Elisabeth Schnack (1899–1992)
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- Legal name
- Schüler, Elisabeth (geboren)
- Other names
- Schnack, Elisabeth
- Birthdate
- 1899-12-22
- Date of death
- 1992-02-14
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Birthplace
- Joachimsthal, Brandenburg, Germany
- Place of death
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Places of residence
- Manchuria, China
Zurich, Switzerland - Education
- University of Geneva
- Occupations
- Translator (English-German)
teacher - Short biography
- Elisabeth Schnack was born in Germany, the daughter of a Swiss botanist. She trained as a secondary school teacher and in 1924 went to China, where she founded a private school in Manchuria. She married a German merchant, with whom she had two sons. In 1938, she returned to Switzerland and studied English literature at the University of Geneva. From 1950, she worked as a translator of English works into German and helped introduce writers from the UK, Ireland, North America, and the Commonwealth nations to the German-speaking world.
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Der Baum mit den bitteren Feigen. Erzählungen aus… by Elisabeth Schnack
19 Stories mit Nachweisen und ausführlichen Autorenportraits. Englische Originaltitel werden auch benannt.
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