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Auteur

Emily Nonnen

Écrivaine britannique

Naissance
22 février 1812, Londres
Décès
14 janvier 1905, paroisse de la cathédrale de Göteborg
Nationalité
Suède et Royaume-Uni
Profession
Linguiste, traductrice et écrivaine

Vie et œuvre

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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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Collection

Livres de Emily Nonnen

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