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Birgit Urmson Author

German/American art historian Birgit Urmson studied art-history in Munich, Paris, Vienna and at U.C. Berkeley, CA. She holds a MA in environmental design, a MA in art-history from U.C. Berkeley, and a PhD in American Cultural History from the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. She authored the novel “Germaine” and pursues classical singing. She has a large family and lives in Oakland, CA and in Tuscany.