# Eva Scheer

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{{Short description|Norwegian writer (1915 –1999)}}
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'''Eva Scheer''' (13 March 1915 – 22 June 1999) was a Norwegian journalist, literary critic, translator and author.

==Personal life==
Scheer was born on 13 March 1915 in [Oslo](/source/Oslo) to Jewish immigrants from Lithuania. In 1942, during the [German occupation of Norway](/source/German_occupation_of_Norway), several of her family members were deported and eventually murdered in the [Auschwitz concentration camp](/source/Auschwitz_concentration_camp), while Scheer managed to flee to Sweden.<ref name=snl/>

==Career==
After [World War II](/source/World_War_II), Scheer worked as journalist for the newspaper ''[Arbeiderbladet](/source/Arbeiderbladet)''. She made her literary debut in 1948, with the book ''Vi bygger i sand''. She was a co-founder of the [Norwegian Association of Literary Translators](/source/Norwegian_Association_of_Literary_Translators) in 1948, and also worked as literary critic. She was a reporter for ''Arbeiderbladet'' in Palestine and Israel during the formation of the state of Israel in 1948, and her books on this issue include ''Vi møttes i Jerusalem '' from 1951, and ''Israel: dobbelt-løftets land'' from 1967. In 1954 she wrote the children's book ''Teddybjørn på bølgelengde''.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Eva Scheer |first=Åsmund Borgen |last=Gjerde |encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon) |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Eva_Scheer |language=Norwegian |accessdate=19 August 2018}}</ref>

Her book ''Posene på gjerdestolpen'' from 1977 contains Jewish fairytales and folklore translated for children.<ref name=rottem2>{{cite book |title=Norges Litteraturhistorie. Etterkrigslitteraturen |editor-first=Tove |editor-last=Storsveen |chapter=Den norske barneitteraturen fram til 1980 |page=599 |first=Tordis |last=Ørjasæter |author-link=Tordis Ørjasæter |volume=2 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |year=1999 |language=Norwegian |isbn=82-02-16425-7 }}</ref> Her later books include ''Papirbroen: jødisk drøm og virkelighet'' (1979), ''Tre er fedrene, fire mødrene'' (1981), ''En smak av vintreets frukt'' (1982), and ''Hundene gjør ved vanningsstedet'' (1983).<ref name=snl/>

==Death and legacy==
Scheer died on 22 June 1999. The book ''Jødiske fortellinger: Fra shtetl til Grünerløkka'' was published in 2015, containing a collection of Jewish stories written down by Scheer. In 2015 she was also part of the exhibition ''Kvinner i jiddisch kultur'' hosted at the [Jewish Museum in Oslo](/source/Jewish_Museum_in_Oslo).<ref name=snl/>

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Category:1915 births
Category:1999 deaths
Category:Writers from Oslo
Category:Norwegian people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent
Category:20th-century Norwegian Jews
Category:Norwegian expatriates in Sweden
Category:Norwegian women writers
Category:20th-century Norwegian translators
Category:20th-century Norwegian journalists

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