Fanny de Sivers

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Fanny de Sivers (

essayist.[1]

Biography

Fanny de Sivers was born in

in Paris and Lund.

Beginning in 1949, Sivers lived in France, where she worked as an interpreter and secretary at state institutions, and 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 from 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Fanny de Sivers" (in Estonian). Logos. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.