Vittoria Sanna | |
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| Born | May 11, 1905 Arezzo, Italy |
| Died | April 25, 2003 (aged 97) Cagliari |
| Citizenship | Italian |
| Alma mater | University of Naples |
| Subject | English literature |
| Years active | 1947–1980 |
| Notable works | Religio Medici of Thomas Browne |
| Notable awards | Rose Mary Crawshay Prize (1961) |
Vittoria Sanna (May 11, 1905 in Arezzo – April 25, 2003 in Cagliari) was an Italian scholar of English literature and a translator into Italian. The first woman to be made a full professor in Italy, she was the chair of the Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Cagliari. She is best known for her critical edition of the Religio Medici of Thomas Browne, which won the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize (1961), and for promoting English writers in Italy.