Amai vake, Ingeborg (akazvarwa muna 1944), akashanda semugadziri webvudzi uye baba vake, Walter (1939<unk>1996), aive mutengesi uyo akatengesa zvigadzirwa zvekuvaraidza kumba muma1970 uye gare gare. Hanzvadzi yake yakazvarwa muna 1969; mhuri yakatamira gore rimwe gare gare. Ebner akapinda Chikoro cheSekondari kwemakore masere, uye ruzivo rwake rwekutanga rwekunyora rwakabva panguva ino; pazera remakore gumi nemaviri akanyora mutambo mupfupi wetsiva uye akaudzidzira neshamwari dzake kuchikoro. Zvisinei, mutambo uyu hauna kumboitwa. Muna 1982, mushure merwendo rwemwedzi mumwe chete kuenda kuyunivhesiti kuTours, France, Ebner akatanga kudzidza mitauro yeRomance, philology yeGerman, uye shanduro kuVienna. Panguva iyi anga achitove achishanda semunyori wenhau uye mabhuku. Baba vake, Walter (1939<unk>1996), aive mutengesi uyo akatengesa zvigadzirwa zvekuvaraidza kumba muma1970s uye gare gare. Hanzvadzi yake yakazvarwa muna 1969; mhuri yakatamira gore rimwe gare.
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