Lorne Pierce Medal
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (1957) Winner
Abraham Moses Klein
アブラハム・モーゼス・クライン
Aburahamu Mōzesu Kurain
Aliases:
A. M. Klein
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1909-02-14 （Ratno, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)）
- Died
- 1972-08-20 （Montreal, Quebec, Canada） age 63
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English, French
- Religion
- Orthodox Judaism
- Residence History
- Ratno, Ukraine (birth) → Montreal, Canada (1910-1972)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, journalist, novelist, short story writer, lawyer
- Active Years
- 1925-1956
- Affiliations
- Canadian Jewish Chronicle, Young Judea
- Memberships
- Montreal Group
- Influenced By
- F. R. Scott, A. J. M. Smith, James Joyce
- Influenced
- Leonard Cohen, Mordecai Richler
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McGill University | — | political science, classics, economics | BA | 1926-1930 | Canada |
| Université de Montréal | — | law | LLB | 1930-1933 | Canada |
McGill University
political science, classics, economics
Degree:
BA
Period:
1926-1930
Year of Graduation:
1930
Country:
Canada
Université de Montréal
law
Degree:
LLB
Period:
1930-1933
Year of Graduation:
1933
Country:
Canada
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Governor General's Award | The Rocking Chair and Other Poems | 英語詩・ドラマ部門 | Government of Canada | 受賞 |
| 1956 | Lorne Pierce Medal | — | — | Royal Society of Canada | 受賞 |
Governor General's Award
1949
Work:
The Rocking Chair and Other Poems
Category:
英語詩・ドラマ部門
Organization:
Government of Canada
Result:
受賞
Lorne Pierce Medal
1956
Organization:
Royal Society of Canada
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Rocking Chair and Other Poems
1948 poetryA collection of poems focusing on Canadian, especially French-Canadian culture. The title poem uses a rocking chair as a synecdoche for French-Canadian heritage.
French-Canadian cultureMontrealJewish experience
The Second Scroll
1951 novelA novel structured around the five books of the Pentateuch, following a search for a Holocaust-survivor uncle in Israel, Rome, and Casablanca.
JudaismZionismHolocaust
Bibliography
- Hath Not a Jew (1940)
- Poems (1944)
- The Hitleriad (1944)
- The Rocking Chair and Other Poems (1948)
- The Second Scroll (1951)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- modernistsatiricalsymbolist
- Recurring Motifs
- Jewish identityCanadian culturereligion
Health
-
mental illness1950年代Led to complete mental breakdown in 1956, cessation of writing, and reclusive life.
Legacy
One of Canada's greatest poets and a leading figure in Jewish-Canadian culture. Called the first authentic Jewish poet in English.
Archives
- Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
In Popular Culture
- Leonard Cohen cited as influence and wrote song 'To a Teacher' in his memory.
- Model for character in Mordecai Richler's Solomon Gursky Was Here.
Trivia
- Ran unsuccessfully for Canadian Parliament.
- Prominent in Montreal's Jewish community.
- Designated Person of National Historic Significance in 2007.