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Allan Levine

アラン・レビン

Aran Rebin

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Career

Occupations
Author, Historian, Journalist
Active Years
1985-2025

Education

University of Toronto
Canadian history
Degree: PhD
Period: 大学院
Year of Graduation: 1985
Country: Canada
PhD in Canadian history

Awards

Yad Vashem Prize in Holocaust History
1999
Work: Fugitives of the Forest
Organization: Canadian Jewish Book Awards
Result: Winner
Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction
2012
Work: King: William Lyon Mackenzie King: A Life Guide by the Hand of Destiny
Result: Winner
McNally-Robinson Book of the Year
2010
Work: Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba
Result: Winner
Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award for History
2010
Work: Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Fugitives of the Forest

1998 Non-fiction

The heroic story of Jewish resistance and survival during WWII

HolocaustJewish resistance

King: William Lyon Mackenzie King

2011 Biography

Biography of William Lyon Mackenzie King

Canadian Prime MinisterPolitical history

The Blood Libel

1997 Historical mystery

First Sam Klein Mystery

Blood libelJewish themes

Bibliography

  • The Dollar A Year Men: How the Best Business Brains in Canada Helped to Win the Second World War
  • Details are Unprintable: Wayne Lonergan and the Sensational Café Society Murder
  • Seeking the Fabled City: The Canadian Jewish Experience
  • Toronto: Biography of a City
  • Miracle at the Forks: The Museum That Dares Make a Difference
  • King: William Lyon Mackenzie King: A Life Guide by the Hand of Destiny
  • Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba
  • The Devil in Babylon: Fear of Progress and the Birth of Modern Life
  • Scattered Among the Peoples: The Jewish Diaspora in Ten Portraits
  • Fugitives of the Forest
  • Scrum Wars: The Prime Ministers and the Media
  • The Exchange: 100 Years of Trading Grain in Winnipeg
  • The Bootlegger's Confession
  • Evil of the Age
  • The Bolshevik's Revenge
  • Sins of the Suffragette
  • The Blood Libel

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Detailed historical research-based narrativeEngaging storytelling
Recurring Motifs
Jewish historyCanadian historyMystery elements

Legacy

Known as a Canadian author specializing in history and Jewish experiences

Trivia

  • Canadian author from Winnipeg
  • Alumnus of Camp Massad of Manitoba