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Goldie Morgentaler

ゴールディー・モーゲンターラー

Gōrudī Mōgentāra

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1950
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English, Yiddish
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Career

Occupations
Professor of English literature, Yiddish-to-English literary translator
Active Years
1992-2024
Affiliations
University of Lethbridge
Influenced By
Chava Rosenfarb

Awards

Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award
2005
Work: The Tree of Life: A Trilogy of Life in the Lodz Ghetto and Survivors: Seven Short Stories
Result: winner
Modern Language Association's Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize for Yiddish Studies
2006
Work: The Tree of Life: A Trilogy of Life in the Lodz Ghetto and Survivors: Seven Short Stories
Organization: Modern Language Association
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Dickens and Heredity: When Like Begets Like

1999 Literary criticism

A book examining the theme of heredity in the works of Charles Dickens.

HeredityVictorian literature

The Tree of Life: A Trilogy of Life in the Lodz Ghetto

2004 Novel

English translation of her mother Chava Rosenfarb's trilogy about life in the Lodz Ghetto during the Holocaust.

HolocaustJewish literature

Translations by Author

  • Translations of stories by I. L. Peretz
  • Translation of Michel Tremblay's Les Belles-Sœurs into Yiddish as Di Shvegerins
  • Translation of Chava Rosenfarb's The Bird of the Ghetto

Legacy

Recognized as a Yiddish-to-English literary translator, particularly of her mother's works, and professor of English literature.

Trivia

  • Daughter of Holocaust survivor and Yiddish author Chava Rosenfarb and abortion rights activist Henry Morgentaler.
  • Her husband is Jonathan Seldin.