What is Stefanie Zweig?
[[File:Stefanie Zweig Lesung Frankfurt1-21.03.jpg|thumb|Stefanie Zweig in March 2012.]] '''Stefanie Zweig''' (19 September 1932 &ndash; 25 April 2014) was a [[Germans|German]] [[writer]]. She was best known for her [[Autobiography|autobiographical]] [[novel]], ''Nirgendwo in Afrika'' (''[[Nowhere in Africa]]'', 1998), based on her early life in [[Kenya]]. The novel was made into a [[movie]] and won an [[Academy Award]] in 2002 for [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]. Zweig was born in [[Głubczyce|Leobschütz]], [[Upper Silesia]] (now [[Poland]]). Her family was [[Jewish]] and fled [[Nazi Germany]] to [[Kenya]]. Zweig died after a short illness on 25 April 2014 in [[Frankfurt]], [[Hesse]], [[Germany]]. She was 81.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bild.de/regional/frankfurt/schriftsteller/bestseller_autorin_gestorben-35719390.bild.html|title=Stefanie Zweig († 81) tot|publisher=[[Bild]]|language=German|date=27 April 2014|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0959004}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zweig, Stefanie}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Germany]] [[Category:Jewish German writers]] [[Category:Writers from Frankfurt]] {{Bio-stub}}