Wer datete Ella Maillart?

Ella Maillart (* 20. Februar 1903 in Genf; † 27. März 1997 in Chandolin, Kanton Wallis) war eine Schweizer Sportlerin, Reiseschriftstellerin und Fotografin. Sie war eine herausragende Schweizer Reisepionierin des 20. Jahrhunderts. Noch Anfang der 1950er Jahre galt sie als «einzige Forschungsreisende Europas». Bekannt ist Maillarts Reise, die sie 1939 gemeinsam mit der Schweizer Schriftstellerin, Journalistin und Fotografin Annemarie Schwarzenbach unternahm.

Annemarie Minna Renée Schwarzenbach (23 May 1908 – 15 November 1942) was a Swiss writer, journalist and photographer. Her bisexual mother brought her up in a masculine style, and her androgynous image suited the bohemian Berlin society of the time, in which she indulged enthusiastically. Her anti-fascist campaigning forced her into exile, where she became close to the family of novelist Thomas Mann. She would live much of her life abroad as a photo-journalist, embarking on many lesbian relationships, and experiencing a growing morphine addiction. In America, the young Carson McCullers was infatuated with Schwarzenbach, to whom she dedicated Reflections in a Golden Eye. Schwarzenbach reported on the early events of World War II, but died of a head injury, following a fall.