World Literary Awards

← Back to Home

Jill Culiner

ジル・キュリナー

Jiru Kurinā

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1945-09-13 (New York City)
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English, French
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
New York City → Toronto → Saint-Jean-sur-Erve (France)

Career

Occupations
folk artist, photographer, writer, journalist
Active Years
1992-2024
Nominations
Shortlisted for ForeWord Magazine's 2004 Book of the Year Awards Essay and History category

Awards

Joseph and Faye Tanenbaum Prize in Canadian Jewish History
2005
Work: Finding Home: In the footsteps of the Jewish Fusgeyers
Organization: Canadian Jewish Book Awards
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sans s'abolir pourtant

1992 Photography book

A photography book.

Felicity's Power

2001 Novel

Slanderous Tongue

2007 Novel (social critical murder-mystery)

A social critical murder-mystery set in a village in France.

A Sad Summer in Biarritz

2017 Novel

A novel set in France.

Finding Home: In the footsteps of the Jewish Fusgeyers

2004 Non-fiction (travel literature)

A non-fiction literary travel book about the Jewish Fusgeyers who emigrated from Romania.

Jewish historyImmigration

A Contrary Journey

2021 Travelogue

A travelogue following the exploration into the life of Velvel Zbarjer and the Jewish Renaissance of the 19th Century.

Jewish historyTravel

Legacy

Canadian photographer, artist, and writer known for works on vanished Jewish communities in Europe and Jewish history.