Maria Enrico

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Professor
Deputy Chairperson
Modern Languages

EMAIL: menrico@bmcc.cuny.edu

Office: S-601

Office Hours: By appointment

Phone: +1 (212) 220-1277

Resume

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

ITL 101 (Italian I)
ITL 102 (Italian II)
ITL 200 (Italian III)

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

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