Ruth Klüger
Ruth Klüger | |
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Ruth Klüger at Frankfurt Book Fair 2010 | |
| Born | 30 October 1931 |
| Died | 5 October 2020 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, author |
| Notable work | Weiter leben: Eine Jugend, Still Alive |
Ruth Klüger (30 October 1931 – 6 October 2020) was Professor Emerita of German Studies at the University of California, Irvine and a Holocaust survivor. She was the author of the bestseller Weiter leben: Eine Jugend (English translation by the author: Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered) about her childhood in Vienna and in Nazi concentration camps.