Mariana Frenk-Westheim

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.[1]

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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Phillips, Zlata Fuss. German Children's and Youth Literature in Exile 1933-1950: Biographies and Bibliographies. Walter de Gruyter. p. 85. ISBN 9783110952858. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Frenk-Westheim, Mariana (August 2013). Aforismos, cuentos y otras aventuras. Letras Mexicanas (in Spanish). Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica. p. 349. ISBN 978-607-16-1393-6.


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