BONFANTE, Giuliano Ugo. Milano 6.8.1904 — Rome 9.9.2005 (when 101). Italian IE and Romance Linguist. Son of Pietro Bonfante (1864-1932), Professor and scholar of the history of Roman law, and Pia Rua. Studies of literature and law in Rome. Professor from 1929 at Naples, but soon decided to avoid the fascist rule of Italy and taught in 1933-37 in Madrid, Spain, 1938-52 in Geneva, Switzerland, 1939-52 at Princeton, U.S.A., since 1952 at Genua. Retired in 1959, living since then in Turin (also taught at university). Member of Accademia dei Lincei 1958. Married Vittoria Dompé (1902–1991), their daughter Larissa Bonfante (1931–2019) was an Etruscologist.
Publications: Contributi glottologici. 36 p. Scuola di filol. class. dell’ Univ. di Roma 1:4. R. 1929; “Della intonazione sillabica indoeuropea”, Mem.R.Accad.Naz.Lincei s. VI, vol. 3, 1930, 209-253; “I dialetti indoeuropaei”, AION 4, 1931, 69-185; numerous articles.
– “‘Indo-Hittite’ and Areal Linguistics”, AJPh 67, 1946, 289-310; with I. J. Gelb: “The position of ‘Hieroglyphic Hittite’ among the Indo-European Languages”, JAOS 64, 1944, 169-190.
– “Microcosmo e macrocosmo nel mito indoeuropeo”, Die Sprache 5, 1959, 1-8.
– “Iranico e indo-ariò”, IT 3-4, 1975-76, 53-71.
– Studies on Etruscan, Latin and Romance linguistics.
Sources: Lessico Universale Italiano 3, 1969; Who’s Who in Italy 1986, 1992; *L. Bonfante & M. L. Porzio Gernia, G.B. and Historical Linguistics, 1930-2000. Idg. Bibl. 3. Reihe. 2018; Wikipedia with photo; *obituary in Titus homepage.
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