Background
Gloria Kirchheimer was born in New York City. Her father was from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey, and her mother from Alexandria, Egypt. Her parents spoke more than seven languages.
New York, NY 10003, United States
Gloria DeVidas Kirchheimer received a Bachelor of Arts from New York University.
Gloria Kirchheimer was born in New York City. Her father was from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey, and her mother from Alexandria, Egypt. Her parents spoke more than seven languages.
Gloria DeVidas Kirchheimer received a Bachelor of Arts from New York University. She also attended the University of Rennes.
Kirchheimer worked as an editor and translator, and held the position of editor at the Social Science Research Council. Her work appeared in The Antioch Review, Arts & Letters, Kansas Quarterly, New Letters, Carolina Quarterly, North American Review, Yale Journal for the Humanities in Medicine, Women’s International Perspective, and other magazines.
Kirchheimer is the author of a novel, Amalie in Orbit and a story collection based on Sephardic family life, Goodbye, Evil Eye. She is also co-author of a nonfiction book, We Were So Beloved: Autobiography of a German Jewish Community. Her stories have been anthologized in The Tribe of Dina, Shaking Eve's Tree, and Follow My Footprints: Changing Images of Women in American Jewish Fiction.
Gloria DeVidas Kirchheimer is a member of the Women’s National Book Association, Editorial Freelancers Association and National Writers Union.
Gloria DeVidas Kirchheimer married Manfred Kirchheimer, a filmmaker. They have two children - Gabriel and Daniel.