Istituto di Studi Musicali e Teatrali, 1971-1974. Director Library. Humanistic Science, 1976-1980. Director Center Sorelle Clarke, 1971-1988, president, 1988-1993.
Director Postgraduate School Modern Philology, 1980-1993. Coordinator research doctorate in Francophone literature, founder, dir department modern foreign languages and literature, 1982-1988. Director Centro Interfacoltà di Linguistica Teorica e Applicata, U. Bologna, 1986-1989.
President Associazione Culturale Italo-Francese of Bologna, 1963-1984. Vice president Commissione per i testi di lingua, Bologna, since 1993. Founder teaching Storia del teatro e dello spettacolo, 1967.
Founder teaching Francophone literature faculty letters and philosophy University Bologna, 1973. Member Academy of Sciences Bologna, International Association French Studies, Society Universitaria di Studi di Lingua e Letteratura Francese, Society Italiana di Comparatistica Letteraria, Society Romantic Studies Paris, Society Amis d'Al. de Vigny, Society Amis de Stendhal, Society Etudes Camusiennes, Italian Association Canada Studies, Rotary.
Married Leda Lora Pardini, April 12, 1950. 1 child, Luca.