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Israel Zolli

1881 - 1956

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Eugenio Maria Zolli (27 September 1881 ‒ 2 March 1956), born Israel Anton Zoller, was an Austrian by birth, and an Italian doctorate professor of philosophy and author. Until his conversion from Judaism to Catholicism in February 1945, Zolli was the chief rabbi in Rome's Jewish community from 1940 to 1945. After the war, he taught philosophy at a number of institutions throughout Rome including the Sapienza University of Rome and Pontifical Biblical Institute. Zolli is noted for his admiration of Pope Pius XII during World War II, who gave support and shelter to Zolli and other Jews during Nazi Germany's occupation of Italy from 1943 to 1944. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Israel Zolli is the 2,449th most popular writer (up from 2,754th in 2019), the 358th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 409th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Israel Zolli ranks 2,449 out of 7,302. Before him are José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Theodore Sturgeon, José-Maria de Heredia, Wilhelm Worringer, Eric Knight, and Fritz Leiber. After him are Lytton Strachey, Samael Aun Weor, Maria Skobtsova, Pavel Kohout, Tang Xianzu, and James M. Cain.

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Among people born in 1881, Israel Zolli ranks 96. Before him are Adolf Meyer, Alberts Kviesis, Karl Staaf, Valery Larbaud, Wilhelm Worringer, and Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet. After him are Richard C. Tolman, Princess Xenia of Montenegro, Curt Sachs, Ernst Fast, Adolf Hühnlein, and Pablo Gargallo. Among people deceased in 1956, Israel Zolli ranks 89. Before him are Alexander Gretchaninov, Alexander Korda, Evelyn Beatrice Hall, Mikheil Gelovani, Ernst Robert Curtius, and Alexander Fadeyev. After him are Auguste Chevalier, Évariste Lévi-Provençal, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, André Marty, Carl Brockelmann, and Jimmie Angel.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Israel Zolli ranks 358 out of 1,365. Before him are Fedor Emelianenko (1976), Tekla Juniewicz (1906), Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841), Ludwik Fleck (1896), Andrey Sheptytsky (1865), and Felix Blumenfeld (1863). After him are Anatoliy Bondarchuk (1940), Anna Sten (1908), Igor Sergeyev (1938), Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (1891), Elisabeth Bergner (1897), and Yevgeny Vuchetich (1908).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Israel Zolli ranks 49. Before him are Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1864), Sholem Schwarzbard (1886), Vasyl Sukhomlynsky (1918), Aharon Appelfeld (1932), Mikołaj Rej (1505), and Shaul Tchernichovsky (1875). After him are Dmytro Dontsov (1883), Rose Ausländer (1901), Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (1819), Pavlo Tychyna (1891), Valentin Kataev (1897), and Maximilian Voloshin (1877).

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