Stefanie Zweig

Not to be confused with Stefan Zweig.
Stefanie Zweig
Color photograph of an older woman from her waist up. The facade of a building is in the background. The woman has short black hair. She is wearing a coat with a dress underneath, and a gold necklace with a stone pendant. She is holding a folded magazine against her chest with both hands; she has a diamond ring on the ring finger of her right hand. Her expression is a neutral one. She is somewhat overweight.
Zweig in 2012
Born(1932-09-19)19 September 1932
Leobschütz, Germany
Died25 April 2014(2014-04-25) (aged 81)
Frankfurt, Germany
OccupationAuthor
LanguageGerman
NationalityGerman
Notable worksNowhere in Africa
PartnerWolfgang Häfele[1]

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.

  1. ^ Pohl, Kitti (7 March 2013). "Ich habe die große Liebe meines Lebens verloren" [I've lost the great love of my life]. Bild (in German).