1 4 ▁– ▁ 2 8 ▁July ▁ 1 9 8 6 ) ▁was ▁an ▁Aust rian ▁novel ist ▁who ▁wrote ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁best - s elling ▁books ▁in ▁German ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁through ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s . ▁Although ▁she ▁had ▁been ▁based ▁in ▁Germany , ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁at ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁she ▁took ▁refuge ▁in ▁Den mark ▁with ▁her ▁Dan ish ▁husband , ▁but ▁then ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 3 , ▁they ▁again ▁became ▁refuge es , ▁this ▁time ▁to ▁Sweden . ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁her ▁nov els ▁have ▁been ▁adapted ▁into ▁mov ies ▁and ▁all ▁have ▁been ▁translated ▁into ▁numerous ▁languages . ▁Her ▁last ▁work ▁D és ir ée ▁( 1 9 5 1 ) ▁was ▁about ▁D és ir ée ▁Cl ary , ▁the ▁one - time ▁f ian c ée ▁of ▁Napoleon ▁Bon ap arte ▁and ▁later ▁Queen ▁of ▁Sweden ▁and ▁Norway . ▁It ▁is ▁dedicated ▁to ▁her ▁sister ▁Lis el otte , ▁who ▁was ▁murder ed ▁by ▁the ▁Naz is . ▁Trans l ated ▁into ▁ 2 5 ▁languages , ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 4 ▁it ▁was ▁turned ▁into ▁a ▁major ▁Hollywood ▁movie ▁st arring ▁Mar lon ▁Br ando ▁and ▁Jean ▁Sim m ons . ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁ ▁Nov els ▁ ▁Ich ▁war ▁ein ▁h äß liches ▁M äd chen ▁( I ▁Was ▁an ▁U gly ▁Girl ), ▁Vienna : ▁Kir sch ner ▁Verlag , ▁ 1 9