Sonia Levitin
Sonia Levitin , née Wolff (born August 18, 1934 in Berlin ) is an American author of German origin. Levitin has published over 40 books, mainly books for children and young people.
Sonia Levitin's family traveled to Brazil in 1935 because of the persecution of Jews in Germany by the National Socialists , but returned to Germany a year later, to leave Germany for good after the November pogroms and to flee to the USA.
She later wrote the book Escape across the ocean about this escape . In 1989 she received the Austrian State Prize for Young People's Literature and the Catholic Children's Book Prize of the German Bishops' Conference for returning to Jerusalem .
The impressions of the genocide in the time of National Socialism still shape the thinking of Sonia Levitin today. “Apathy,” she says, “or the refusal to make a moral decision lead to violence.” This is what her third book, The Dead in the Forest, is about .
Sonia Levitin was a teacher and worked in adult education. Since 1953 she has been married to the manager and economics professor Lloyd Levitin; her son Daniel Levitin is a professor of psychology and biopsychology. She lives in California .
Web links
- Literature by and about Sonia Levitin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Sonia Levitin at perlentaucher.de
- Sonia Levitin Biography (Engl.)
- Vita and list of works on: Fantastic Fiction
- Sonia Levitin at dtv
Individual evidence
- ^ Daniel Levitin on: Encyclopædia Britannica
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Levitin, Sonia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author of children's and youth literature |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |