Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brazilian academic
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Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
About Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler
- Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler (June 20, 1959 – June 1, 2009) was a Brazilian professor of German studies at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
- Patrik von zur Mühlen described her as the foremost specialist on German language writers and editors exiled in Brazil during the Nazi-era.
- From 1998, she was editor-in-chief of forum deutsch, Revista Brasileira de Estudos Germânicos, a publication of the Association of Professors of German of Rio de Janeiro.
- She was among 228 passengers aboard Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France, which disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean on 1 June 2009.
- Her family donated her library of exile-related materials to the Casa Stefan Zweig in Brazil.
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