Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler Explained

Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler (June 20, 1959  - June 1, 2009) was a Brazilian professor of German studies at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.^[1] Patrik von zur Mühlen described her as the foremost specialist on German language writers and editors exiled in Brazil during the Nazi-era.^{[2] [3]} From 1998, she was editor-in-chief of forum deutsch, Revista Brasileira de Estudos Germânicos, a publication of the Association of Professors of German of Rio de Janeiro.^[4]

Kestler was killed on board Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on 1 June 2009.^[5] Her family donated her library of exile-related materials to the Casa Stefan Zweig in Brazil.^[6]

Writings

• Die Exilliteratur und das Exil der deutschsprachigen Schriftsteller und Publizisten in Brasilien. Frankfurt am Main:Peter Lang, (1992) 267pp. (doctoral dissertation)
• section on Brazil in Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration 1933-1945 (Handbook of German Language Emigration 1933-1945), eds. Krohn, von zur Mühlen, Paul and Winckler, in association with the Gesellschaft für Exilforschung. Darmstadt:Primus-Verlag, (1998) 678pp.
• Exílio e literatura: escritores de fala alemã durante a época do nazismo. São Paulo:EdUSP, (2003) 291pp., (Portuguese translation of Die Exilliteratur, Karola Zimber, translator)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Outro professor da UFRJ também está entre os passageiros do voo AF 447. globo.com. 1 June 2009. 2011-04-05. Portuguese.
2. http://www.exilforschung.de/_dateien/neuer-nachrichtenbrief/NNB33.pdf "Zum Tode von Izabela Furtado Kestler"
3. http://www.casastefanzweig.org/sec_news_list.php?language=en&id=80#in "In memoriam Izabela Kestler"
4. http://www.apario.com.br/forumdeutsch/ forum deutsch
5. http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/cidades,perfil-de-izabela-maria-furtado-kestler,380677,0.htm Profile at estado.com.br
6. http://www.casastefanzweig.org/index.php "Collection Izabela Kestler"