Appignanesi
Appignanesi is a surname. It may refer to: * Ennio Appignanesi (1925–2015), Italian Roman Catholic archbishop *Josh Appignanesi (born 1975), British film director, producer, and screenwriter *Lisa Appignanesi, British writer, novelist, and campaigner for free expression *Richard Appignanesi Richard Appignanesi (; December 20, 1940 – April 8, 2025) was a Canadian writer and editor. He was the originating editor of the internationally successful illustrated '' For Beginners'' book series (since 1991 called the '' Introducing...'' se ...

Lisa Appignanesi
Lisa Appignanesi (born Elżbieta Borensztejn; 4 January 1946) is a Polish-born British-Canadian writer, novelist, and campaigner for free expression. Until 2021, she was the Chair of the Royal Society of Literature, and is a former President of English PEN and Chair of the Freud Museum London. She chaired the 2017 Booker International Prize won by Olga Tokarczuk. She is an Honorary Fellow of St Benet's Hall, Oxford and visiting professor in the Department of English at King's College London, and held a Wellcome Trust People Award there for her public series on ''The Brain and the Mind''. Her book ''Mad, Bad, and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors'' won the 2009 British Medical Association Award for the Public Understanding of Science, among other prizes. She has written for ''The New York Review of Books'', ''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer'', as well as making programmes and appearing on the BBC. Biography Personal life and education Appignanesi was born Elżbieta ...
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Josh Appignanesi
Josh Appignanesi (born 1975) is a British film director, producer, and screenwriter. Appignanesi is best known for the feature film ''Song of Songs'' (2006), starring Natalie Press, which he directed, co-wrote and co-produced. The film won several awards including a special commendation for Best British Film at the Edinburgh Film Festival. Made on a tiny budget, the film is a dark study of the intense relationship between a brother and highly religious sister in London's Orthodox Jewish community. The film had a small, arthouse UK release but received critical acclaim; ''The Observer'' said it "reveals a distinctive and bold new voice in British cinema." He has written and directed several short films, most notably ''Ex Memoria'' (2006) which also stars Natalie Press as well as Sara Kestelman in a study of a woman with Alzheimer's disease, funded by the Wellcome Trust; and ''Nine 1/2 Minutes'' (2003), a romantic comedy starring David Tennant. Life and career In 2006, Appignanes ...
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Ennio Appignanesi
Ennio Appignanesi (18 June 1925 – 26 March 2015) was an Italian Catholic archbishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1950, Appignanesi became auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Lucera In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated .... He was eventually named the archbishop of Potenza-Muro-Lucano-Marsico Nuevo, Italy in 1993, and retired in 2001. References 1925 births 2015 deaths Italian Roman Catholic archbishops {{Italy-RC-archbishop-stub ...
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Surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ...
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