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Helen Asher Helen Asher i(A9835 works by) (birth name: Waltraud Rosalie Helen Asher)
Also writes as: Helen Ulrich
Born: Established: 1927 Silesia,
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Poland,
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Eastern Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: ca. 1950
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Helen Asher was born in Bytom in Silesia, formerly a part of Germany, but now in Poland. After arriving in Australia with her husband in the 1950s, she found work in hotels and factories. Asher's writing in English developed after a long apprenticeship. Her preferred form is the novel and she has published some short fiction in anthologies and periodicals.

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