Nadja Tesich (June 8, 1939 – February 20, 2014) was born in Yugoslavia and reared in East Chicago, Indiana. Best known for her starring role in Éric Rohmer’s early film '''' (1964), she was the author of the play ''After the Revolution'' (1980), followed by the novels ''Shadow Partisan'', (1996), ''Native Land'' (1999) and ''Far From Vietnam'' (2012) and the literary memoir ''To Die in Chicago'' (2010). She was the writer and director of ''Film for my Son'' (1975) and wrote, acted or worked on numerous films, including ''Four Friends'' (1981), ''I Am the Cheese'' (1983) and ''The Love Lesson'' (1996). Her brother was Steve Tesich, the playwright, novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter of ''Breaking Away'' and other films. She taught film at Brooklyn College and was a lifelong political activist for workers and the oppressed people of the world.
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Nadja Tesich (June 8, 1939 – February 20, 2014) was born in Yugoslavia and reared in East Chicago, Indiana. Best known for her starring role in Éric Rohmer’s early film '''' (1964), she was the author of the play ''After the Revolution'' (1980), followed by the novels ''Shadow Partisan'', (1996), ''Native Land'' (1999) and ''Far From Vietnam'' (2012) and the literary memoir ''To Die in Chicago'' (2010). She was the writer and director of ''Film for my Son'' (1975) and wrote, acted or worked on numerous films, including ''Four Friends'' (1981), ''I Am the Cheese'' (1983) and ''The Love Lesson'' (1996). Her brother was Steve Tesich, the playwright, novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter of ''Breaking Away'' and other films. She taught film at Brooklyn College and was a lifelong political activist for workers and the oppressed people of the world.
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