Lili Elbe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lili Elbe

Danish artist

Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1882

Place of Birth: Vejle, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 13-Sep-1931

Profession: painter

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Lili Ilse Elvenes (28 December 1882 – 13 September 1931), better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish transgender woman and among the early recipients of sex reassignment surgery.Elbe was born Einar Magnus Andreas Wegener, and was a successful painter under that name. After successfully transitioning in 1930, she changed her legal name to Lili Ilse Elvenes and stopped painting altogether.
The name Lili Elbe was given to her by Copenhagen journalist Louise Lassen.
She died from complications involving a uterus transplant.
Her autobiography Man into Woman was published posthumously in 1933.