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Ella Maillart (or Ella K. Maillart; 20 February 1903, Geneva – 27 March 1997, Chandolin) was a Swissadventurer, travel writer and photographer, as well as a sportswoman.[1]
Ella Maillart, one of the great travelers of the 20th century
Ella ‘Kini’ Maillart was the second child, born to a wealthy fur trader from Geneva. Her father was Swiss and her mother was Danish. At the age of 20 she and a friend sailed from Cannes to Corsica, then to Sardinia, Sicily and Greece. She competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics as a sailor in the Olympic monotype competition where she was the only female competitor and finished ninth out of 17. At this time she was also the captain of the Swiss Women's field hockey team and was an international skier. [2]
CareerEdit
Ella Maillart in Iran 1939/40
From the 1930s onwards she spent years exploring Muslim republics of the USSR, as well as other parts of Asia, and published a rich series of books which, just as her photographs, are today considered valuable historical testimonies. Her early books were written in French but later she began to write in English. Turkestan Solo describes a journey in 1932 in Soviet Turkestan. Photos from this journey are now displayed in the Ella Maillart wing of the Karakol Historical Museum. In 1934, the French daily Le Petit Parisien sent her to Manchuria to report on the situation under the Japanese occupation. It was there that she met Peter Fleming, a well-known writer and correspondent of The Times, with whom she would team up to cross China from Peking to Srinagar (3,500 miles), much of the route being through hostile desert regions and steep Himalayan passes. The journey started in February 1935 and took seven months to complete, involving travel by train, on lorries, on foot, horse and camelback. Their objective was to ascertain what was happening in Xinjiang (then also known as Sinkiang or Chinese Turkestan) where the Kumul Rebellion had just ended. Maillart and Fleming met the Hui Muslim forces of General Ma Hushan. Ella Maillart later recorded this trek in her book Forbidden Journey, while Peter Fleming's parallel account is found in his News from Tartary. In 1937 Maillart returned to Asia for Le Petit Parisien to report on Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey, while in 1939 she undertook a trip from Geneva to Kabul by car, in the company of fellow Swiss writer, Annemarie Schwarzenbach. The Cruel Way is the title of Maillart's book about this experience, cut short by the outbreak of the second World War.[3]
She spent the war years at Tiruvannamalai in the South of India,[4] learning from different teachers about Advaita Vedanta, one of the schools of Hindu philosophy. On her return to Switzerland in 1945, she lived in Geneva and at Chandolin, a mountain village in the Swiss Alps. She continued to ski until late in life and last returned to Tibet in 1986.
Turkestan Solo – One Woman's Expedition from the Tien Shan to the Kizil Kum (her journey from Moscow to Kirghizstan and Uzbekistan in 1932)
Ella Maillart’s article for Weekly Magazine, 1938, describes the arrival of Jewish refugees from Austria. Switzerland is portrayed as generous, the refugees as a burden. Article in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland.Forbidden Journey – From Peking to Cashmir (her trek across Asia with Peter Fleming in 1935)
Gypsy Afloat (an account of her years at sea)
Cruises and Caravans (autobiographical narrative)
The Cruel Way (from Geneva to Kabul with Annemarie Schwarzenbach)
Ti-Puss (the story of her years in India with a tiger cat as her companion)
The Land of the Sherpas (photographs and texts on her first encounter with Nepal in 1951)
In FrenchEdit
Parmi la jeunesse russe – De Moscou au Caucase (about her stay in Moscow and crossing the Caucasus in 1931)
La vie immédiate (Ella Maillart's photographs and texts by Nicolas Bouvier)
Ella Maillart au Népal (photographs taken in 1951 and 1965 during a trek to the base camp of Mount Everest)
Cette réalité que j'ai pourchassée (letters to her parents, 1925–1941)
Ella Maillart sur les routes de l'Orient (the most evocative photographs she took during her travels)
Chandolin d'Anniviers (photographs and texts about her mountain village)
Envoyée spéciale en Manchourie (a series of articles written in 1934 for the French daily Le Petit Parisien)
Videos and films (in French only)Edit
Ella Maillart, écrivain. Un entretien avec Bertil Galland, 54 min., Les Films Plans fixes, Lausanne, 1984
Ella Maillart chez Bernard Pivot (émission La vie est un long fleuve tranquille), INA, France, 1989
Entretiens avec Ella Maillart: Le Monde mon héritage (radio interviews and the film Les itinéraires d'Ella Maillart, a 1973 Swiss TV production), 2009.
"Double Journey" 43 minutes. A documentary about her 1939 trip by auto from Switzerland to Afghanistan in the company of Annemarie Schwarzenbach. The film was presented at the National Gallery of Art in Washington by its director Antonio Bigini in March 2016.
Publications concerning Ella MaillartEdit
News from Tartary by Peter Fleming, 1936
Mount Ida by Monk Gibbon, 1948
A Forgotten Journey by Peter Fleming, 1952
Kini, le monde à bras le corps. Une biographie d’Ella Maillart, by Ingrid Thobois et Géraldine Alibeu, 2019[5]
Publications by and about Ella Maillart in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library
''Voyage, Voyage'': A portrait of Ella Maillart
"Toils and Troubles in Xinjiang Province: Following Ella, Peter and a dream through the Taklamakan"
October 21, 2023
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from the existing French Wikipedia article at fr Ella Maillart see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated fr Ella Maillart to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Ella Maillart or Ella K Maillart 20 February 1903 Geneva 27 March 1997 Chandolin was a Swiss adventurer travel writer and photographer as well as a sportswoman 1 Ella Maillart one of the great travelers of the 20th century Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Legacy 4 Books by Ella Maillart 4 1 In French 5 Videos and films in French only 6 Publications concerning Ella Maillart 7 Honours 8 References 9 External linksEarly life EditElla Kini Maillart was the second child born to a wealthy fur trader from Geneva Her father was Swiss and her mother was Danish At the age of 20 she and a friend sailed from Cannes to Corsica then to Sardinia Sicily and Greece She competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics as a sailor in the Olympic monotype competition where she was the only female competitor and finished ninth out of 17 At this time she was also the captain of the Swiss Women s field hockey team and was an international skier 2 Career Edit nbsp Ella Maillart in Iran 1939 40From the 1930s onwards she spent years exploring Muslim republics of the USSR as well as other parts of Asia and published a rich series of books which just as her photographs are today considered valuable historical testimonies Her early books were written in French but later she began to write in English Turkestan Solo describes a journey in 1932 in Soviet Turkestan Photos from this journey are now displayed in the Ella Maillart wing of the Karakol Historical Museum In 1934 the French daily Le Petit Parisien sent her to Manchuria to report on the situation under the Japanese occupation It was there that she met Peter Fleming a well known writer and correspondent of The Times with whom she would team up to cross China from Peking to Srinagar 3 500 miles much of the route being through hostile desert regions and steep Himalayan passes The journey started in February 1935 and took seven months to complete involving travel by train on lorries on foot horse and camelback Their objective was to ascertain what was happening in Xinjiang then also known as Sinkiang or Chinese Turkestan where the Kumul Rebellion had just ended Maillart and Fleming met the Hui Muslim forces of General Ma Hushan Ella Maillart later recorded this trek in her book Forbidden Journey while Peter Fleming s parallel account is found in his News from Tartary In 1937 Maillart returned to Asia for Le Petit Parisien to report on Afghanistan Iran and Turkey while in 1939 she undertook a trip from Geneva to Kabul by car in the company of fellow Swiss writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach The Cruel Way is the title of Maillart s book about this experience cut short by the outbreak of the second World War 3 She spent the war years at Tiruvannamalai in the South of India 4 learning from different teachers about Advaita Vedanta one of the schools of Hindu philosophy On her return to Switzerland in 1945 she lived in Geneva and at Chandolin a mountain village in the Swiss Alps She continued to ski until late in life and last returned to Tibet in 1986 Legacy EditElla Maillart s manuscripts and documents are kept at the Bibliotheque de Geneve Library of the City of Geneva her photographic work is deposited at the Musee de l Elysee in Lausanne and her documentary films on Afghanistan Nepal and South India are part of the collection of the Swiss Film Archive in Lausanne Switzerland Books by Ella Maillart EditTurkestan Solo One Woman s Expedition from the Tien Shan to the Kizil Kum her journey from Moscow to Kirghizstan and Uzbekistan in 1932 nbsp Ella Maillart s article for Weekly Magazine 1938 describes the arrival of Jewish refugees from Austria Switzerland is portrayed as generous the refugees as a burden Article in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland Forbidden Journey From Peking to Cashmir her trek across Asia with Peter Fleming in 1935 Gypsy Afloat an account of her years at sea Cruises and Caravans autobiographical narrative The Cruel Way from Geneva to Kabul with Annemarie Schwarzenbach Ti Puss the story of her years in India with a tiger cat as her companion The Land of the Sherpas photographs and texts on her first encounter with Nepal in 1951 In French Edit Parmi la jeunesse russe De Moscou au Caucase about her stay in Moscow and crossing the Caucasus in 1931 La vie immediate Ella Maillart s photographs and texts by Nicolas Bouvier Ella Maillart au Nepal photographs taken in 1951 and 1965 during a trek to the base camp of Mount Everest Cette realite que j ai pourchassee letters to her parents 1925 1941 Ella Maillart sur les routes de l Orient the most evocative photographs she took during her travels Chandolin d Anniviers photographs and texts about her mountain village Envoyee speciale en Manchourie a series of articles written in 1934 for the French daily Le Petit Parisien Videos and films in French only EditElla Maillart ecrivain Un entretien avec Bertil Galland 54 min Les Films Plans fixes Lausanne 1984 Ella Maillart chez Bernard Pivot emission La vie est un long fleuve tranquille INA France 1989 Entretiens avec Ella Maillart Le Monde mon heritage radio interviews and the film Les itineraires d Ella Maillart a 1973 Swiss TV production 2009 Double Journey 43 minutes A documentary about her 1939 trip by auto from Switzerland to Afghanistan in the company of Annemarie Schwarzenbach The film was presented 1 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington by its director Antonio Bigini in March 2016 Publications concerning Ella Maillart EditNews from Tartary by Peter Fleming 1936 Mount Ida by Monk Gibbon 1948 A Forgotten Journey by Peter Fleming 1952 Kini le monde a bras le corps Une biographie d Ella Maillart by Ingrid Thobois et Geraldine Alibeu 2019 5 Honours EditPrix Schiller Switzerland 1953 Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs London 1955 Prix quadriennal de la Ville de Geneve 1987 Prix litteraire Alexandra David Neel 1989 Grand Prix du Livre maritime Festival de Concarneau 1991 Prix et Medaille Leon Dewez de la Societe de Geographie de Paris 1994 References Edit Ella Maillart Olympedia Retrieved 1 November 2021 Ella Maillart Voyage Voyage Allen Benedict 2002 The Faber Book of Exploration London Faber p 392 395 May Jun 2017 the maharshi archive ashrama org Archived from the original on 2021 04 21 Retrieved 2020 01 17 Alibeu Geraldine Kini le monde a bras le corps geraldinealibeu com Retrieved 3 September 2021 Ella Maillart dans Nicolas Bouvier L Echappee belle eloge de quelques peregrins Geneve 1996 Editions Metropolis pp 117 1334 External links EditOfficial bibliography Works by or about Ella Maillart at Internet Archive Publications by and about Ella Maillart in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library Voyage Voyage A portrait of Ella Maillart Toils and Troubles in Xinjiang Province Following Ella Peter and a dream through the Taklamakan Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ella Maillart amp oldid 1175616582, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
