Maria Enrico
Professor
Deputy Chairperson
Modern Languages
EMAIL: menrico@bmcc.cuny.edu
Office: S-601
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: +1 (212) 220-1277
I was born in the U.S., grew up in Europe, and returned to the U.S. for undergraduate studies at Barnard College at Columbia University (B.A.) and graduate school at Catholic University (M.A. and Ph.D.).
I began my professional career working in international music copyright for American rock groups, then became a travel agent, translation bureau chief for Berlitz, and legal assistant for the international law firm of Coudert Brothers. I left the legal field to become adjunct professor at Catholic University and American University (where I started the Italian department). I also was cultural attachet the Consulate General of the Republic of San Marino, executive director of The American University of Rome, and Director of the Modern Language Program at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. where I instituted an annual international film festival.
I am now Professor and Chair in the Modern Languages Department at Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY. Along the way I have also been a radio producer, opera coach, interpreter, international film festival director, and published translator. Among my most recent translations are the plays of Dario D’Ambrosi, “Garbage” from Pinocchio Nero by Marco Baliani, “The Jar” by Luigi Pirandello and “Water on the Sun” by Gracie Cavalieri (which won the Bordighera Prize for translation). I speak English, Italian, French, and Spanish.
Expertise
Translation, Theory of the Firm, Italian American literature, Italian
Degrees
- B.A. Barnard College at Columbia University, Italian and Medieval Art History,
- M.A. The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, Romance Languages,
- Ph.D. The Catholic University of America, Romance Languages and Comparative Literature,2001
Courses Taught
- This course is for students who have had no previous background in Italian. Grammar is taught inductively and simple texts are read. Skills in comprehension, speaking, reading and writing are developed.
- In this continuation of Italian I, grammar, composition, conversation, and reading of Italian texts are covered. Prerequisite: ITL 101 or departmental approval
- This course is for students who have had no previous background in Italian. Grammar is taught inductively and simple texts are read. Speaking, reading, and writing are emphasized. Prerequisite: Departmental Placement
- Students will continue the study of basic Italian grammar begun in ITL 105. They will also further their skills in listening comprehension reading and writing in Italian. Prerequisite: ITL 105 or Departmental Placement
- This liberal arts elective is an introduction to the evolution and development of Italian culture and civilization through the literary and artistic features, geared to the understanding of present day problems of modern European Italy and the Italian-American people. Readings are in English, and term papers are in English.
- Study in this course includes a review of grammar and of composition. Modern prose is read, discussed and analyzed.
Research and Projects
Publications
- Suarez-Coalla, P. The First Time We Went to the Movies and other stories. New York. Editorial Campana, 2014. Trans. Maria Enrico,
- Durante, Francesco. ItaloAmericana.- The History and Literature of Italians in the United States 1880-1943. New York. Fordham University Press, 2014.,
- Bertelli, Giuseppe. May First, I am Fall and You are Spring, On the Gallows, Italy in Black Shirts, Nighttime on a Street Corner, At the Window.,
- Fiamma, Ario. Leaves in a Whirlwind.,
- Fragale, Thomas. For the Supporters of the Johnson Bill, The Parade,
- Liberatore, Umberto. The Hudson, Fascists. ,
- Magni, Severina. Far Away Lights, Lace, The Flowering Cherry Tree, My Mother, The Hurricane, Nostalgia, Separation.,
- Picchianti, Silvio. Domestic Court.,
- Fiori, Roberto. “Defining Roman Contracts.” Trans. Maria Enrico. Obligations in Roman law Past, Present, Future. Ed. Thomas McGinn. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2013. 40-75. ,
- Enrico, Maria. Sciascia, Stendhal, Sicily. Rome. Aracne Editrice, 2012.,
- Mediated Ethnicity New Italian-American Cinema. Muscio, Sciorra, Spagnoletti and Tamburri Eds. New York. Studies in Italian Americana. 2010.,
- Bertellini, Giorgio. White Passion: Italian New Yorker Cinema and the Temptations of Pain,
- Frasca, Simona.Sound from The Cradle: An Image Journey of the Music of Italians in America in the 1990s. ,
- Muscio, Giuliana. Introduction. ,
- Muscio, Giuliana. Italian American DOC. ,
- Zagarrio, Vito. Their Voyage to Italy: New Hollywood Film Artists and the Theme of Nostalgia.,
- Ramirez Marquez, Alister. Il mio vestito verde smeraldo. Trans. Maria Enrico. Forest Woods Media. 2010 ,
- Enrico, Maria. Rev. of Si Parliamo Italiano! Globalization of the Italian Culture in the United States. Ed. Vincenzo Milione and Christine Gambino. Italian Culture, Vol. XXVIII No. 2, September, 2010.,
- Becoming an International F1 Student in the US. M. Enrico and S. Guisuraga. Eds.,
- Enrico, Maria. Rev. of Chroniques Italiennes. Opera. Ed. Gilles De Van. Numero special. No 77/78, 2006. Annali dItalianistica, Univ. of North Carolina, Vol 25 Winter 2007.,
- Enrico, Maria. Rev. of The Lives of Modern Painters, Sculptors and Architects A New Translation and Critical Edition.New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005. Annali d Italianistica, Univ. of North Carolina, Vol 25 Winter 2007. by Giovan Pietro Bellori. ,
- DAmbrosi, Dario. Days of Antonio. Trans. Maria Enrico. LaMaMa Theatre, New York, NY December 20-30, 2007.,
- Enrico, M. and Ramirez, A. The Implementation of Global Practices in Modern Languages. Inquirer, Borough of Manhattan Community College, Fall 2006.,
- Grace Cavalieri. Water on the Sun. Trans. Maria Enrico. New York: Bordighera Press, 2006. Winner of the Bordighera Prize, ,
- Baliani, Marco. Garbage in Pinocchio Nero. Trans. Maria Enrico. ,The Online Magazine of International Translation – PEN American Center at Bard College
- Pirandello, Luigi. La Giara Trans. Maria Enrico in Clay Creatures a Homage to Pirandello Canio Pavone Books, 2004,
- Review of Malvasia s Life of the Carracci by Anne Summerscale, South Atlantic Review,
- Review of Pirandello and His Muse by Alessandra Bini, South Atlantic Review Fall 1999,
- Bartoli, Oscar Do You Have Any Idea Who You are Talking To? The Theory and Technique of Corporate Public Relations Trans. Maria Enrico. Catholic Univ. Press 1997.,
- Bartoli, Oscar How to Survive in the Global Village,
Honors, Awards and Affiliations
- Juror for the Zerilli Marimo City of Rome Prize for Italian Narrative
- BMCC SOTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)
- Bordighera Press Translation Award
- NYU Faculty resource Network Summer Program
- BMCC Salzburg Summer Grant
- BMCC Faculty Development Grant
- PSC CUNY Research Award
- NY National Endowment for the Humanities Grant
- Alpha Delta Gamma Certificate of Excellence in Teaching, Catholic University
