Thea Schnittke

German Soviet writer and translator
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Quick Facts

IntroGerman Soviet writer and translator
PlacesGermany
wasTranslator Writer
Gender
Female
Birth15 February 1889, Liepāja, Latvia
Death1970Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire, Duchy of Moscow (aged 80 years)
Star signAquarius
ResidenceFrankfurt, Darmstadt Government Region, Hesse, Holy Roman Empire
Family
Children:Harry Schnittke
Relatives:Alfred Schnittke Viktor Schnittke Vladimir Shnitke
The details

Biography

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 Viktor Schnittke [de] (1937—1994).

Works

In 1920 Thea Schnittke had two texts published in Der Gegner:

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