Alma Morpurgo

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Alma Morpurgo (born 1901 in Trieste , Austria-Hungary ; died January 26, 2002 there ) was an Italian writer and translator.

Life

Alma Morpurgo grew up in the upper class environment of the Voghera, Fano and Curiel families. The Morpurgo family were persecuted by Italian racial laws in 1938 , and Alma Morpurgo fled to South America with her mother, sisters, and brother-in-law. Alma Morpurgo found refuge in Valparaíso and then in Santiago de Chile . In 1955 she returned to Italy, first to Rome and 1968 to Trieste.

Morpurgo worked literarily for newspapers and for the Rai . She translated works from Jewish culture into Italian for publishers in Milan.

Works (selection)

  • Un incontro con Chabad . Translation Ghershon M Garelik; Alma Morpurgo. Milan: Comitato universitario dell'organizzazione giovanile del movimento di Lubavitch, 1973
  • L'esilio: 1939-1955; ricordi dal Cile . Pasian di Prato: Campanotto, 1977
  • Quest figlie mie: ricordi di una triestina dall'inizio del secolo . Trieste: Svevo, 1990
  • Voci lontane: racconti . Pasian di Prato: Campanotto, 1999
  • Meio niente: storielle, allergie e pensieri cattivi . Pasian di Prato: Campanotto, 1999
  • Marcus Lehmann : La principessa adottata . Translation from the German Alma Morpurgo. Milan: Lulav, 2000

literature

  • Maura Hametz: The Interstices of Life and Memory: Alma Morpurgo and the Central European Jewish Tradition . In: Judith Szapor (ed.): Jewish Intellectual Women in Central Europe 1860–2000: twelve biographical essays . Lewiston, NY: Mellen, 2012 ISBN 978-0-7734-2933-8 , pp. 349-374

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personal data
SURNAME Morpurgo, Alma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Trieste
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 2002
Place of death Trieste