Stefan Heym (M / Germany, 1913-2001), novelist
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Stefan Heym (pseudonym for Helmut Flieg; 1913-2001) was an German Jewish novelist. Helmut Flieg was born April 10, 1913 at Chemnitz [Poland], then part of the German Empire. Between 1935 and 1952 he lived in the United States, serving in the American Army during World War II. A committed socialist, he moved back to then East Germany in 1952 where he continued his literary work in spite of increasing tensions with the regime. In the 1980s he supported the democratic movement toward German reunification. He died December 16, 2001 at Ein Bokek, Israel while visiting the country for a conference.
Works
Novels
- Ahasver (1981 Heym), novel
- Ahasverus (1982 Heym / Dahl), novel (Norwegian ed.)
- Ahasverus (1982 Heym / Blomberg), novel (Swedish ed.)
- Ahasverus (1983 Heym / Øhrgaard), novel (Danish ed.)
- O exóristos tou Theoú (1983 Heym), novel (Greek ed.)
- אחשורוש, היהודי הנודד (Heym 1983), novel (Hebrew ed.)
- Ahasver (1984 Heym / Ribeiro), novel (Portuguese ed.)
- The Wandering Jew (1984 Heym), novel (English ed.)
- Ahasvérus (1990 Heym / Makai Tóth), novel (Hungarian ed.)
- Ahasver (1990 Heym / Gauger), novel (Spanish ed.)
- Ahasver, le juif errant (1991 Heym / Dusay), novel (French ed.)
- Agasfer (1994 Heym / Chlebnikova), novel (Russian ed.)
- Ahaswer (2000 Heym / Wojnakowski), novel (Polish ed.)