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Zakhor
HistoryFigure1869–1931

אליה קרמונה

Region: Constantinople (Empire ottoman)

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Native of Constantinople, the most prolific author of original novels in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish), with dozens of novels and novellas (romansos). Founder and director in 1908 of the satirical periodical « El Jugueton » (איל ג'וגיטון), one of the most enduring of the Ladino press (1908-1931). He published in 1926 a picaresque autobiography, « Komo Nasio Elia R. Karmona ». His work is preserved notably in the Sephardic Studies Collection of the University of Washington.

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