Nuccio Ordine (18 July 1958 – 10 June 2023) was an Italian literary critic who was professor of Italian literature at the University of Calabria. He was one of the world's top experts on the Renaissance and the philosopher Giordano Bruno.

Life and career

Ordine was a fellow of the Harvard University Center for Studies of the Italian Renaissance and of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung. He taught at the American universities of Yale and New York, and at the European universities EHESS, Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris, Paris-IV Sorbonne, Paris-III Sorbonne-Nouvelle, CESR of Tours, Institut Universitaire de France, Paris-VIII Vincennes, Institut des Études Avancées de Paris, Warburg Institute and Eichstätt University. His books have been translated into many languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and Basque. In France he was a general editor of two series at Les Belles Lettres Publishing House: the complete works of Giordano Bruno and the “Bibliotheque Italienne”. In Italy, he was the general editor of the “Sileni” series at Liguori Publishing House, the “Classics of European thinking” series at Nino Aragno Publishing House, and the “Classics of European literature” series at Bompiani Publishing House. Nuccio Ordine also wrote for the "Corriere della Sera" newspaper. Ordine died from a stroke on 10 June 2023, at the age of 64.

Honours

Books

Non Fiction

Awards