Stefanie Zweig, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Stefanie Zweig

German writer

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1932

Date of Death: 25-Apr-2014

Profession: writer, journalist, children's writer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Stefanie Zweig (19 September 1932 – 25 April 2014) was a German Jewish writer and journalist.
She is best known for her autobiographical novel, Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa) (1995), which was a bestseller in Germany.
The novel is based on her early life in Kenya, where her family had fled to escape persecution in Nazi Germany.
The film adaptation of the novel (2001) won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Her books have sold more than seven million copies, and have been translated into fifteen languages.