Guertchakoff, Serge. "Une grande dame vagabonde: Ella Maillart" (A Great Lady Vagabond: Ella Maillart), in Revue du Vieux Genève. 1993, pp. 72–86. Blaser, Françoise. "Rester, partir: il faut choisir" (To Stay, To Go: One Must Choose), in Journal de Genève. July 10, 1994, p. 17.

"I do not expect anything from the outside. I have patience. I possess my bearings to follow the path that leads to the immutable center, to the One without a second, that which is the first and last word of life." Cruises & Caravans (1942) www.encyclopedia.com/women/encycl...

Books - 5 "Except when I was sailing or skiing I felt lost, half alive. Everything I saw or read was depressing. The 'war to end war' was bringing in its train compromise, artificial ideals, and palavers that failed to establish a real peace." - Cruises and Caravans

“You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.” - Ella Maillart. www.wallofsoundau.com/reviews/rome...

Ella Maillart's Travel Secrets In a collection of unpublished texts, the great traveler shares her philosophy of travel. "Between 1940 and 1945, she retreated to an ashram in Tiruvannamalai where she undertook the most perilous journey, a journey to the very depths of her being." archive.is/p8GvJ

Storytelling was central to the concept, with the notable mid-20th century Swiss explorer Ella Maillart proving a rich source of inspiration, such as the salons’ names which reference the destinations they visited – Kashmir, Sri Lanka and the Bosphorus. www.sleepermagazine.com/stories/proj...

During the Second World War, Ella Maillart (1903-1997), an adventurer and journalist, spent a number of years in India searching for the meaning of life. www.academia.edu/13208925/The...

Books - 4 “That surplus energy of youth must be used up. It is the drive and essence of life: is life itself. It must in each generation be ‘getting on'." H.G. Wells

Ella amassed a fabulous collection of photographs which offer a glimpse into a world forever lost. Among these are nearly 4,000 colour slides never before published. which Sept mook invites you to (re)discover on the 120th anniversary of her birth. www.sept.info/magazine/743...

"Only the inner journey is real." By Fanny Guex Prevented from reaching northern Afghanistan due to the outbreak of World War II, Ella Maillart found herself stranded in India. This unexpected but pivotal stay would profoundly transform the intrepid traveler. www.sept.info/ella-maillar...

“The life we lead is like a journey”, Annemarie Schwarzenbach wrote. “When we stay in a city, our lodgings feel stuck for all eternity. We leave it behind to fly in the face of fear.” - Rebel Angel, The life and times of Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Padraig Rooney. www.the-tls.com/lives/biogra...

The Travels Of Ella Maillart In 1973, Ella Maillart was seventy years old and had so many stories to tell Jean Thevenot who came to meet her for the programme 'On the Roof of the World'. youtu.be/lL1cCdJmth4

"As I greeted the Maharshi by joining hands, my cock-sure Ti-Puss jumped on the couch where the Sage spends all his time. the surprised Maharshi put his newspaper aside, smiled at the thin kitten and touched her head." Ti-Puss, 1951 archive.arunachala.org/newsletters/...

In 1932, Ella Maillart embarked on a solo journey between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, discovering the legendary cities of the Silk Road. Jérémy Bigé fell in love with this story and decided to walk in her footsteps. 2,000 kilometres. Three months. On foot. Alone. www.lesothers.com/podcast/jere...

"While Europe was going through the Second World War, Ella withdrew to India in search of 'inner truth'. After the war she returned to Switzerland and settled in Chandolin, one of the highest villages in Europe, inhabited all year round." www.woodskine.com/en/blogs/art...

The True 'I' Is Immutable youtu.be/P-bAvOqlvS0

Books - 3 "I was not submerged by, or integrated into, Asia. Travelling in company, one does not learn the language so quickly. The natives do not make their own of you. You penetrate less deeply into the life about you.” marketgardenreader.wordpress.com/2024/05/15/f...

“Ella travelled a lot in Asia, especially India. She stayed in India during the second World War. She was a strong, spiritual and an inspiring human being. She delivers a strong message of freedom and as a woman I would like to pay a tribute to her." www.thehindu.com/entertainmen...

Photo by Ella Maillart, 1941. Kunju Swami served as a personal attendant of Ramana Maharshi from 1920 to 1932. After Bhagavan's mahanirvana, he continued to live a simple and spiritual life spreading the Maharshi's teachings and guiding seekers. He passed away in 1994 at the age of 95.

Books - 2 "The entire book does not spare the reader the filth, the vermin, the discomforts, the crudities of the daily life, none of which, however, did Miss Maillart seem to mind in the least, so keen was her constant enjoyment." - New York Times archive.is/ZSx1y

Ella Maillart’s article for The Sphere, 1 October 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.

Books - 1 "From the moment you arrive at the central station, there's scarcity: long queues at the left-luggage office, overcrowded or exorbitantly priced hotels, a pale capital teeming with vagrants, where nothing good happens except in the midst of chaos ..." brokentuneblog.com/2015/12/28/e...

The photograph of a young woman with an intense gaze was taken in Cherchen, a town in East Turkestan. Ella published her account of this trip in 'Forbidden Journey: From Peking to Kashmir' (1937). elysee.ch/en/2025/07/w...

“I spent the six summer months in the Valais, in a village at 2000 metres, inundated with sun and silence. It lies on top of a mountainside festooned with larch trees, and its vast and varied horizon is a source of ever-renewed joy.” m.soundcloud.com/user-1321576...

Ella Maillart’s wanderings across uncharted lands mirror a question that goes beyond touristic infatuation or scientific interest. What is the true I? she asks, to the sands, to the mountains and to the cold nights. mover.eu/en-int/blogs...

Ella wrote the introduction to Kenneth Wimmel's 'The Alluring Target: In Search of the Secrets of Central Asia', which was published in 1996 to strong sales and critical praise. afsa.org/remembering-...

An extract from 'Ti-Puss' (1951), a copy of which she sent to Swami Viswanatha with the inscription: “For you, Viswanatha, so that you may sometimes remember your friend, the Daughter of the Mountains.” Part 1: youtu.be/DN15frI6WEY Part 2: youtu.be/XegxgTFS9vY

Samadhi on the death anniversary of Vishwanath Swami (1904-79), Ella Maillart's confidante and intimate companion whilst at Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu from 1940-45. ashramsofindia.com/ella-maillar...

Ella K. Maillart (1903–97) and Deben Bhattacharya (1921–2001), the Bengali field recordist and media producer, first corresponded in July 1949 and remained friends their whole lives. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #India #Spirituality #Music #Friends

At its 2024 general meeting, the committee converted the Association des Amis d'Ella Maillart into a non-profit private-law Ella Maillart Foundation. www.fundraiso.ch/en/organisat... www.rts.ch/play/tv/coul...

A precious testimony on the last days of Ella Maillart's life in her chalet "Atchala", in Chandolin, where her disciple Anne Deriaz accompanied and assisted her for two years until the end of Ella's journey. actes-sud.fr/chere-ella-e...

Zu Ihrem Todestag. Hörspiel nach Texten von Annemarie Schwarzenbach www.br.de/mediathek/po...

Be like Annemarie Schwarzenbach! 💪

Annemarie Schwarzenbach. Potsdam, 1934. Photo by Marianne Breslauer.

All the Roads Are Open: The Afghan Journey by Annemarie Schwarzenbach #BookSky #Travel #WyrdWomen

As an aside I’m curious why Ella Maillart hasn’t become a part of things because she’s a very interesting story (This ties to a prop 13 funded library having her book shelved next to the P Fleming one for the same trip)

Le fonds Ella Maillart dévoile quelques-uns de ses trésors "En avril dernier, la collection Ella Maillart a été inscrite au registre internat..." https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/geneve/2025/article/ella-maillart-ses-archives-devoilees-a-geneve-un-tresor-pour-l-unesco-28959794.html?rts_source=rss_t

Quand Ella Maillart rejoint Jean-Jacques Rousseau aux archives de la Bibliothèque de Genève "Les archives écrites de la célèbre voyageuse écrivaine sont inscrites au regi..." https://www.letemps.ch/articles/quand-ella-maillart-rejoint-jean-jacques-rousseau-aux-archives-de-la-bibliotheque-de-geneve

Thank you for sharing your experience. The journey from Langtang to Tarkeghyang is truly marvelous and soul-stirring. That a traveler like Ella Maillart described this journey decades ago adds even deeper historical and cultural significance. Such a place is a source of pride for every Nepali.

From Song of India (1946) the author Frank Clune with Swiss ashram resident Ella Maillart in 1944.

"Maillart moved to India through Iran and Afghanistan. She spent the World War II years in India, staying in Tiruvannamalai near Madras close to Ramana Maharshi ashram." www.newindianexpress.com/story/magazi... #India #Spirituality

Ms. Maillart seemed most comfortable on the frontiers of social convention and Western civilization. www.nytimes.com/1997/03/31/w... #Switzerland #Adventure #Spirituality #Writing #Photography #Skiing #Sailing #Hockey

The estates of Swiss writers Ella Maillart (1903-1997) and Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908-1942) are to be included in the Memory of the World Register. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/...

Ella Maillart (1903-97) was the most gifted yachtswoman of her generation. She became the first woman in the world to helm a sailboat among 17 competing nations in the Paris Olympics, 1924. skippers.ch/en/news/sail... #Switzerland #Sailing #Olympics #Yacht

‘Election Night in New York, November 3, 1936’ "... Around 1am, the defeated candidate Alfred Landon sent a congratulatory telegram to Roosevelt, clarifying his intention to go duck hunting." www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics... Translated from German by Padraig Rooney, www.padraigrooney.com

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For years it has baffled me that there is no English-language biography of Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Switzerland’s very own androgynous, gay, anti-fascist writer and adventurer, who set out from Geneva for a drive and ended up in Kabul as WW2 broke out … so I‘m v excited to read Padraig Rooney‘s book

“prescient reading for our times.” - @irishtimes.com review Rebel Angel by Padraig Rooney www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...