Titaÿna
Titaÿna is the author's name of Élisabeth Sauvy-Tisseyre (* 1897 , † 1966 ), Alfred Sauvy's eldest sister , she was a journalist and reporter for the tabloid Paris-Soir from 1925 to 1939. During the German occupation (and even before that ) she wrote pro-occupier articles and was charged after the liberation. She retired to San Francisco . Benoît Heimermann wrote her biography .
She interviewed the powerful of her time: Ataturk , Abd el-Krim , Mussolini , Hitler .
She is the author of numerous travel and research works, including La caravane des morts , in which she describes her journey through Iraq and Persia and, among other things, describes the religious life of the Shiites .
Works
- La Caravane des Morts . Paris: Editions des Portiques, 1930
- in German translation
- Around my lover . Leipzig / Vienna: C. Weller & Co Verlag, 1928. Justified translation from the French by Trude Reitler
- My beloved, the unknown . Leipzig: C. Weller & Co Verlag, 1928. Translated from the French by Trude Reitler
- The island of beauty. Travel novels . Berlin / Vienna: Glöckner-Verlag, undated [1929]
literature
- Benoît Heimermann: Titaÿna (1897-1966) . Flammarion, Paris 1994
- Raymond Barrillon: Le cas Paris-Soir . Colin, Paris 1959
Web links
- Literature by and about Titaÿna in the catalog of the German National Library
- Book review of the biography of Benoît Heimermann (engl.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Titaÿna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sauvy-Tisseyre, Élisabeth (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer, journalist and reporter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1897 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1966 |