Siegal, Aranka

Aranka Siegal was born June 10, 1930, in Beregszasz, Czechoslovakia. She grew up under the Nazi regime, and survived Auschwitz with one of her sisters, though the rest of her family was lost. Following the War she came to the United States. Eventually she wrote two autobiographical novels about her experiences under the Nazis, and both have received awards and honors, including a Newbery Honor for her first novel, Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary in 1982. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vols. 37, 88.

From the description of Aranka Siegal Papers 1981-1985. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 437298044

Aranka Siegal was born June 10, 1930, in Beregszasz, Czechoslovakia. She grew up under the Nazi regime, and survived Auschwitz with one of her sisters, though the rest of her family was lost. Following the War she came to the United States. Eventually she wrote two autobiographical novels about her experiences under the Nazis, and both have received awards and honors, including a Newbery Honor for her first novel, Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary in 1982.

Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vols. 37, 88

From the guide to the Aranka Siegal Papers, 1981-1985, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])