Elzbieta Ettinger
Elżbieta Ettinger (September 19, 1924 – March 12, 2005) was a Polish-American Jewish writer.
Early life and education
The daughter of Emmanuel Ettinger and Regina Stahl, she was born in
Career
She worked at various jobs in post-war Poland, including journalism, translation, editing and research. Her career in Poland took a downturn after she refused a permanent post in the country's National Security office and she sought employment in the United States. Rising
Ettinger described her experiences during World War II in her first novel Kindergarten published in 1968. Her second novel Quicksand, published in 1989, described her life in post-war Poland. In 1987, she published a biography Rosa Luxemburg, A Life. In 1995, she published the controversial work, Hannah Arendt-Martin Heidegger[4] about the relationship between a Jewish philosopher and her Nazi mentor.[1][3]
Personal life
In 1943, she married Gierek, a partisan sympathizer. The couple separated after the war and she had a relationship with university professor Manfred Lachs; they had a daughter.[2]
Ettinger died of heart failure at home in Cambridge at the age of 80.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Elzbieta Ettinger, writing professor, novelist, dies at 80". MIT News. March 15, 2005.
- ^ a b c "Ettinger, Elżbieta. Papers of Elżbieta Ettinger, 1922-2001 (inclusive), 1967-2000 (bulk)". Harvard Library.
- ^ ISBN 1573562572.
- ^ Ettinger 1997.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-0-300-07254-9.
- Ryan, Alan (11 January 1996). "Dangerous Liaison". The New York Review of Books (Review).
- Brent, Frances (30 May 2013). "Arendt's Affair". Tablet (Review).
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