Svetlana Geier [SEP] occupation
Svetlana Geier
Svetlana Geier, née Swetlana Michailovna Ivanova, (26 April 1923 in Kiev, USSR – 7 November 2010 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a literary translator who translated from her native Russian into German. She lived in Germany from 1943 until her death in 2010.
Biography.
Svetlana Geier was born in Kiev in 1923, the daughter of Russian parents. Her father was a scientist, his specialty was plant breeding. Her mother came from a family of Tsarist officers. Her father was arrested in
Doctorate from the University of Freiburg 2007
- "Leben geht allmählich", interview with Svetlana Geier by Claudia Voigt in „Der Spiegel“, 26 April 2010
- Svetlana Geier, Readings (in German) from her translations of Dostojewskij's "Verbrechen und Strafe“ (Crime and Punishment) and "Ein grüner Junge“ (The Raw Youth), lesungen.net