Saul Formiggini

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Saul Formiggini (* 1807 in Trieste ; † July 8, 1873 ) was an Austrian doctor and translator who was active in Trieste. He created the first translation of the Divina Commedia into Hebrew.

Life and works

Saul Formiggini published his dissertation De aneurysmatibus internis in 1830. 1844 were followed by Scritti vari "del dottore S. Formiggini medico-chirurgo in Trieste", which were published in Venice , and in 1858 the book Three Days in Trieste was published. As early as 1852, from issue 9, Formiggini and O. Occioni took over the editing of the monthly Letture di famiglia , which was published by Österreichischer Lloyd in Trieste .

In 1864 Formiggini published Per le faustissime nozze della nobile donzella Elodia de Hierschel , again in Trieste, followed in 1865 by Dodici epigrafi poetiche a centone dantesco .

Formiggini translated Dante's Divina Commedia into Hebrew between 1867 and 1869 . The first part of this translation of the Inferno was printed in Trieste in 1869. The other two parts about the purgatory and paradise were not published. Lelio Della Torre dealt with Formiggini's Dante translation in the book Sull'Inferno di Dante , published in Padua in 1871 .

In 1868 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order ; 1873 the Knight's Cross of the Brazilian Order of Roses .

literature

  • Gallery of Hebrew Poets. Ha-Makhelah , London 1903

Web links

Commons : Saul Formiggini  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Saul Formiggini: De aneurysmatibus internis dissertatio inauguralis . Ex Officina Sociorum Titulo Minerva, 1830 ( limited preview in Google Book search)
  2. ↑ Saul Formiggini: Scritti vari , Alvisopoli 1844 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  3. ↑ Saul Formiggini: Drei Tage in Triest , Lloyd 1858 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  4. ^ Saul Formiggini: Per le faustissime nozze della nobile donzella Elodia de Hierschel col nob. giovane enrico cav. de Morpurgo ... Sull 'epigrafia italiana, Memoria , Lloyd Austriaco 1864 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  5. ^ Saul Formiggini: Dodici epigrafi poetiche a centone dantesco . Coi tipi dello stick. lib. tip. lit. musicale e belle arti di Colombo Coen, 1865 ( limited preview in google book search)
  6. ↑ Dante Poliglotta on www.dantepoliglotta.it
  7. ↑ Dan Diner: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture , Springer-Verlag 2017, ISBN 978-3-476-01221-0 , p. 168 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  8. ↑ Shlomo Simonsohn : The Italia Judaica Jubilee Conference , BRILL 2012, ISBN 978-9-004-24331-6 , p. 186 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  9. ↑ Lelio Della Torre: Sull'Inferno di Dante , Tip. Crescini 1871 ( limited preview in Google Book search)
  10. ↑ Della Torre, Lelio on www.treccani.it
personal data
SURNAME Formiggini, Saul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian doctor and translator
DATE OF BIRTH 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH Trieste
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 1873