Zenta Maurina ( Latvian: Zenta Mauriņa ; December 15, 1897 , Leiasciems , Livonia Province , Russian Empire - April 25, 1978 , Basel , Switzerland ) - Latvian writer , essayist , art researcher F.M.Dostoevsky , philosopher and translator . She was the first in Latvia to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Philology.
| Zenta Maurinia | |
|---|---|
| Latvian. Zenta mauriņa | |
 | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Leiasciems , Livonia Province , Russian Empire |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | Basel , Switzerland |
| A country | |
| Scientific field | literary studies |
| Place of work | |
| Alma mater | |
| Academic degree | Doctor of Philology |
| Known as | writer , translator , essayist , literary critic |
| Awards and prizes |  |
Content
Biography
Zenta was born in the family of the doctor Robert Maurin and his wife, pianist Melania Maurini. She spent her childhood in Grobin . At five, Zenta Maurinia became ill with polio , and all her life was confined to a wheelchair, struggling with terrible physical pain.
She graduated from Liepaja Russian gymnasium (1913-1915). In 1921, Zenta Maurinia entered the Faculty of Philosophy and Philology of the University of Latvia , two years later she chose a specialization in the Department of Baltic Philology. She taught at the Riga Pedagogical Institute and lectured at the University of Latvia . Leading lecturer at the People's University of Valmiera .
From 1949 to 1963 - Associate Professor at Uppsala University . She spent the end of her life in southern Germany, in the town of Bad Krozingen , where she was buried in a local cemetery.
Personal life
She was married to Konstantin Raudive .
Works
The first literary publication in the newspaper “Libausche Zeitung” is a translation of the story of Janis Akuraters “Mana vismīļā” into German ( 1919 ). In total, Zenta Maurinia published 19 works in Latvia until 1944 : monographs on Rainis , Dostoevsky , Dante and others, the novel Life in a Train (Dzīves vilcienā) (1941), numerous short stories in periodicals, translations, and other works . During the exile, 20 works were published in Latvian and 27 in German, as well as translations into Italian, English, Russian, Swedish, Dutch, Finnish and Danish. During her life, she has read about 600 public lectures in Latvia, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Austria and France. In total, the author of more than 70 books.
The following works by Maurini are published in German:
- Tālais brauciens (Die weite Fahrt) (autobiography)
- Dostojevskis (Dostojewskij) (biography)
- Sirds mozaīka (Mosaik des Herzens) (essay)
- Sākumā bija prieks (Im Anfang war die Freude) (short stories)
- Mīlētā dzīve - dzīvotā dzīve (Geliebtes Leben - gelebtes Leben) (essay)
- Krievu rakstnieku portreti (Porträts russischer Schriftsteller) (essay)
Awards and titles
- 1965 - Honorary member of the Academy of Alsace (France).
- 1968 - Order of Merit to the Federal Republic of Germany, 1st degree
- 1971 - Konrad Adenauer Foundation Prize Germany
- 1977 - Honorary Citizen of Bad Krozingen .
Literature
- Schepp O. Das Herz hat Flügel. - 1953. - (biography of Zenta Maurini).
- Zenta Maurina. 12/15/1897 - 04/25/1978: Gedenkschrift zum 100. Geburtstag. - Memmingen: Maximilian Dietrich Verlag, 1997.
- Zentai Mauriņai - 100: Eiropa, Latvija - kultūru dialogs / Conf .; Ed .: A. Cimdiņa. - Riga: Nordik, 1998. (Latvian) (German)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118579266 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ FemBio
Links
- Maurina (Maurina) Zenta (1897-1978) . Philatelia.Ru. Date of treatment April 22, 2012. Archived May 15, 2012.
- Silava V. The Ten Commandments from Zenta Maurini Neopr . Poems.ru. Date of treatment April 22, 2012. Archived May 15, 2012.