Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler

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Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler (June 20, 1959 - June 1, 2009) was a Brazilian professor of German studies at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.^[1] Patrik von zur Mühlen described her as the foremost specialist on German language writers and editors exiled in Brazil during the Nazi-era.^[2][3] From 1998, she was editor-in-chief of forum deutsch, Revista Brasileira de Estudos Germânicos, a publication of the Association of Professors of German of Rio de Janeiro.^[4] She was among 228 passengers aboard Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France, which disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean on 1 June 2009.^[5] Her family donated her library of exile-related materials to the Casa Stefan Zweig in Brazil.^[6]

Writings

• Die Exilliteratur und das Exil der deutschsprachigen Schriftsteller und Publizisten in Brasilien. Frankfurt am Main:Peter Lang, (1992) 267pp. ISBN 978-3-631-45160-1 (doctoral dissertation)
• section on Brazil in Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration 1933-1945 (Handbook of German Language Emigration 1933-1945), eds. Krohn, von zur Mühlen, Paul and Winckler, in association with the Gesellschaft für Exilforschung. Darmstadt:Primus-Verlag, (1998) 678pp. ISBN 3-534-21999-6
• Exílio e literatura: escritores de fala alemã durante a época do nazismo. São Paulo:EdUSP, (2003) 291pp. ISBN 85-314-0732-X, (Portuguese translation of Die Exilliteratur, Karola Zimber, translator)

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