Stella K. Hershan Explained
Stella K. Hershan |
Birth Date: | February 7, 1915 |
Birth Place: | Vienna, Austria |
Death Place: | New York City |
Education: | |
Occupation: | Writer |
Parents: | - Felix Kreidl
- Lucy Pick Kreidl
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Spouse: | Rudolph Hershan |
Children: | 1 |
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
Biography
- 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
- 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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Biography in Context:Stella K. Hershan. Contemporary Authors Online. Gale. 2002. June 2, 2019. subscription.
- News: Hershan, Stella K.: Paid Death Notice. The New York Times. August 31, 2014. A22. .
- Web site: A Woman of Quality. WorldCat . 96433.
- Web site: Emigration, Emigration: Exilgeschichten. WorldCat . 77077342.
- Web site: Erinnerungen Zwischen Zwei Welten Exilerzählungen . Memories Between Two Worlds. WorldCat . 318640759.
- Web site: The Naked Angel: A Novel about the Times of Metternich and Napoleon. WorldCat . 16241441.
- Web site: The Maiden of Kosovo. WorldCat . 163107764.
- Web site: In Freundschaft, Elisabeth: Roman. WorldCat . 26295688.
- Web site: Ein Kind der Revolution: Roman. WorldCat . 27192656.