Alice van Nahuys | |
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Born | Alice Emilie van Nahuys 15 February 1894[1] Den Helder, Netherlands |
Died | 2 February 1967 St. Moritz, Switzerland | (aged 72)[2]
Occupation(s) | Translator, publisher |
Spouse | Frederic von Eugen (1897-1979)[1] |
Alice Emilie van Nahuys, later also known as Alice van Eugen-van Nahuys (15 February 1894 – 2 February 1967) was a Dutch translator and director of the publishing house Querido. She translated the work of Arthur Schnitzler and Franz Kafka into Dutch, and was the "leading force" behind an initiative to publish German writers in exile in the 1930s.[3]