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Aranka Siegal (born Aranka Davidowitz on June 10, 1930)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aranka Siegal Biography )〕 is a writer, Holocaust survivor, and recipient of the Newbery Honor and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, both awarded to her in 1982. She is the author of three books, the best known of which is ''Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1930-1944'', a memoir of her childhood in Hungary before her 12-month imprisonment in the Nazi concentration camps, Auschwitz – Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen. Other works of hers include ''Grace in the Wilderness: After the Liberation 1945-1948'' and ''Memories of Babi''. Her novels are sold worldwide, and have been translated into several different languages including, but not limited to, English, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, and German. Siegal herself speaks six languages and is the fifth child of seven children. ==Early life== Aranka Siegal (known as Piri)was born to Meyer and Rise Meizlik in the small town of Berehove/Beregszász, Czechoslovakia (1095-1920 and 1938-1945 Berehove belonged to Hungary, now in Ukraine). Siegal's mother's maiden surname is 'Rosner', which she changed to 'Meizlik' after her first marriage to Meyer Meizlik, and later to 'Davidowitz' after her second marriage to Ignac Davidowitz. Siegal's father, Meyer Meizlik, died when she was nine months of age. While Siegal was still an infant, her mother remarried to Ignac Davidowitz. Siegal was born the fifth child of seven children: Lili, Rózsi, Etus, Ibolya, Aranka (Siegal), Sandor, and Joli. These are her four older sisters, herself, younger half-brother, and younger half-sister, respectively. Growing up, Siegal would often spend her summers visiting her grandmother, Babi (born Fage Rosner), in Komjaty, a small farming community just across the Hungarian border in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine. Most of Siegal's family was relatively conservative with their religious practices, keeping up with many of the Jewish customs and traditions. Siegal's grandmother, however, lived a strict orthodox life. Siegal credits her grandmother with teaching her many of life's lessons and instilling in her an appreciation for books and a sense of pride in her Jewish background. Babi would often refer to Siegal by Siegal's Yiddish name, 'Perele'. The children Siegal played with during her summers in Komjaty picked up on the name, but would say 'Piri' instead. 'Piri' is also the name Siegal uses for herself in all of her novels. Sent to Auschwitz in 1944, she was separated from her family and was only with her sister Iboya. They were sent to work in Christianstadt's kitchen, and left for the walk to Bergen - Belsen. In April 1945, she and her sister were liberated by Field Marshal Montgomery's First Army and taken to Sweden by the Swedish Red Cross. They immigrated to the United States in 1948. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aranka Siegal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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