Eva Scheer (13 March 1915 – 22 June 1999) was a Norwegian journalist, literary critic, translator and author.

Personal life

Scheer was born on 13 March 1915 in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

to Jewish immigrants from Lithuania. In 1942, during the

German occupation of Norway The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the ...

, several of her family members were deported and eventually murdered in the

Auschwitz concentration camp Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It con ...

, while Scheer managed to flee to Sweden.

Career

After

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, Scheer worked as journalist for the newspaper ''

Arbeiderbladet ''Dagsavisen'' is a daily newspaper published in Oslo, Norway. The former party organ of the Norwegian Labour Party, the ties loosened over time from 1975 to 1999. It has borne several names, and was called ''Arbeiderbladet'' from 1923 to 1997. ...

''. She made her literary debut in 1948, with the book ''Vi bygger i sand''. She was a co-founder of the

Norwegian Association of Literary Translators Norwegian Association of Literary Translators ( no, Norsk Oversetterforening) is an association for Norwegian literary translators, founded in 1948. The association has awarded the annual Bastian Prize from 1951, for best literary translation into t ...

in 1948, and also worked as literary critic. She was a reporter for ''Arbeiderbladet'' in Palestine and Israel during the formation of the state of Israel in 1948, and her books on this issue include ''Vi møttes i Jerusalem '' from 1951, and ''Israel: dobbelt-løftets land'' from 1967. In 1954 she wrote the children's book ''Teddybjørn på bølgelengde''. Her book ''Posene på gjerdestolpen'' from 1977 contains Jewish fairytales and folklore translated for children. Her later books include ''Papirbroen: jødisk drøm og virkelighet'' (1979), ''Tre er fedrene, fire mødrene'' (1981), ''En smak av vintreets frukt'' (1982), and ''Hundene gjør ved vanningsstedet'' (1983).

Death and legacy

Scheer died on 22 June 1999. The book ''Jødiske fortellinger: Fra shtetl til Grünerløkka'' was published in 2015, containing a collection of jewish stories written down by Scheer. In 2015 she was also part of the exhibition ''Kvinner i jiddisch kultur'' hosted at the

Jewish Museum in Oslo The Oslo Jewish Museum () aims at informing about Jews in Norway. It was established as a foundation in 2003, supported by the Det mosaiske trossamfunn and Oslo City Museum. The museum was officially opened by Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway on Se ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scheer, Eva 1915 births 1999 deaths Writers from Oslo Norwegian people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Norwegian Jews Norwegian expatriates in Sweden Norwegian women writers 20th-century Norwegian translators 20th-century Norwegian journalists