Luciano Canfora

Luciano Canfora (Italian pronunciation: [luˈtʃaːno ˈkaɱfora]; born June 5, 1942 in Bari, Italy) is an Italian classicist and historian. Canfora obtained his first degree in Roman History in 1964 at Pisa University. He is currently Professor of Classics at the University of Bari. His specialty is ancient libraries and his book The Vanished Library has been translated into some 15 languages. Since 1975, he has edited the periodical Quaderni di storia. Canfora stood in the European Parliament election, 1999 for the Party of Italian Communists.

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