Klüger, Ruth#
b. Vienna, Oct. 30, 1931, literature scholar and writer. 1942-45 imprisoned in the concentration camps of Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Christianstadt, since 1947 resident in the USA. Has taught at various American universities since 1962, Professor of German Language and Literatur at Princeton University in 1980-86, since 1986 at the University of California in Irvine. Awarded the Austrian State Prize for Literary Criticism in 1997.
Works#
Weiter leben. Eine Jugend, 1992 (autobiography). - Essays: Katastrophen. Ueber deutsche Literatur, 1994; Lesen Frauen anders?, 1994.