Mariana Frenk-Westheim, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mariana Frenk-Westheim

Mexican writer and academic

Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1898

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 24-Jun-2004

Profession: writer, translator, author, linguist

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Mariana Frenk-Westheim (June 4, 1898 – June 24, 2004) was a writer of Spanish-Mexican prose, hispanist, lecturer of literature, museum expert and a Mexican translator.Mariana Frenk-Westheim, a daughter of Jewish parents, was born in Hamburg and left Germany in 1930 together with her husband, physician Ernst Frenk, and two children, and moved overseas to Mexico.
After her husband's death she married Paul Westheim, an art historian.
Her most renowned translations are those of the books by Mexican author, Juan Rulfo.
In 2002 she published her poems in a volume, "Tausend Reime für Große und Kleime.
Die Tier- und Dingwelt alphabetisch vorgestellt".
She died in Mexico City, 106 years of age.