Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler (June 20, 1959 – June 1, 2009) was a Brazilian professor of
German studies at the
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.[1] Patrik von zur Mühlen described her as the foremost specialist on
German language writers and editors exiled in Brazil during the
Nazi-era.[2][3] From 1998, she was editor-in-chief of forum deutsch, Revista Brasileira de Estudos Germânicos, a publication of the Association of Professors of German of Rio de Janeiro.[4]
Die Exilliteratur und das Exil der deutschsprachigen Schriftsteller und Publizisten in Brasilien. Frankfurt am Main:Peter Lang, (1992) 267pp.
ISBN978-3-631-45160-1 (doctoral dissertation)
section on Brazil in Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration 1933-1945 (Handbook of German Language Emigration 1933-1945), eds. Krohn, von zur Mühlen, Paul and Winckler, in association with the Gesellschaft für Exilforschung. Darmstadt:Primus-Verlag, (1998) 678pp.
ISBN3-534-21999-6
Exílio e literatura: escritores de fala alemã durante a época do nazismo. São Paulo:EdUSP, (2003) 291pp.
ISBN85-314-0732-X, (Portuguese translation of Die Exilliteratur, Karola Zimber, translator)
^"Zum Tode von Izabela Furtado Kestler" (in German) by Patrik von zur Mühlen (editor), at www.exilforschung.de. Newsletter, June 2009, p.16. Accessed 2011-04-16.