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Lili Elbe

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Also known as Lili Ilse Elvenes, Einar Mogens Andreas Wegener, Einar Wegener

Danish painter and transgender woman (1882–1931)

OverviewAI-generated

Lili Elbe was a person who lived from 1882-12-28 to 1931-09-13. She is identified as an author with two recorded works, including *Van man naar vrouw* and *Man into Woman*. Another source lists a total of five works associated with her.

Her name appears in a Commons category and creator page. She is referenced by 106 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 10 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Van man naar vrouw
  • Man into Woman

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Active from
2004

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Key facts

Born
( 1882-12-28 ) 28 December 1882, Vejle , Denmark
Died
13 September 1931 (1931-09-13) (aged 48), Dresden , Germany
Other name
Lili Ilse Elvenes (legal name)
Spouse
Gerda Wegener ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1904 ; annulled</span>"}]]}'>annul. 1930 ) ​

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Lili Ilse Elvenes (28 December 1882 – 13 September 1931), better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter, transgender woman, and one of the earliest recipients of gender-affirming surgery (then called sex reassignment surgery).

Elbe was a painter. After transitioning in 1930, she changed her legal name to Lili Ilse Elvenes, stopped painting, and later adopted the surname Elbe. She was the first known recipient of a uterus transplant in an attempt to achieve pregnancy, but died due to the subsequent complications.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lili Elbe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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