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León Dujovne

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León Dujovne
León Dujovne in 1971.
Born15 November 1898
Died16 January 1984(1984-01-16) (aged 85)

León Dujovne (15 November 1898 – 16 January 1984) was an Argentine writer, philosopher, essayist and journalist.

Early life

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Dujovne was born to Jewish parents in the village of Kurilovich, near the small town of Mohyliv-Podilskyi (Vinnytsia Oblast), on the border with Bessarabia (Moldova) in the Russian Empire. At the age of one, his parents emigrated to Argentina; the family settled in Basavilbaso, Entre Ríos, one of the several Jewish colonies founded by Baron Maurice de Hirsch in the province.[1]

Notable works

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  • Spinoza. Su vida, su época, su obra, su influencia, in 4 volumes. Buenos Aires: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1941-1945.
  • El judaísmo como cultura. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Nueva Presencia, 1980.

References

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  1. ^ León Dujovne: La filosofía de la Historia de Sarmiento[permanent dead link], publicación póstuma, en homenaje al 20o aniversario de su fallecimiento. Prólogo de Félix Gustavo Schuster y nota biográfica detallada de Celina A. Lértora Mendoza. Buenos Aires: Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, 2005.