• Description: In the 1930s, Annemarie Schwarzenbach participated in several archaeological excavation campaigns in Iran and Syria. She published numerous articles about her travels in the United States; in 1939, she accompanied Ella Maillart on a long car journey that took them to India, passing through Iran and Afghanistan. She died on September 6, 1942, following a bicycle accident. 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: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1908-1942
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
  • Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annemarie_Schwarzenbach
  • Multimedia: https://memobase.ch/it/recordSet/sla-001
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123368
Schwarzenbach (swissinfo.ch)
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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