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Irène Némirovsky Writer

Irène Némirovsky (24 February 1903 – 17 August 1942) was a novelist who lived more than half her life in France and wrote in French. She was arrested by the Nazis for being classified as a Jew under the racial laws, which did not take into account her conversion to Roman Catholicism. She died at the age of 39 in Auschwitz, Nazi Germany-occupied Poland.

Personal facts

Birth date	February 11, 1903
Birth place	Russian Empire , Kiev
Date of death	August 17, 1942
Place of death	Auschwitz concentration camp , Nazi Germany

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