Thea Schnittke
German Soviet writer and translator
Intro | German Soviet writer and translator | ||||
Places | Germany | ||||
was | Translator Writer | ||||
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Birth | 15 February 1889, Liepāja, Latvia | ||||
Death | 1970Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire, Duchy of Moscow (aged 80 years) | ||||
Star sign | Aquarius | ||||
Residence | Frankfurt, Darmstadt Government Region, Hesse, Holy Roman Empire | ||||
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Thea Schnittke (born Taube/Toiba Katz —15 February 1889, Libava - 1970, Moscow) was a Soviet writer and translator.
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 Viktor Schnittke (1937—1994).
In 1920 Thea Schnittke had two texts published in Der Gegner: