Lili Elbe
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Lili Ilse Elvenes, better known as Lili Elbe (28 December 1882 – 13 September 1931), was a Danish transgender woman and one of the first identifiable recipients of sex reassignment surgery. Elbe was born Einar Magnus Andreas Wegener and was a successful artist under that name. She also presented as Lili, sometimes spelled Lily, and was publicly introduced as Einar's sister. After transitioning, however, she made a legal name change to Lili Ilse Elvenes and stopped painting.
The Danish girl : a novel / David Ebershoff. - New York, Viking, 2000 (New edition: New York, Penguin, 2015). Ebershoff's novel is a fictionalized account of the life of Lili Elbe. It was an international bestseller and was translated into a dozen languages. The film version is more closely related to the original story.
