Ella Maillart

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Ella Maillart in 1992 in Chandolin .
Ella Maillart in Iran, photographed by Annemarie Schwarzenbach

Ella Maillart (born February 20, 1903 in Geneva , † March 27, 1997 in Chandolin , Switzerland ) was a Swiss athlete, travel writer and photographer.

Life

As the daughter of Paul Maillart, a wealthy Geneva fur trader, and Dagmar Klim, her mother of Danish descent, “Kini” Maillart inherited their enthusiasm for sport, especially sailing and skiing, in their early youth. In 1922 she founded the first country hockey club for women in western Switzerland and sailed to Corsica with her childhood friend Hermine de Saussure . Further boat trips through the Mediterranean followed. In 1924 she represented Switzerland at the Summer Olympics in Paris in single-handed sailing. As a skier, she was a member of the Swiss national team and coached the Swiss women's land hockey team.

From 1930 to 1932 she traveled to Moscow , the Caucasus and the Soviet republics of Central Asia. She wrote newspaper articles and her first books about it. In 1934 she traveled to Manchuria on behalf of the Parisian newspaper Le Petit Parisien and then went on a trip with the Times reporter Peter Fleming through the most remote areas of China with the goal of Kashmir. After another trip through India, Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey (1937), the journey from Geneva to Kabul followed in 1939 with Annemarie Schwarzenbach and her Ford. When the Second World War broke out, this company ended prematurely in Afghanistan. Ella Maillart spent the war years in southern India with spiritual contemplation under the guidance of various Hindu masters.

After returning to Europe in 1945, Ella Maillart settled in Geneva and Chandolin, a village in the Valais Alps. Again and again she interrupted her literary work to return to India and to accompany small groups of tourists to Asian countries as a tour guide.

Ella Maillart's written estate is entrusted to the Bibliothèque de Genève , her photographic work from the Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne. Her documentaries are in the collection of the Cinémathèque Suisse in Lausanne. A permanent exhibition is dedicated to Ella Maillart in Chandolin. In Karakol, Kyrgyzstan there is a permanent exhibition of her photographs in the local museum.

Works

  • On a bold journey - From Moscow to the Caucasus , 2006 (also under the title Ausser Kurs - A young Swiss woman in the revolutionary Soviet Union , 1989)
  • Turkestan Solo (first edition 1938), also Turkestan Solo - An adventurous journey into the unknown , 1990.
  • Forbidden Journey - From Beijing to Kashmir (first edition 1938, reissues 1988, 1996, 2003)
  • On an adventurous journey through Iran and Afghanistan (first edition 1948), also under the title refugee idyl (1988, 1995) as well as the bitter way - with Annemarie Schwarzenbach on the way to Afghanistan , 2001.
  • Vagabundin of the Sea - A Woman's Sailing Adventures (first edition 1991), also Vagabundin of the Sea - An intrepid woman on the high seas , 1993.
  • Life without rest - A woman drives through the world , 1952.
  • Ti-Puss - Three years in South India with a cat as a comrade (first edition 1954), also Ti-Puss - With a cat in India (1998) and Beloved silk paw - With a cat alone through India , 2002.

In English or French:

  • The Land of the Sherpas , 1955 (photos and texts about their first encounter with Nepal)
  • La vie immédiate , 1991 (photo book with texts by Nicolas Bouvier), ISBN 2-8265-1092-4 , ISBN 2-228-88407-3 .
  • Ella Maillart au Népal , 1999 (photo book), ISBN 2-7427-2273-4 .
  • Cette réalité que j'ai pourchassée , 2003 (letters to her parents from 1925–1941), ISBN 2-88182-469-2 .
  • Ella Maillart sur les routes de l'Orient , 2003 (photo book), ISBN 2-7427-4416-9 .
  • Chandolin d'Anniviers , 2007 (Ella Maillart's photos and texts about the Valais mountain village), ISBN 2-88100-024-X .
  • Envoyée spéciale en Mandchourie , 2009 (reports on Manchuria from 1934), ISBN 978-2-88182-651-1 .

Film and video

In French - s. French version of the Wikipedia article on Ella Maillart

  • The trip to Kafiristan (2001), book u. Director: Fosco Dubini , Donatello Dubini - Template: The bitter way - On the way to Afghanistan with Annemarie Schwarzenbach .

Literature on Ella Maillart

s. French version of the Wikipedia article about Ella Maillart, as well as the website www.ellamaillart.ch

See also

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personal data
SURNAME Maillart, Ella
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss athlete and travel writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1997
Place of death Chandolin