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Ana Novac

Ana Novac

1924–2010

Nationality
Romania
Occupation
writer

Ana Novac (June 21, 1924/1929 – March 31, 2010) was a Romanian-born writer. She was born Zimra Harsányi in Dej in northern Transylvania and grew up in Oradea (Nagyvárad).

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Zigeunerlager Auschwitz
    Dates unknown
  2. Zigeunerlager Auschwitz
    Dates unknown

Biography

Ana Novac (June 21, 1924/1929 – March 31, 2010) was a Romanian-born writer. She was born Zimra Harsányi in Dej in northern Transylvania and grew up in Oradea (Nagyvárad). Novac attended a Jewish school in Miskolc, Hungary. When Nazi Germany took control of Hungary in 1944, she was sent to Auschwitz. She also spent time in Kraków-Płaszów and other smaller camps and was able to maintain a journal during her time in the camps. She was eventually liberated at Chrastava in Czechoslovakia in May 1945. However, her parents and younger brother did not survive. Novac returned to Romania. She moved to Berlin during the mid-1960s, later settling in Paris. Her journal was published as a book which was translated into a number of languages including French, German, Italian, Dutch and Hungarian. Its English title was The Beautiful Days of My Youth (1997). She also published a number of other books and plays. She died in Paris.

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