Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: Verona, Veneto, Italy
About Giuliano Pisani
- Giuliano Pisani is a writer, classical philologist, scholar of ancient Greek and Latin literature, and art historian who was born on April 13, 1950 in Verona, Italy.
- He graduated with a degree in ancient Greek history from Padua University with Professor Franco Sartori.
- He was a full professor of Greek and Latin literature at Liceo Tito Livio in Padua.
- Since 2011, he has been a member of the National Italian Committee of the Promoters of Classical Culture at MIUR (Ministry of Education, University and Research).
- He was also the technical coordinator of the first Olympiad in Classical Languages and Civilizations, which was held in Venice (25-27 May 2012). His scholarly interests are mainly centered on philosophy and ethics.
- His work includes translations and studies of Plato, Plutarch (in particular Moralia, the ethic writings about the soul care, education and policy), and Marsilio Ficino. With his book on the Arena Chapel's frescoes by Giotto, entitled I volti segreti di Giotto, he gave a revolutionary interpretation of the celebrated artist's work. He has received prestigious many prizes and acknowledgments for his work.
- In 1990, he won the Monselice Award Leone Traverso for his Greek translation of Plutarch's Moralia.
- In 1999, he won the Marcello d'Olivo Award of the city of Lignano (Humanities section).
- In 2000, he won the Francesco Petrarca Award of the Euganean Academy of Sciences, Literature and Arts.
- In 2009, he won the Bookseller's Prize of the city of Padua with his book about Giotto's frescoes in the Arena Chapel.
- In 2010, he won the Caorle Mare Award for Culture. For his cultural merits in 1991, he was elected member of the Société Européenne de Culture, and since 1996, he has been a member of Lorenzo Valla foundation. From 1983 to 1988, he has been the Secretary, and since 1988, he has been the President, of the Italian Association for Classical Culture, Padua's Delegation. An active cultural promoter, in 1994, he created the Premio Campiello Giovani on the model of the Premio Campiello. In 2001, he created with Virginia Baradel the Gemine Muse European format [1]. In 1995, he created a cycle of lectures devoted the theme of Philosophy as Therapy, which he has organized and directed ever since. Since 1999, he has worked on the creation in Padua of the Giardino dei Giusti del Mondo (the Garden of the Righteous of the World), which was inaugurated on October 5, 2008 and honors those who made a stand against the genocide of the last century.[2].
Read more at Wikipedia