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| death_datebirth_date = {{deathbirth date and age|2019|8|23|1931|303|27}}

| death_placebirth_place = [[New YorkNaples]], New[[Kingdom of YorkItaly|Italy]]

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'''Larissa Bonfante''' (March 27, 1931, [[Naples, Italy]] – August 23, 2019, New York City, New York)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://josephlucchesefuneralhome.com/obituaries/larissa-bonfante/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829234435/https://josephlucchesefuneralhome.com/obituaries/larissa-bonfante/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=2019-08-29 |title = Larissa Bonfante – Joseph A. Lucchese Funeral Home}}</ref> was an Italian-American classicist, Professor of [[Classics]] ''emerita'' at [[New York University]] and an authority on Etruscan [[Etruscan language|language]] and [[Etruscan civilization|culture]].

Bonfante was born in [[Naples]], the daughter of professor [[Giuliano Bonfante]].<ref>Annuario della Nobiltà Italiana, XXXI edizione (Teglio, 2010), volume III, titolati umbertini</ref> She grew up in [[Princeton, NJNew Jersey|Princeton]], New Jersey. Bonfante would go on to study fine arts and classics at [[Barnard College]], earning her B.A. in 1954; she completed her M.A. in classics from the [[University of Cincinnati]] in 1957 and her Ph.D. in art history and archaeology at [[Columbia University]] in 1966.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/titleoclc/early-etruscan-904031715 "Early Etruscan dress- : studies- in- early-italian- Italian art- and- culture/oclc/904031715&referer=brief_results"]. Worldcat</ref> She studied at Columbia with [[Otto Brendel]]. Bonfante received the [[Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America|Gold Medal Award]] for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement in 2007 from the [[Archaeological Institute of America]].<ref>[http://www.archaeological.org/larissabonfante%E2%80%942007goldmedalawarddistinguishedarchaeologicalachievement "Larissa Bonfante— 2007 Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement"]. http://wwwArchaeological Institute of America.archaeological.org/larissabonfante%E2%80%942007goldmedalawarddistinguishedarchaeologicalachievement {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107145604/https://www.archaeological.org/larissabonfante%E2%80%942007goldmedalawarddistinguishedarchaeologicalachievement |date=2018-11-07 }}</ref> She was a founding member of the American section of the [[Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici]]. She edited the periodical publication ''Etruscan News'' that reported on the activities of the American section.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://josephlucchesefuneralhome.com/obituaries/larissa-bonfante/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829234435/https://josephlucchesefuneralhome.com/obituaries/larissa-bonfante/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=2019-08-29 |title = Larissa Bonfante – Joseph A. Lucchese Funeral Home}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-as/ancient/documents/Etruscan_News_FINAL_INDEX.pdf|title=Etruscan News 1&ndash;14 (2002&ndash;2012) Index|publisher=NYU}}</ref> In 2009, Bonfante was elected as a member of the [[American Philosophical Society]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2009/may/nyus_bonfante_expert_in.html | title=NYU's Bonfante, Expert in Etruscan Civilization, Elected to American Philosophical Society }}</ref>

* "Larissa Bonfante morta a New York: l'archeologa era tra le maggiori specialiste di Etruschi" ''Il Messaggero'' (31 August 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/cultura/larissa_bonfante_morta_archeologa_etruschi-4706089.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190901155711/https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/cultura/larissa_bonfante_morta_archeologa_etruschi-4706089.html|archive-date = 2019-09-01|title = Larissa Bonfante morta a New York: l'Archeologa era tra le maggiori specialiste di Etruschi|date = 31 August 2019}}</ref>

* "Addio all'archeologa napoletana Larissa Bonfante: fu insigne etruscologa" ''Il Mattino.it'' (31 August 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilmattino.it/napoli/cultura/morta_archeologa_napoletana_larissa_bonfante-4706016.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190902140345/https://www.ilmattino.it/napoli/cultura/morta_archeologa_napoletana_larissa_bonfante-4706016.html|archive-date = 2019-09-02|title = Addio all'archeologa napoletana Larissa Bonfante: Fu insigne etruscologa|date = 31 August 2019}}</ref>

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