Died author of the novel "Nowhere in Africa" ​​Stephanie Zweig

German writer of Jewish origin passed away at the age of 82 years. In recent years, the novelist whose works about the events of the first half of the XX century were published edition of 7, 5 million copies, held in Frankfurt am Main.

Stephanie Zweig

Stephanie Zweig   He was born in 1932. She spent her childhood in Africa - her parents, who lived in Germany and were forced to drop everything and run to another continent, to escape Nazi persecution. Family history was the basis of the novel "Nowhere in Africa", the writer who brought worldwide fame.

Zweig were able to return to their homeland only in 1947. They had to start again from scratch, but this time they were confident in the future. The experiences in the early years Stephanie remembered for a lifetime. The struggle against Nazism, attempts to establish a life in the new, unusual conditions, the relationship of people and their fates were dedicated to her work, including the most famous: "Somewhere in Germany", "mouth full of earth," "But dreams come true in Africa ", etc.

In 2001, the novel "Nowhere in Africa" ​​was shot the same film. The film was so successful that it has received twelve awards at prestigious film festivals, and in 2003 she was awarded the "Oscar" as the best films in a foreign language.
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