People
John P. Welle
Professor
of Italian
Concurrent Professor of Film, Television, and Theatre
Degrees
B.A., St. John's University; M.A.T., College of St. Thomas; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University
Research Profile
A specialist in modern Italian literature and culture, Professor Welle's interests include twentieth-century poetry and translation, early and silent cinema, film and literary interactions, and popular culture and media. He is the author of The Poetry of Andrea Zanzotto (1987) and the editor of Film and Literature, Annali d'Italianistica (1988). His translation and edition of Peasants Wake for Fellini's Casanova and Other Poems by Andrea Zanzotto (1997, with Ruth Feldman), was awarded the Raiziss-de Palchi Book Prize from the Academy of American Poets. He has published articles in such journals as Bianco e Nero, Cinema & Cinema, Film History, Yale Italian Poetry, Lectura Dantis, Annali d'Italianistica, Italica, Rivista di studi italiani, and World Literature Today. He has contributed book chapters to such volumes as Dante, Cinema & Television (2004), Incontri con il cinema italiano (2003), A nuova luce: Cinema muto italiano (1999), and Pasolini: Old & New.
Contact Information
463
Decio Faculty Hall
631-7204
jwelle@nd.edu
