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Biography of Ruth Klüger
30. Oct 1931 – 5. Oct 2020(88 years)Died in:Irvine, Orange County
Austrian-born American writer, literature scholar and Holocaust survivor
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Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery
Awards(10)
Austrian National Award for Literary CriticismOfficer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyMarie Luise Kaschnitz PrizeThomas Mann PrizeBrüder-Grimm-Preis der Philipps-Universität MarburgTheodor Kramer prizeGoethe Medalhonorary doctor of the University of Viennaprix Mémoire de la ShoahRauriser Literaturpreis
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Ruth Klüger (* 30. October 1931 in Vienna; † 5. October 2020 in Irvine) was an austrian-born American writer, literature scholar and Holocaust survivor. She was 88 years old. She studied at University of California, Berkeley. She received 10 awards, including Austrian National Award for Literary Criticism, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. She was buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery.
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12 Events1931
Born in Vienna, Austria
1993
Rauriser Literaturpreis
1994
Marie Luise Kaschnitz Prize
1997
Austrian National Award for Literary Criticism
1998
prix Mémoire de la Shoah
1999
Thomas Mann Prize
2005
Goethe Medal
2008
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2011
Theodor Kramer prize
2014
Brüder-Grimm-Preis der Philipps-Universität Marburg
2015
honorary doctor of the University of Vienna
2020