Riccardo Calimani

Essayist, Author

1946 –

84

Who is Riccardo Calimani?

Riccardo Calimani is a renowned writer and historian, specialised on Italian and European Judaism and Jewish history.

A graduate of electronic engineering at the University of Padua and of Philosophy of science at the University of Venice, he worked many years a director of TV programmes at RAI for the Venetian Region.

Among his many works, noticeable are Dialogo sull’ebraismo, an updated edition of the book written by important Venetian Rabbi Simone Calimani, who lived in the 18th century; The Ghetto of Venice, Ebrei e pregiudizio, Storia dell'ebreo errante, L'Inquisizione a Venezia, Non è facile essere ebreo, Passione e tragedia, Ebrei eterni inquieti. In 1986 he received the Prize for Culture from the Italian Parliament and in 1997 the European Prize for Culture.

Currently, he is the Vicepresident of the Jewish Community of Venice and Honorary Swiss Consul in Venice.

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Born
1946
Venice
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • Italy
Profession

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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