Mirjam Pressler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mirjam Pressler

German writer and translator

Date of Birth: 18-Jun-1940

Place of Birth: Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 16-Jan-2019

Profession: writer, translator, children's writer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Mirjam Pressler (18 June 1940 – 16 January 2019) was a German novelist and translator.
Being the author of more than 30 children's and teenage books, she also translated more than 300 works by other writers from Hebrew, English, Dutch and Afrikaans.
She is also known for translating a revision of Anne Frank's diary, The Diary of a Young Girl, in 1991, thus renewing its copyright.Born to a Jewish mother, Pressler was raised in a foster home.
She studied painting at Städelschule in Frankfurt as well as English and French literary studies at LMU Munich.
Before becoming a writer, she was a jeans shop retailer for eight years, who, as a single mother, raised three daughters.
Later, she became a member of the PEN Centre Germany.