Etta Federn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Etta Federn

French literary critic, writer and translator (1883-1951)

Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1883

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 09-May-1951

Profession: writer, translator, literary critic, trade unionist

Nationality: Austria, France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Etta Federn

  • Etta Federn-Kohlhaas (April 28, 1883 – May 9, 1951) or Marietta Federn, also published as Etta Federn-Kirmsse and Esperanza, was a writer, translator, educator and important woman of letters in pre-war Germany.
  • In the 1920s and 1930s, she was active in the Anarcho-Syndicalism movement in Germany and Spain. Raised in Vienna, she moved in 1905 to Berlin, where she became a literary critic, translator, novelist and biographer.
  • In 1932, as the Nazis rose to power, she moved to Barcelona, where she joined the anarchist-feminist group Mujeres Libres, (Free Women), becoming a writer and educator for the movement.
  • In 1938, toward the end of the Spanish Civil War, she fled to France.
  • There, hunted by the Gestapo as a Jew and a supporter of the French Resistance, she survived World War II in hiding.In Germany, she published 23 books, among them translations from the Danish, Russian, Bengali, Ancient Greek, Yiddish and English.
  • She also published two books while living in Spain. The story of Etta Federn and her two sons inspired the 1948 play Skuggan av Mart (Marty's Shadow), by the important Swedish writer Stig Dagerman, who published novels, plays and journalism before committing suicide at age 31.
  • The play based on Federn was first performed at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, and has since played in several countries, including Ireland, the Netherlands, Cyprus and France.
  • Marty's Shadow was first performed in the U.S.
  • in 2017, by the August Strindberg Repertory Theatre in New York City.

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