Background
Zackheim, Michele was born on May 5, 1941 in Reno. Daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Kamenetzky) Zackheim.
Zackheim, Michele was born on May 5, 1941 in Reno. Daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Kamenetzky) Zackheim.
Student, University California, Santa Barbara, 1960. Student, Art Students League, 1962. Student, New School Social Research, 1964.
Violette"s Embrace: A Novel (Riverhead Books, 1996), is a fictional biography of the French writer Violette Leduc. Her second book, non-fiction, Einstein"s Daughter: The Search for Lieserl (Penguin Putnam, 1999), follows the mystery of the lost illegitimate daughter of Mileva and Albert Einstein. Broken Colors (Europa Editions, 2007) is the story of an artist, whose life takes her to a place where life and art intersect.
Her next book, a novel, Last Train to Paris (Europa Editions, 2014) and explores aging and love.
Zackheim has also worked in the visual arts as a fresco muralist, an installation artist, print-maker, and a painter. She has also been the recipient of two National Education Association awards and is teaching at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Married Charles Ramsburg, May 29, 1980. Children: Benjamin, Maggie.