Eva Schumann (translator)
Luise Eva Schumann , b. Feine (born January 8, 1889 in Hainichen , † December 3, 1973 in Freital ) was a German translator and writer .
Life
Feine attended secondary school for girls from 1899 to 1904 and then completed a study visit to England. Then she began an apprenticeship as a bookbinder at the University of Book Trade and Graphic Arts in Leipzig . In 1910 he graduated from high school and studied botany , zoology and geology in Berlin, Dresden, Munich and Vienna. She received her PhD in 1914.
Eva Feine married the writer Wolfgang Schumann (1887–1964) in 1912 . From 1918 she was active in the labor movement and worked on the "Social Democratic Dresdner People's Newspaper". In the same year she joined the SPD . The first translations such as Victor Hugo's “ Die Elenden ” followed. From 1933 Schumann lived in exile in Czechoslovakia and England . At the end of the Second World War she returned to Dresden. As the Schumann family's house was destroyed in the air raids on Dresden , the couple moved to Freital to live with their friends Karl Hanusch and Marianne Bruns .
Further translations followed after 1947, including works by Romain Rolland , Theodore Dreiser , Theun de Vries and Vincent van Gogh's correspondence .
Awards
- 1966: Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- 1967: Honorary citizen of Freital
- 1970: F. C. Weiskopf Prize
- 1970: Martin Andersen Nexö Art Prize
Works
- The Acrosticheen and their position in the fern system , Jena 1915
Translations
- Jo van Ammers-Küller : The apple and Eva , Bremen 1932
- Jo van Ammers-Küller : Important Women of the Present , Bremen 1935
- Jo van Ammers-Küller : Elzelina , Bremen 1940
- Jo van Ammers-Küller : The Quist family , Zurich 1942
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Jo van Ammers-Küller : The women of the Coornvelts , Leipzig
- 1 (1926)
- 2nd Women's Crusade , 1930
- Jo van Ammers-Küller : Henriette Quist , Wiesbaden 1951
- Jo van Ammers-Küller : Gentlemen, servants, women , Bremen 1935
- Jo van Ammers-Küller : India , Dresden 1941
- Jo van Ammers-Küller : The King and the Witch , Wiesbaden 1949
- Jo van Ammers-Küller : Prince Inkognito , Bremen 1934
- Jo van Ammers-Küller : Dance around the guillotine , Bremen 1936
- Jo van Ammers-Küller : The loyalty of the Tavelincks , Bremen 1938
- Frederick Antal : Füssli Studies , Dresden 1973
- Vittorio Beonio-Brocchieri : A farmer's boy learns to fly , Berlin 1942
- Bhabani Bhattacharya : Kajoli , Berlin 1954
- William J. Blake : Late love , Berlin 1957
- Ralph de Boissiere : Crown Jewel , Berlin 1954
- Ralph de Boissiere : Rum and Coca-Cola , Berlin 1955
- Frances Hodgson Burnett : The Little Lord , Potsdam 1937
- George DH Cole : Guild Socialism , Dresden 1921
- Willy Corsari : The man without a uniform , Berlin 1938
- Theodore Dreiser : The Stoic , Berlin 1954
- Shirley Graham Du Bois : Dr. George Washington Carver , Berlin 1951
- George Eliot : Silas Marner , Berlin [u. a.] 1968
- Havelock Ellis : The Dance of Life , Leipzig 1928
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Vincent van Gogh : As a person among people , Berlin
- 1 (1959)
- 2 (1959)
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Vincent van Gogh : Complete Letters , Berlin
- 1. To brother Theo , 1965
- 2. To brother Theo , 1965
- 3. To brother Theo , 1965
- 4. To Brother Theo , 1965
- 5. To the family , 1968
- 6. Documents and certificates , 1968
- Carlo Goldoni : MeinTheater - my life , Berlin 1949
- Radclyffe Hall : Source of Solitude , Leipzig 1929
- Thomas Hardy : hearts in turmoil , Berlin 1956
- Amanda van Hoogstraten-Schoch : The daughters of the van Beygardt house , Neukirchen 1939
- Victor Hugo : Die Elenden , Leipzig 1934
- Victor Hugo : A Righteous Man , Munich 1926
- Victor Hugo : The laughing mask , Leipzig [u. a.] 1928
- Victor Hugo : The year of horror , Leipzig [u. a.] 1928
- Victor Hugo : 1793 , Berlin 1956
- Francis D. Klingender : Goya and the democratic tradition of Spain , Berlin 1954
- Francis D. Klingender : Art and Industrial Revolution , Dresden 1974
- Jack Lindsay : The Great Oak , Berlin 1959
- Jack Lindsay : Men from 1848 , Berlin 1953
- Maarten Maartens : Mrs. Nobody , Berlin 1928
- Maarten Maartens : God's Fool , Munich 1924
- Maarten Maartens : The Comedy of a Crime , Leipzig 1922
- Maarten Maartens : Lis Doris , Berlin 1957
- Maarten Maartens : Novellas , Munich 1923
- Maarten Maartens : Sonnets , Munich 1924
- Bronisław Malinowski : The Sex Life of the Wild in Northwest Melanesia , Leipzig 1930
- Top Naeff : Before the Gate , Berlin 1942
- Alfredo Niceforo : Culture and Progress in the Mirror of Numbers , Vienna 1930
- Alma Reed : Orozco , Dresden 1979
- Romain Rolland : Robespierre , Berlin 1950
- Carel Th.Scharten : The great Giorgio , Berlin 1956
- Carel Th. Scharten : Littoria , Zurich [u. a.] 1936
- Carel Th. Scharten : The fool from the Maremma , Zurich [u. a.] 1935
- Robert Louis Stevenson : The Adventures of David Balfour , Potsdam 1939
- Robert Louis Stevenson : Catriona , Berlin 1957
- Robert Louis Stevenson : Kidnapped , Berlin 1956
- Paul Strand : Living Egypt , Dresden 1968
- Theun de Vries : Anna Casparii , Berlin 1956
- Theun de Vries : The three lives of Melchior Hintham , Berlin 1966
- Theun de Vries : The Frisian stagecoach , Berlin 1967
- Theun de Vries : Wedding song for Swaantje , Berlin 1957
- Theun de Vries : The Cardinal Motette , Berlin 1962
- Theun de Vries : The landscape , Berlin 1959
- Theun de Vries : The girl with red hair , Berlin 1960
- Theun de Vries : Music for Potemkin , Leipzig 1959
- Theun de Vries : Pan among the people , Berlin 1956
- Theun de Vries : Rembrandt , Berlin 1950
- Theun de Vries : Signals from the Dark , Berlin 1960
- Theun de Vries : Vincent im Haag , Dresden 1965
- Edgar Wallace : The demonized Mr. Engel , Berlin 1928
- Augusta de Wit : Orpheus in Java , Munich 1928
Web links
- Literature by and about Eva Schumann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Dr. Eva Schumann on the website of the city of Freital
Individual evidence
- ^ New Germany , April 1, 1966, p. 2
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schumann, Eva |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Feine, Eva (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German translator |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1889 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hainichen |
DATE OF DEATH | 3rd December 1973 |
Place of death | Freital |