Stella K. Hershan
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Stella K. Hershan
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| Born | February 7, 1915
Vienna, Austria
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| Died | August 22, 2014(2014-08-22) (aged 99) |
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| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouse | Rudolph Hershan |
| Children | 1 |
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Stella K. Hershan (1915–2014) was an Austrian-American novelist and biographer who immigrated to the United States in 1939 as a refugee[1] from the Holocaust.[2] Among her published works are two about Eleanor Roosevelt: A Woman of Quality[3] and The Candles She Lit: The Legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt.[1]
Hershan, born in Vienna, was the daughter of Felix Kreidl, a businessman, and Lucy Pick Kreidl. She married Rudolph Hershan, an engineer, in 1933. She graduated from New York University with a certificate in general education in 1962 and from the New School for Social Research with a certificate in human relations in 1968.[1]
The Hershans had one child, a daughter, Lisa. Preceded in death by her husband, Hershan died in 2014 in New York City.[1]
Hershan also contributed to journals in the United States and Austria.[1]
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