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Maillart Ella (w2224)

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  • Description: A versatile and travel-enthusiast from Geneva, in the 1930s, set off for Russia, Turkestan, China, Central Asia. She drew from these experiences to write several successful books; in 1939, she reached India by car along with Annemarie Schwarzenbach, a journey that was turned into a work titled "The Cruel Way, Two Women's Journey from Europe to Kabul". In 2025, the Executive Board of UNESCO approved the inclusion of the archives of writers Annemarie Schwarzenbach and Ella Maillart in the international “Memory of the World” Register
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Kini
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1903-1997
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
  • Internet: http://www.ellamaillart.ch
  • Multimedia: https://memobase.ch/it/recordSet/sla-001
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19685776
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Maillart E., Oasi proibite: una donna in viaggio da Pechino al Kashmir, EDT, 2001. Ella Maillart – Double Journey, Antonio Bigini, Mariann Lewinsky Sträuli, 2015.
Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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