CLRC-1684 Aranka Siegal Papers Jim Eyer University of Minnesota Libraries 2-15-05
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD 2002 Validated Finding Aid generated with the aid of a custom FileMaker Pro database developed by the staff of the Children's Literature Research Collections, University of Minnesota Libraries. Many thanks to all the staff and volunteers. 2-15-05 Description is in English Summary Information University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc] Siegal, Aranka Aranka Siegal Papers 1981-1985 CLRC-1684 The collection contains typescripts, some photocopied or corrected, and front matter, for 2 titles. 31 folders See Detailed Descriptions for Each Title Item for Box Locations English Biographical Sketch

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

 Scope and Content

The collection contains typescripts, some corrected or photocopied, and front matter, for 2 titles.

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Siegal, Aranka Accession Information:

Gift of: Siegal, Aranka

Arrangement

Materials are arranged by published title.

 Collection Contents Grace in the Wilderness: After the Liberation, 1945-1948 1985

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985

 MF1229 typescript, photocopy 232 p. MF1229 typescript, corrected photocopy 276 p. MF1229 typescript, corrected photocopy 184 p. MF1229 typescript, corrected photocopy 316 p. Upon the Head of a Goat: A Childhood in Hungary, 1939-1944 1981

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1981

 MF1016 typescript, corrected, partial photocopy, with front matter 162 p. MF1016 typescript, with front matter 393 p.