Juliette Pary

Juliette Pary (August 6, 1903 – October 1, 1950) was Jewish-French Russian born journalist, writer, translator and educator activist.

Biography Born as Julia Gourfinkel in Odesa. She grew up in an Haskalah family, who was involved in the Jewish society. She learned languages and literature. Following the Russian Revolution her family deteriorated financially. She moved to Paris following her sister, the writer Nina Gourfinkel. In Paris she replaced her surname to Pary, as an homage to the city. She began working as a translator, translated detective novels by Agatha Christie. During the years 1928–1930 she wrote in the nascent newspaper Embassies and Consulates (Ambassades et Consulats) about French diplomacy.

She translated German novels by Stefan Zweig and Hermann Hesse.

In 1931 Pary married Isaac Pougatch, a Ukrainian refugee, who worked in an art gallery. Following Nazi Germany consolidates, she and her husband helped German Jewish refugees, and worked with Zionist youth organization Agriculture and Crafts (Agriculture et artisanat) and wrote in the weekly Jewish Journal (Journal Juif). Between the years 1933–1935 she published three novels.

Along with her husband she translated Anton Makarenko from Russian and Sholem Asch from Yiddish.