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The cover of Julie Scolnik's book, Nat Pinkerton: Diez Novelas Policiacas en Lengua Sefardi, published in 2014.
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  • Marina Mayorski
Nat Pinkerton: Detective Novels in Ladino
One of the most popular literary genres in Ladino was the detective novel. This genre first emerged in Western Europe in the nineteenth century. Published in 2014, Julie Scolnik's study, Nat Pinkerton: Diez Novelas Policíacas en Lengua Sefaradí, examines a set of Ladino detective novels and offers Spanish translations, which make them more accessible to contemporary readers and scholars.
The front matter of the novel El amor de Matilda by Moiz Habib in a 2016 edition. The novel was originally published in 1931
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  • Marina Mayorski
The Revival of Ladino Literature
Many consider Ladino, the traditional vernacular of Sephardi Jews, a dead language. However, the growing interest in the language and its culture creates opportunities to learn more about it and even read some of its literature. Recently added to the catalog, Ladino novels originally published in the 1930s and now reprinted in new editions provide a glimpse into the fascinating world of Sephardi Jews in the 20th century.