Erna Rosenstein
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Erna Rosenstein (May 17, 1913 – November 10, 2004) was a surrealist painter and poet. She was born into a Jewish family in the Polish town of Lvov, now in Ukraine. She died of arterial sclerosis.
She studied at Wiener Frauen Akademie (1932-1934) and Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (1934-1936).
She belonged to a group of artists known as the Kraków Group, which she had met at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Her works were evoked by her experiences as a Jew in Nazi-occupied Poland. She published a book of her memoirs and several volumes of poetry.
She was the sister of Boston University professor and economist Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan who coined the term "underdeveloped countries".
[edit] External links
- Yahoo News of her death (Link dead as of 21:02, 14 January 2007 (UTC))
- Signum Biography of Erna Rosenstein (Link dead as of 21:02, 14 January 2007 (UTC))
