Stella K. Hershan
Stella K. Hershan | |
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 Stella K. Hershan | |
| Born | February 7, 1915 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | August 22, 2014 (aged 99) |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouse | Rudolph Hershan |
| Children | 1 |
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Stella K. Hershan (1915–2014) was an Austrian-American novelist and biographer who immigrated to the United States in 1939 as a refugee[1] from the Holocaust.[2] Among her published works are two about Eleanor Roosevelt: A Woman of Quality[3] and The Candles She Lit: The Legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt.[1]
Hershan, born in Vienna, was the daughter of Felix Kreidl, a businessman, and Lucy Pick Kreidl. She married Rudolph Hershan, an engineer, in 1933. She graduated from New York University with a certificate in general education in 1962 and from the New School for Social Research with a certificate in human relations in 1968.[1]
The Hershans had one child, a daughter, Lisa. Preceded in death by her husband, Hershan died in 2014 in New York City.[1]
Bibliography[edit]
Biography[edit]
- A Woman of Quality, (1970)[3]
- The Candles She Lit: The Legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt (1993)[1]
- Emigration, Emigration : Exilgeschichten (in German) (2004)[4]
- Erinnerungen Zwischen Zwei Welten : Exilerzählungen = Memories Between Two Worlds (in German) (2006)[5]
Novels[edit]
- The Naked Angel : A Novel about the Times of Metternich and Napoleon (1973)[6]
- The Maiden of Kosovo (2003)[7]
- In Freundschaft, Elisabeth : Roman (in German) (1992)[8]
- Ein Kind der Revolution: Roman" (in German) (1992)[9]
Hershan also contributed to journals in the United States and Austria.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Biography in Context:Stella K. Hershan". Contemporary Authors Online. Gale. 2002. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
- ^ "Hershan, Stella K.: Paid Death Notice". The New York Times. August 31, 2014. p. A22. ProQuest 1558357470.
- ^ a b "A Woman of Quality". WorldCat. OCLC 96433.
- ^ "Emigration, Emigration: Exilgeschichten". WorldCat. OCLC 77077342.
- ^ "Erinnerungen Zwischen Zwei Welten Exilerzählungen" [Memories Between Two Worlds]. WorldCat. OCLC 318640759.
- ^ "The Naked Angel: A Novel about the Times of Metternich and Napoleon". WorldCat. OCLC 16241441.
- ^ "The Maiden of Kosovo". WorldCat. OCLC 163107764.
- ^ "In Freundschaft, Elisabeth: Roman". WorldCat. OCLC 26295688.
- ^ "Ein Kind der Revolution: Roman". WorldCat. OCLC 27192656.
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- 1915 births
- 2014 deaths
- 20th-century American women writers
- Writers from Vienna
- Writers from Manhattan
- Novelists from New York City
- 21st-century American women writers
- New York University alumni
- The New School alumni
- 20th-century Austrian women writers
- 21st-century Austrian women writers
- Austrian emigrants to the United States