Lillian Garrett Groag

Lillian Groag is an American playwright, theater director, and actor. Her plays include The Ladies of the Camellias, The Magic Fire, and The White Rose.

Lillian Groag was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to a Viennese father and an Italian mother. Her father had fled to Argentina in 1938 when Austria joined Nazi Germany. When Lillian was onlyyears old her family fled from Argentina to Montevideo, Uruguay, but this time they were fleeing from the military dictatorship. Her father would dieyears later in Uruguay. Lillian was schooled in Catholic boarding schools in both Argentina and Uruguay her entire life until she came to Lake Forest College in Chicago and the University of Dijon in France. She would later go on to earn masters and doctoral degrees in Romance Languages and Literature from Northwestern University.

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