Irène Némirovsky

Irène Némirovsky

Born

February 11, 1903

Died

August 17, 1942 (39 years old)

Known For

Writing

Place of Birth

Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Irène Némirovsky was a Ukrainian-born author who lived most of her life in France. In 1942 she was arrested for being Jewish and died in Auschwitz.

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