The Austro-American novelist has died aged 96
Lore Segal (née Groszmann) was born in Vienna in 1928, but grew up in England from the age of 10 after travelling on the first wave of Kindertransport trains to escape Nazi-annexed Austria. Her parents followed a few months later, but her father was interned on the Isle of Man, where he died following a series of strokes. Lore and her mother moved to the capital together, where Lore eventually studied English literature at the University of London. The pair later emigrated to New York City and Lore taught at various universities, including Ivy Leagues Columbia and Princeton.
While living with various foster families as a child in rural England, Lore filled a notebook with tales of her experiences – writings that were to form the basis of her debut novel, Other People’s Houses (1964). Her fourth novel, Shakespeare’s Kitchen (2007), was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
