Fanny de Sivers
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Fanny de Sivers (maiden name: Isak; 20 October 1920 – 22 June 2011) was an Estonian linguist, literature researcher and essayist.[1]
Biography[]
Fanny de Sivers was born in Pärnu. She studied humanities and arts at the University of Tartu from (1938 to 1941), left Estonia and moved to Germany in 1941, marrying von Sivers. She studied at the universities of Breslau, Würzburg and Innsbruck and acquired the academic degree of license in Paris and Lund.
Since 1949, Fanny de Sivers has lived in France, where she has worked as an interpreter and secretary at state institutions, from 1964 to 1986 she worked as linguist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research. She was a visiting professor at the University of Tartu 1993–1994.[2]
She published numerous articles on language studies and literature; she also translated works of Estonian authors into French and vice versa. Numerous collections of her articles and essays have been published in Estonia since the end of Soviet regime.
Fanny de Sivers was a devoted Christian. She died in Eaubonne, near Paris.
References[]
- ^ Rein, Veidemann (26 October 2009). "Postimees: Fanny de Sivers mõtleb vananemise käsiraamatule" (in Estonian). Postimees. Archived from the original on 27 March 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ "Fanny de Sivers" (in Estonian). Logos. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- Estonian emigrants to France
- Linguists from Estonia
- 1920 births
- 2011 deaths
- Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class