Anna Vasilievna Gansen (maiden name - Vasilieva ; 1869 - 1942 ) - Russian translator of Scandinavian writers, wife of Danish-Russian literary figure, translator Pyotr Ganzen .
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| Birth name | Vasilieva Anna Vasilievna |
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| Occupation | translator |
| Language of Works | Russian |
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Biography
Anna lived in St. Petersburg, graduated from the Foundry Gymnasium with a silver medal in 1887, and was fluent in three foreign languages. After graduating from high school, she responded to an advertisement in a newspaper about hiring a secretary and an assistant in housekeeping, which was published by Peter Hanzen, who also lived in Petersburg at that time. [2] A year later, in 1888, they got married, and Anna, having studied the Scandinavian languages (Danish, Swedish and Norwegian), became his active assistant and co-author. The Hansen’s spouses translated into Russian the Scandinavian writers - Hans Christian Andersen , Henrik Ibsen , Knut Hamsun , Björnstjerne Bjørnson , Søren Kierkegaard , Johan August Strindberg , Karin Mikaelis and others. They signed their translations as “A. and P. Hansen. "
After the October Revolution, Anna remained in Soviet Russia.
She died in the besieged Leningrad in her apartment on Vasilyevsky Island. She was buried at the Smolensk cemetery in St. Petersburg .
Children
- Lev Petrovich Hansen
- Vladimir Petrovich Hansen
- Marianna Petrovna Gansen-Kozhevnikova
- Emanuel Petrovich Hansen
- stepdaughter-Olga Petrovna Gansen
Descendant - Kozhevnikov, Pyotr Valerevich .
Links
- Hanzen, Anna Vasilievna // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Notes
- ↑ Russian writers 1800-1917 - Great Russian Encyclopedia . - T. 1. - S. 142. - ISBN 978-5-85270-011-7
- ↑ Natalia Hansen. Life-long Tale // Chizh and Hedgehog. - 2005. - No. 21-22 . - S. 22-23 .