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Esther Hautzig

Born

in Vilnius, Lithuania

October 18, 1930

Died

November 01, 2009

Genre

Children's Books, Biographies & Memoirs

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Esther Rudomin was born in Wilno, Poland (present-day Vilnius, Lithuania). Her childhood was interrupted by the beginning of WWII and the conquest in 1941 of eastern Poland by Soviet troops.

Her family was uprooted and deported to Rubtsovsk, Siberia, where Esther spent the next five years in harsh exile. Her award winning novel The Endless Steppe is an autobiographical account of those years in Siberia.

After the war, she and her family moved back to Poland when she was 15. Hautzig reportedly wrote The Endless Steppe at the prompting of presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson, to whom she had written after reading his articles about his visit to Rubtsovsk.

Hautzig helped to discover and eventually publish the master's thesis in mathematics writ ...more

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	The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia 4.04 avg rating — 7,248 ratings — published 1968 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Gift for Mama 3.84 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1981 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remember Who You Are: Stories about Being Jewish really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Picture of Grandmother by Esther Hautzig, Beth Peck (Illustrator) 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Riches by Esther Hautzig, Donna Diamond (Photographer) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seven Good Years: And Other Stories of I. L. Peretz by Esther Hautzig (Translator, Adapter), I.L. Peretz, Deborah Kogan Ray (Illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Park: An Excursion in Four Languages by Esther Hautzig, Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrations) 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1968 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At Home: A Visit in Four Languages really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1968 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let's Make More Presents: Easy and Inexpensive Gifts for Every Occasion 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1962 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life with Working Parents: Practical Hints for Everyday Situations by Esther Hautzig, Roy Doty (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1976	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Remember that there is always some good in people who love flowers.”
― Esther Hautzig, The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia

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“What I ate for breakfast on school mornings was one buttered roll--a soft roll, not a hard roll--and one cup of cocoa; any attempt to alter this menu I regarded as a plot to poison me.”
― Esther Hautzig, The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia

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“I told her what I knew, that soldiers were in Grandfather Solomon's house, that Tata went there in his pajamas. "In his pajamas?" she asked, as if this was the most terrifying fact of all.”
― Esther Hautzig, The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia

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