About Erica Fischer
Born 1943. Erica Fischer is an Austrian translator, writer, journalist and activist.
Erica Fischer (born 1 January 1943 in St. Albans) is an Austrian writer, translator, and women's rights activist. She is best known for her book Aimée & Jaguar. Eine Liebesgeschichte, Berlin 1943, about Lilly Wust and Felice Schragenheim, which was adapted into the 1999 film Aimée & Jaguar. The book won Fischer a Lambda Literary Award in 1996. In 2009, Fischer was the recipient of the Hedwig Dohm certificate from the Association of Women Journalists.
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Who is Erica Fischer?
Austrian author and translator
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Erica Fischer was born in 1943 in St Albans.
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Erica Fischer is a translator, writer, journalist and activist.
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Erica Fischer is Austrian.
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