Elise Riesel

Elise Riesel (born Elise Grün) or also Eliza Genrichovna Rizel (born 12 October 1906 in Vienna; died 28 September 1989 in Moscow), was an Austrian linguist.

Life

Riesel was born to medical doctor Heinrich Grün and music teacher Matilde Grün, née Goldstein. Riesel was Jewish. In 1932 she married Josef Riesel, an engineer. In 1945, she briefly returned to Vienna and taught at the university there, before returning to Moscow. In 1963 she was awarded the F.-C.-Weiskopf prize. She was also awarded the Ehrennadel in Gold.

Publications Riesel, Elise. 1959. Stilistik der deutschen Sprache. Moskau: Verlag für fremdsprachige Literatur Riesel, Elise. 1929. Das neulateinische Drama der Protestanten in Deutschland vom Augsburger Religionsfrieden bis zum Dreißigjährigen Krieg. Diss. Wien.