Mildred L. Batchelder Award
1 appearances
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Edition 31 (1999) Winner
Schoschana Rabinovici
シューシャナ・ラビノビチ
Shōshana Rabinobichi
Aliases:
Suzanne Weksler / Suzanne-Lucienne Rabinovici
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1932-11-14 （Paris）
- Died
- 2019-08-02 （Tel Aviv） age 86
- Nationality
- Israeli
- Languages
- German, Hebrew, English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Vilnius, Lithuania → Poland → Tel Aviv, Israel → Vienna, Austria
Career
- Occupations
- Author
- Active Years
- 1994-2019
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Mildred L. Batchelder Award | Thanks to My Mother | — | American Library Association | winner |
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
1999
Work:
Thanks to My Mother
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Thanks to My Mother
1994 Holocaust memoir 246 pagesA memoir detailing the harrowing experiences in the Vilnius Ghetto and Nazi concentration camps Kaiserwald and Stutthof from the perspective of a young girl aged 8 to 12, thanks to her mother's protection.
Holocaust survivalMother-daughter bondHorrors of concentration camps
Adaptations
- [Theater] The Last Witnesses (2015)
Translations
- Original German: Dank meiner Mutter
Bibliography
- Dank meiner Mutter (1994)
Translations of Works
- English translation: Thanks to My Mother (1998)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Child's perspective with raw descriptionsGrim and unflinching narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Mother's transcendent loveSurvival strategiesHope amid despair
Health
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Coma1945年3月Fell ill during camp liberation, fell into a coma, recovered after a week.
Legacy
Recognized as a Holocaust survivor whose memoir, emphasizing survival through her mother's love, won the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for children's book translation.
In Popular Culture
- Appeared in Burgtheater production 'The Last Witnesses' (2015).
Trivia
- Hidden in a canvas bag carried by her mother during Vilnius Ghetto liquidation.
- Survived selections at Kaiserwald by standing on tiptoes and wearing a turban to appear adult.