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Manya Harari
Born
Manya Benenson

(1905-04-08)8 April 1905
Died24 September 1969(1969-09-24) (aged 64)
Known forBritish translator of Russian literature, co-founder of
Harvill Press
.

Manya Harari (née Manya Benenson) (8 April 1905 – 24 September 1969)

Evgenia Ginzburg
, among others.

Early life

Born in the

Grigori Benenson (1860–1939) and Sophie Goldberg (1862–1926), she migrated in 1914 with her family to London from Germany, where they had been visiting. She had three siblings, an older brother Jacob who died in a German concentration camp during the First World War, and two sisters, Flora Solomon and Fira Benenson (Countess Ilinska) who became a leading American dress designer.[2]

Education

She was educated at

Malvern Girls College and at Bedford College, London, where she read history, graduating in 1924.[1]

In 1946 she co-founded the Harvill Press with Marjorie Villiers.

Selected books

Translations

Autobiography

  • Memoirs 1906-1969

Personal life

In Paris in 1925 Manya Benenson married Ralph Andrew Harari (1893–1969), a merchant banker, art scholar and collector, son of Sir Victor Harari Pasha and Emma Aghion, leading members of Egypt's Anglo-Jewish community.[1] They had met in Palestine earlier that year. They initially lived in Cairo where Manya studied the poor living conditions. In 1932, she converted to Roman Catholicism.[1]

The couple later settled in London and were known their hospitality at their London home 32 Catherine Place, Westminster. The couple had one son, Michael Harari, born in England in 1928, who later became a psychiatrist.[3]

Manya Harari died on 24 September 1969 and was buried with her husband at East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d P. J. V. Rolo, "Harari , Manya (1905–1969)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2011.
  2. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  3. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33689
    . Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Manya Benenson Harari (1905-1969) - Find a Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Ralph Andrew Harari (1893-1969) - Find a Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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