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Kathy Kacer

キャシー・ケイサー

Kyashī Keisā

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1954-09-06 (Toronto)
国籍
Canadian
言語
English
宗教
Judaism
居住地歴
Toronto

経歴

職業
Writer, illustrator
活動期間
1999年〜2024年
ノミネート
Finalist in the Norma Fleck Award (2005: The Underground Reporters, 2006: Hiding Edith, 2010: Whispers from the Ghetto)

学歴

Unknown
Psychology
学位: Master's degree
国: Canada
Master's degree in psychology

受賞歴

National Jewish Book Award
2008
対象作品: The Diary of Laura's Twin
主催: Jewish Book Council
結果: 受賞
Louis L. Lockshin and Brenda Freedman Award
2009
対象作品: The Diary of Laura's Twin
部門: Youth
主催: Canadian Jewish Book Awards
結果: 受賞
Yad Vashem Award for Children's Holocaust Literature
2009
対象作品: Hiding Edith
主催: Yad Vashem
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Hiding Edith

2006年 Children's nonfiction

The story of Edith Schwab and other Jewish children hidden in a French village.

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翻訳
  • Die Kinder aus Theresienstadt (German translation of Clara's War)

The Diary of Laura's Twin

2008年 Children's fiction

A contemporary Jewish girl is 'twinned' with a girl in the Warsaw Ghetto through her diary.

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The Underground Reporters

2004年 Children's nonfiction

Jewish children in hiding in Czechoslovakia created a newspaper called Klepy.

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翻訳
  • ちいさな命がくれた勇気 (Japanese translation)

全著作

  • The Secret of Gabi's Dresser (1999)
  • Night Spies (2003)
  • Clara's War (2001)
  • The Diary of Laura's Twin (2008)
  • Margit (Our Canadian Girl series)
  • Home Free
  • A Bit of Love and a Bit of Luck
  • Open Your Doors
  • A Friend in Need
  • The Underground Reporters (2004)
  • Hiding Edith (2006)
  • To Hope and Back: The Journey of the St. Louis (2010)
  • Whispers from the Ghettos (2009)
  • Whispers from the Camps (2009)
  • Whispers in Hiding (2010)
  • We Are Their Voice: Young people respond to the Holocaust (2011)
  • Shanghai Escape (2014)
  • The Magician of Auschwitz (2014)
  • Restitution: A family's fight for their heritage lost in the Holocaust

作品の翻訳

  • Die Kinder aus Theresienstadt
  • ちいさな命がくれた勇気

作風・主題

文体
Children's books on HolocaustFiction and nonfictionBased on true stories
頻出モチーフ
Holocaust survivalHidingFamily heritage

評価・遺産

Canadian author known for children's fiction and nonfiction about the Holocaust, winner of several awards. Draws from her parents' experiences as survivors.

豆知識

  • Both parents are Holocaust survivors: father in a concentration camp, mother in hiding.
  • Holds a master's degree in psychology and worked with troubled teenagers before becoming a full-time writer in 1998.
  • Married to lawyer Ian Epstein; children include Broadway talent Gabi Epstein and actor/singer Jake Epstein.