Porträt von Emily Nonnen
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Autor

Emily Nonnen

1812–1905

Geboren
22. Februar 1812, London
Gestorben
14. Januar 1905, Domkyrkoförsamlingen in Göteborg
Staatsangehörigkeit
Schweden und Vereinigtes Königreich
Beruf
Linguistin, Übersetzerin und Schriftstellerin

Leben und Werk

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Emily Nonnen (22 February 1812 – 19 January 1905) was a British-Swedish writer, translator and artist.

Biography

Emily Nonnen was born 22 February 1812, London, Great Britain. She was the sister of Mary, Charlotte, Ann and Edward Nonnen. She moved to her maternal uncle in Sweden from Great Britain as a child. She was educated at the Societetsskolan.

She wrote novels for young adults and translated English literature to Swedish, among them Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. She also translated Swedish-language poets' work into English.

She died 19 January 1905, in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Legacy

The Nonnensgatan (Nonnenstreet) in Bö in Gothenburg was named after the Nonnen sisters in 1944.

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Sammlung

Bücher von Emily Nonnen

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