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Helene Iswolsky

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July 24, 1896 in Germany

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History, Religion & Spirituality

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Daughter of a Russian diplomat. Grew up in Japan, Denmark, Russia, and France. After her conversion to the Catholic faith she became an ecumenist, dedicated to healing the rift between the Eastern and Western churches. Founded "The Third Hour," an ecumenical movement in the U.S. While living in France she worked for Emmanuel Mounier's journal "Esprit" and attended the gatherings of Jacques Maritain and Nicholas Berdiaev. Exiled Russian president Alexander Kerensky helped her and her mother escape to America during the Nazi occupation of France. A close friend of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement. Died in December 1975. Sometimes known as Helen Iswolsky.

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Average rating: 4.23 · 303 ratings · 23 reviews · 4 distinct works

	No Time to Grieve: An Autobiographical Journey 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1986	My rating:
	Soul of Russia 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Christ in Russia: The History, Tradition, and Life of the Russian Church 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Rabelais and His World by Mikhail M. Bakhtin, Helene Iswolsky (Translator), Krystyna Pomorska (Foreword) 4.22 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 1965 — 8 editions	My rating:

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