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Edition 19 (2007) Winner
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Edition 26 (2014) Winner
Bernice Eisenstein
バーニス・アイゼンスタイン
Berunisu Aizensutain
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1960 （Canada）
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Toronto, Canada
Career
- Occupations
- writer, visual artist
- Active Years
- 2006-2024
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors
2006 graphic novelAn autobiographical graphic novel in which the author explores her own identity through the experiences of her parents, both survivors of Auschwitz.
Holocaustchild of survivorsidentityfamily memory
Adaptations
- [animated film] I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors / Ann Marie Fleming (2010)
Bibliography
- I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- graphic novel styleautobiographical narrativeintegration of illustration and text
- Recurring Motifs
- Holocaust traumaparent-child relationshipsinheritance of memory
Legacy
Canadian writer and visual artist acclaimed for her graphic novel depicting experiences as a child of Holocaust survivors. The work was adapted into an animated film recognized at film festivals.
Trivia
- Her parents are survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp.