Salcia Landmann

Salcia Landmann, born Salcia Passweg (; 18 November 1911 – 16 May 2002), was a Jewish writer. She was born in Zhovkva, Galicia, and died in St. Gallen, Switzerland. She worked on preserving the Yiddish language, and she wrote the important work Der Jüdische Witz (Jewish Humor). She was one of the founders of the International PEN in Liechtenstein. She had one son, Valentin Landmann, and was married to philosopher Michael Landmann from 1939.

Life Landmann was born Salcia Passweg in Zhovkva, Galicia in 1911. Her parents Israel and Regina Passweg were from well-off Jewish families. Landmann also wrote about Jewish cookery from Eastern Europe, and worked as a translator on a number of Yiddish works, including stories by Scholem Alejchem.