Eva Scheer

Eva Scheer (1915–1999) was a Norwegian journalist, literary critic, translator and author.
She was born in Oslo to Jewish immigrants from Lithuania. In 1942, during the German occupation of Norway, several of her family members were deported and eventually died in the Auschwitz concentration camp, while Scheer managed to flee to Sweden. After World War II, she worked as journalist for the newspaper "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 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. Her book "Posene på gjerdestolpen" from 1977 contains Jewish fairytales and folklore translated for children. 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).