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Isa Milman

アイザ・ミルマン

Isa Miruman

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1949 (displaced persons camp in Germany)
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Germany (birth) → Boston, United States → Canada (immigrated 1975) → Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Career

Occupations
writer, visual artist, occupational therapist
Active Years
1971-2024
Affiliations
Epilepsy and Parkinson's Centre in Victoria

Education

Tufts University
Boston School of Occupational Therapy
Year of Graduation: 1971
Country: United States
McGill University
rehabilitation science
Degree: master's degree
Country: Canada

Awards

Canadian Jewish Book Award
Work: Between the Doorposts
Result: winner
Canadian Jewish Book Award
Work: Prairie Kaddish
Result: winner
Canadian Jewish Book Award
Work: Something Small to Carry Home
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Prairie Kaddish

poetry

A poetry collection by the daughter of Holocaust survivors.

HolocaustJewish culturemourning

Between the Doorposts

poetry

Something Small to Carry Home

poetry

Legacy

German-born Canadian writer and visual artist, daughter of Holocaust survivors, winner of three Canadian Jewish Book Awards for her poetry collections.

Trivia

  • Daughter of Holocaust survivors, born in a displaced persons camp in Germany.