Erna Pomerantseva
Russian folklorist (1899-1980
About Erna Pomerantseva
Lived 1899 – 1980 (aged 81). Erna Pomerantseva was a Russian academic, collector of fairy tales, ethnologist and folklorist.
Erna Vasilievna Pomerantseva (; 19 April (NS) 189911 August 1980, Hoffman) was a Russian folklorist.
Biography Pomerantseva was born on 7 (OS)/19 April (NS) 1899.
Pomerantseva's research focused on Russian fairy tales, the connections between literature and folklore, and the role of folklore today. She led many expeditions to collect folklore.
Her work Русские народные сказки (Russian Folk Tales, 1957) was translated into German as Russische Volksmärchen (Akademie Verlag, 1966) and was in its 13th edition in 2021.
Writing in 2009 in the journal on the study of Russian fairy tales, Marina Guister wrote that Pomerantseva was a "remarkable folklorist", praising her collection of songs and urban legends and her writings on folk tales.
For some time she signed her articles with double surname "Gofman-Pomerantseva" .
Pomerantseva died on 11 August 1980, aged 81.
Books Сказки И. Ф. Ковалева (recording and commentary by Э. Гофман and ) Moscow, 1941 Русские народные сказки (Russian Folk Tales, 1957), translated as: Русская народная сказка. М., 1963 Судьбы русской сказки. М., 1965 Мифологические персонажи в русском фольклоре. М.: Наука, 1975
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Russian folklorist (1899-1980
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Erna Pomerantseva was born on 7 April 1899 in Moscow.
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Erna Pomerantseva died on 11 August 1980 in Saint Petersburg.
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