Lucien Sciuto (1868–1947) was a

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educator, writer and journalist. Born in

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, he worked for various publications in Istanbul and founded a magazine-turned-newspaper ''

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'' which was published in

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and then, in

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between 1909 and 1941 with five-year hiatus.

Early life and education

Sciuto was born in Thessaloniki in 1868 into a religious family. He attended the

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school which he left at age 14.

Career and activities

Sciuto worked for the newspapers in his hometown, including ''Journal de Salonique'' and ''Le Moniteur Oriental''. His literary career began in 1884 when he published a poetry book entitled ''Poèmes misanthropiques''. He published another poetry book in French and in 1894 he published another book in Paris in 1894, ''Paternité''. In 1909 he founded a French language newspaper, ''L'Aurore'', in Istanbul which was published there until 1919. Sciuto left Istanbul due to his problems with local Jewish leaders and settled in Palestine. There he contributed various Hebrew newspapers. In 1924 he began to live in Cairo and relaunched ''L'Aurore'' as a weekly magazine. In Cairo he joined the Société d’Études Historiques Juives d’Égypte and published poems in the literary magazine, including n ''L’Égypte Nouvelle''. Due to financial problems Sciuto left the magazine to his friend, Jacques Maleh, in 1931. Scito died in Alexandria in 1947.

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