Adele Wiseman
Canadian writer
Adele Wiseman
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Born |
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1928-05-21
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May 21, 1928
Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada |
Died |
June 1, 1992
(1992-06-01)
(aged
64)
Toronto , Ontario , Canada |
Education | University of Manitoba (BA, 1949) |
Notable awards | Governor General's Award for English-language fiction (1956) |
Adele Wiseman (May 21, 1928 – June 1, 1992) [1] [2] was a Canadian author.
Born in Winnipeg , Manitoba , she received a Bachelor of Arts in English literature and psychology from the University of Manitoba in 1949. [2] Her parents were Russian Jews who emigrated from Ukraine to Canada, in part, to escape the pogroms that accompanied the Russian Civil War . [3]
In 1956, Wiseman published her first novel, The Sacrifice, which won the Governor General's Award , [4] Canada's most prestigious literary prize. Her novel, Crackpot, was published in 1974. [2] Both novels deal with Jewish immigrant heritage, the struggle to survive the Depression and World War II , and the challenges the next generation faced in acculturating to Canadian society.
Wiseman also published plays, children's stories, essays, and other non-fiction. Her book, Old Woman at Play, examines and meditates on the creative process while paying tribute to Wiseman's mother and the dolls she made. [5]
Wiseman was lifelong friends with Margaret Laurence who was another Canadian author from Manitoba. [2] She was an active and accessible Writer-in-Residence at the University of Windsor in her final years. At a campus rally against the First Gulf War, she read passionately a new poem denouncing war.
Awards
- Governor General's Award for English-language fiction for The Sacrifice (1956) [2] [6]
- Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Award (1957) [2]
- Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews (1957) [2]
- Canadian Foundation fellowship (1957) [2]
- Guggenheim fellowship (1958) [2]
- Canada Council Arts Scholarship (1959) [2]
- Leipzig Book Fair Bronze Medal (1964) [2]
- Canadian Booksellers Association Book Award (1974) [2]
- J. I. Segal Foundation Award (1974 and 1988) [2]
- Three Guineas Charitable Foundation Agency Award (1984–1985) [2]
Selected works
- The Sacrifice (1956)
- Old Markets, New World (1964)
- Crackpot (1974)
- Old Woman at Play (1978)
- Memoirs of a Book Molesting Childhood and Other Essays (1987)
- Kenji and the Cricket (1988)
- Puccini and the Prowlers (1992)
Further reading
- Ruth Panofsky (2006). The Force of Vocation: The Literary Career of Adele Wiseman . University of Manitoba Press. ISBN 0-88755-689-2 .
- Valerie-Kristin Piehslinger: Portrayals of Urban Jewish Communities in U.S. American and Canadian Immigrant Fiction in Selected Texts by Anzia Yezierska and Adele Wiseman. AV Akademikerverlag, Saarbrücken 2013 ISBN 9783639463538 urn : nbn:de:101:1-201304031931
References
- ↑ Boyd, Colin (2014-04-06). "Adele Wiseman" . The Canadian Encyclopedia . Archived from the original on 2023-04-16 . Retrieved 2023-05-21 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Brown, Michael; Panofsky, Ruth (2021-06-23). "Adele Wiseman" . Jewish Women's Archive . Archived from the original on 2019-04-28 . Retrieved 2018-04-26 .
- ↑ Boyd, Colin. "Adele Wiseman" . The Canadian Encyclopedia . Archived from the original on 2019-01-05 . Retrieved 2018-04-26 .
- ↑ "Past GGBooks winners and finalists" . Governor General's Literary Awards . Archived from the original on 2019-04-04 . Retrieved 2018-04-23 .
- ↑ Ruth., Panofsky (2006). The force of vocation : the literary career of Adele Wiseman . Winnipeg, Man.: University of Manitoba Press. ISBN 0887556892 . OCLC 243614302 .
- ↑ "Governor-General Literature Awards Are Announced". Red Deer Advocate , May 8, 1957.
External links
- Adele Wiseman archives are held at the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections , York University Libraries , Toronto
- Adele Wisemen at York University Libraries
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