Wit, Irony, and Comedy

Thomas Patrick Wisniewski is an associate of the Department of Comparative Literature at Harvard University. His research centers on rhythm, prose, translation, and modernism. He has published in journals including Biography, World Literature Today, Gradiva, In Other Words, Italica, Italian Culture, Pusteblume, Forum Italicum, and Music & Literature. He has taught at Harvard University, Boston University, Dartmouth College, and Tufts University. His teaching has been recognized by a Certificate of Distinction and his research awarded the Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship, the Susan Anthony Potter Prize, and the Luisa Vidal de Villasante Award. His work has been supported by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, and Villa I Tatti. A former Jacob K. Javits Fellow, he holds a PhD in comparative literature from Harvard University, an MFA in fiction from Boston University, an MA in Italian literature from Middlebury College, an AM in comparative literature from Dartmouth College, and a BMA in saxophone performance and a BA in Italian and English from the University of Michigan. He has lived in Italy, France, Denmark, Argentina, and Germany, where he was previously appointed Global Humanities Junior Fellow at Freie Universität Berlin.