Ingeborg Day
Ingeborg Day (born November 6, 1940 in Graz , † May 18, 2011 in Ashland (Oregon) ) was an Austrian -American writer .
Ingeborg Day was an exchange student in the USA in 1957/58 , where she emigrated in 1960. After years as a reporter, translator and editor, she has lived as a freelance writer in New York since 1977 . In 1978 she published under the pseudonym Elizabeth McNeill novel 9½ Weeks (dt. Nine weeks and three days ), which as a template for the film 9½ Weeks served from 1986. She spent her retirement in Ashland, Oregon.
Publications
- Ingeborg Day, ghost waltz. Novel. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 1983. ISBN 3-7017-0330-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ingeborg Day in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary
- ↑ Data at goodreads.com
- ^ Sarah Weinman: Who Was the Real Woman Behind "Nine and a Half Weeks"? The New Yorker, November 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Day, Ingeborg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McNeill, Elizabeth (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 2011 |
| Place of death | Ashland (Oregon) |