Mario Bove

Biography

Mario Bove (born in Naples on May 19, 1951) is an Italian scholar and educator, specialized in Modern Literature and Art History. He graduated in 1982 from the Department of Humanities and Philosophy at the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio. Throughout his career, he taught in high schools in Rome, Bagnoregio, Frascati, and Naples, where he dedicated himself to the transmission of knowledge and the promotion of cultural awareness among younger generations.
Bove’s academic and teaching path has always been guided by a profound passion for history, understood not merely as the study of the past, but as the essential foundation for understanding the present and shaping the future. In his view, history is inseparable from literature, art, and philosophy: three disciplines that give voice, image, and meaning to humanity’s journey. He often emphasized that “a man who does not know where to place his steps does not make history”, underlining the importance of historical consciousness as a guide for individual and collective growth.
His approach to education combined rigorous scholarship with a humanistic vision, encouraging students to recognize the value of cultural heritage and to engage critically with ideas and artistic expressions. For Bove, the teaching of literature represented the discovery of language as identity; art history, the revelation of images as collective memory; and philosophy, the exercise of reason as the foundation of freedom.
Through his long career, he contributed to the promotion of history and the humanities as instruments of knowledge, civic responsibility, and personal enrichment, leaving a meaningful legacy in the communities and schools where he taught.