Mafalda Pavia (F / Italy, 1902-1985), nonfiction writer

Mafalda Pavia (1902-1985) was an Italian Jewish author.

Biography

Born in Milan on December 10, 1902 by Clement and Victorina De Benedetti. In 1938, because of the racial laws promulgated by the Fascist regime, was ousted by the Italian Society of Pediatrics, prevented from medical-surgical practice at the Children's Hospital "Alexandrini" in Verona and, finally, expelled from the University of Milan, where she was assistant professor of pediatric clinic. After the war she returned to Verona where she resumed exercising the medical profession.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Non-Fiction

• Saulo di Tarso (S. Paolo): ebreo, figlio di ebrei (1949 Pavia), non-fiction