About Thea Schnittke
Lived 1889 – 1970 (aged 80–81). Thea Schnittke was a Latvian and Russian translator and editing staff.
Thea Schnittke (born Taube/Toiba Katz, 15 February 1889, Libava – 1970, Moscow) was a Soviet writer and translator.
Life Taube Katz was born in Libava, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire (today Liepāja, Latvia); the daughter of Abram Meerovich Katz and Mina-Reizi Orelovna Kadyshevich. She married Viktor Schnittke with whom she moved to Frankfurt in 1910. Viktor and Thea (sometimes spelled Tea) were the grandparents of the composer Alfred Schnittke and his brother, also called (1937—1994).
Works In 1920 Thea Schnittke had two texts published in Der Gegner: "Kommunismus und Tradition" (Communism and Tradition) Volume 1, Number 3, July 1920 "Tolstoi der Denker" (Tolstoy the Thinker) Volume 1, Number 5, September 1920
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Who was Thea Schnittke?
German Soviet writer and translator
When was Thea Schnittke born?
Thea Schnittke was born on 15 February 1889 in Liepāja.
When did Thea Schnittke die?
Thea Schnittke died in 1970 in Moscow.
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Thea Schnittke was a translator and editing staff.
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Thea Schnittke was Latvian and Russian.
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