Stella K. Hershan

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]

Stella K. Hershan
Stella K. Hershan
BornFebruary 7, 1915
Vienna, Austria
DiedAugust 22, 2014(2014-08-22) (aged 99)
New York City
Education
OccupationWriter
Spouse(s)Rudolph Hershan
Children1
Parent(s)
  • Felix Kreidl
  • Lucy Pick Kreidl

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]

References
  1. "Biography in Context:Stella K. Hershan". Contemporary Authors Online. Gale. 2002. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  2. "Hershan, Stella K.: Paid Death Notice". The New York Times: A22. August 31, 2014. ProQuest 1558357470.
  3. A Woman of Quality. WorldCat. OCLC 96433.
  4. Emigration, Emigration : Exilgeschichten. WorldCat. OCLC 77077342.
  5. Erinnerungen Zwischen Zwei Welten : Exilerzählungen = Memories Between Two Worlds. WorldCat. OCLC 318640759.
  6. The Naked Angel : A Novel about the Times of Metternich and Napoleon. WorldCat. OCLC 16241441.
  7. The Maiden of Kosovo. WorldCat. OCLC 163107764.
  8. In Freundschaft, Elisabeth: Roman. WorldCat. OCLC 26295688.
  9. Ein Kind der Revolution: Roman. WorldCat. OCLC 27192656.
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