Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler (June 20, 1959 – June 1, 2009) was a Brazilian professor of German studies at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.[1] Patrik von zur Mühlen described her as the foremost specialist on German language writers and editors exiled in Brazil during the Nazi-era.[2][3] From 1998, she was editor-in-chief of forum deutsch, Revista Brasileira de Estudos Germânicos, a publication of the Association of Professors of German of Rio de Janeiro.[4]
Kestler was killed on board Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on 1 June 2009.[5] Her family donated her library of exile-related materials to the Casa Stefan Zweig in Brazil.[6]
Writings
edit- Die Exilliteratur und das Exil der deutschsprachigen Schriftsteller und Publizisten in Brasilien. Frankfurt am Main:Peter Lang, (1992) 267pp. ISBN 978-3-631-45160-1 (doctoral dissertation)
- section on Brazil in Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration 1933-1945 (Handbook of German Language Emigration 1933-1945), eds. Krohn, von zur Mühlen, Paul and Winckler, in association with the Gesellschaft für Exilforschung. Darmstadt:Primus-Verlag, (1998) 678pp. ISBN 3-534-21999-6
- Exílio e literatura: escritores de fala alemã durante a época do nazismo. São Paulo:EdUSP, (2003) 291pp. ISBN 85-314-0732-X, (Portuguese translation of Die Exilliteratur, Karola Zimber, translator)
References
edit- ^ "Outro professor da UFRJ também está entre os passageiros do voo AF 447" (in Portuguese). globo.com. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
- ^ "Zum Tode von Izabela Furtado Kestler" (in German) by Patrik von zur Mühlen (editor), at www.exilforschung.de. Newsletter, June 2009, p.16. Accessed 2011-04-16.
- ^ "In memoriam Izabela Kestler" Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine (www.exilforschung.de. Newsletter article in English) at casastefanzweig.org. Accessed 2011-04-16.
- ^ forum deutsch Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine at apario.com.br. Accessed 2011-04-05.
- ^ Profile at estado.com.br in Portuguese. Accessed 2011-04-05.
- ^ "Collection Izabela Kestler" Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine at casastefanzweig.org. Accessed 2011-04-05.
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