Alzir Hella
Alzir Hella (30 December 1881 – 14 July 1953) was a French translator. In collaboration with Olivier Bournac, he contributed to the knowledge of German literature in France during the first half of the 20th century.
Alzir Hella

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- Full name
- Alzir Léonce Guillaume Hella.
- Born
- 1881. · Vieux-Condé.
- Died
- 1953. · 14th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- linguist, translator, writer, poet, activist and typographer.
- Fields
- literary translation, translating activity and translation from German.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- German and French.
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Alzir Hella (30 December 1881 – 14 July 1953) was a French translator. In collaboration with Olivier Bournac, he contributed to the knowledge of German literature in France during the first half of the 20th century.
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Alzir Hella was born in northern France, into a working-class, partly Walloon family.
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