LC control no. | n 50005777 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | PS3569.E425 |
Personal name heading | Segal, Lore Groszmann |
Variant(s) | Segal, Lore |
Associated country | Austria England Dominican Republic United States |
Located | Chicago (Ill.) |
Birth date | 1928 |
Place of birth | Austria |
Field of activity | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945 ) |
Affiliation | University of Illinois at Chicago Circle |
Profession or occupation | Authors Translators College teachers |
Found in | Author's Other people's houses, 1964. Author's The story of Mrs. Lovewright and Purrless, her cat, 1985: CIP t.p. (Lore Segal) NUCMC data from Washington Univ. Libr. for Elliott, G.P. Papers, 1957-1979 (Segal, Lore, 1928- ; American author) Encyclopedia of Holocaust literature, 2002: pages 177-178 (Lore Grozsman Segal, 1928-; author, translator; her autobiographical memoir "Other People's Houses" is one of the few literary works to deal with the kindertransport, the trains and ships that carried 10,000 terrified Jewish children to England. She was transported in this way from her birth country of Austria to England where she lived from ages 10 to 18 in five different homes until she joined her remaining family in the Dominican Republic, then moved to the U.S. at the age of 23. Worked as a visiting professor of English and creative writing at various universities; currently a professor of English at University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. ) |
Associated language | eng |