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Mirjam Pressler

Born

in Darmstadt, Germany

June 18, 1940

Died

January 16, 2019

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German writer Mirjam Pressler is the author of several novels that have won awards in her native Germany and also received high praise from critics after being translated into English. In Malka and Halinka Pressler focuses on young Jewish protagonists who have been forced by fate to endure the Holocaust, while in Shylock's Daughter she returns readers to fifteenth-century Italy as she attempts to answer haunting questions surrounding the motivations of characters in a popular play by William Shakespeare. While receiving notice for her novels, Pressler is most well known for her work revising the diaries of Jewish Holocaust victim Anne Frank, and she is considered an expert on Franks's life and writings. In addition to translating Frank's ...more

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	Anne Frank: A Hidden Life 4.28 avg rating — 1,500 ratings — published 1995 — 23 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
	Malka 3.78 avg rating — 1,142 ratings — published 2001 — 29 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
	Treasures from the Attic: the Extraordinary Story of Anne Frank's Family by Mirjam Pressler, Damion Searls (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.14 avg rating — 772 ratings — published 2009 — 36 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
	Bitterschokolade by Mirjam Pressler, Anja Verbeek (Illustrator) 2.89 avg rating — 815 ratings — published 1980 — 24 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
	Nathan und seine Kinder 2.85 avg rating — 695 ratings — published 2009 — 9 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
	Halinka by Mirjam Pressler, Elizabeth D. Crawford (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 1995	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
	Shylock's Daughter by Mirjam Pressler, Richard M. Jones, Brian Murdoch (Translator) 3.24 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 1999 — 10 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
	Ein Buch für Hanna 4.05 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2006 — 11 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
	Dunkles Gold 3.73 avg rating — 110 ratings — 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
	Let Sleeping Dogs Lie by Mirjam Pressler, Erik J. Macki (Translator) 3.01 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2007 — 7 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

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“Fünf Minuten im Garten Eden sind besser als ein ganzes Leben in der Hölle.”
― Mirjam Pressler, Wenn das Glück kommt, muss man ihm einen Stuhl hinstellen

tags: deutsch, eden, himmel, hölle, leben

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“Die Maus braucht den Käse nur zu sehen, schon tappt sie in die Falle.”
― Mirjam Pressler, Wenn das Glück kommt, muss man ihm einen Stuhl hinstellen

tags: deutsch, falle, käse, maus

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“Man sollte sich nie etwas Unmögliches wünschen, denn wer von Palästen träumt, verliert seinen Platz in der Hütte.”
― Mirjam Pressler, Wenn das Glück kommt, muss man ihm einen Stuhl hinstellen

tags: deutsch, hütte, palast, unmöglich

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