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Edition 13 (2001) Winner
Vivian Felsen
ビビアン・フェルセン
Vivian Felsen
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Toronto
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English, French, Yiddish, Russian
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Toronto
Career
- Occupations
- translator, visual artist
- Active Years
- 2000-2024
- Influenced By
- Israel Medres
- Nominations
- Governor General's Award nomination (2018) for J. I. Segal: a Montreal Yiddish Poet and His Milieu
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Toronto | Faculty of Arts | French and Russian Language and Literature | B.A., M.A. | — | Canada |
| York University | — | Law | Law degree | — | Canada |
University of Toronto
Faculty of Arts
/ French and Russian Language and Literature
Degree:
B.A., M.A.
Country:
Canada
York University
Law
Degree:
Law degree
Country:
Canada
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Canadian Jewish Book Award | Books by Israel Medres | — | Canadian Jewish Book Awards | winner |
| 2004 | J. I. Segal Award | Books by Israel Medres | — | — | winner |
| 2018 | J. I. Segal Award | The Veil of Tears | — | — | winner |
| 2018 | Independent Publisher Book Awards (gold) | The Veil of Tears | autobiography/memoir | Independent Publisher Book Awards | gold medal |
Canadian Jewish Book Award
2001
Work:
Books by Israel Medres
Organization:
Canadian Jewish Book Awards
Result:
winner
J. I. Segal Award
2004
Work:
Books by Israel Medres
Result:
winner
J. I. Segal Award
2018
Work:
The Veil of Tears
Result:
winner
Independent Publisher Book Awards (gold)
2018
Work:
The Veil of Tears
Category:
autobiography/memoir
Organization:
Independent Publisher Book Awards
Result:
gold medal
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Montreal of yesterday: Jewish life in Montreal, 1900-1920
2000 HistoryDepicts Jewish life in Montreal from 1900-1920.
Canadian Jewish history
Between the wars: Canadian Jews in Transition
2003 HistoryCanadian Jews between the wars.
Canadian Jewish history
The Veil of Tears
2016 Holocaust memoirHolocaust memoir by Rabbi Pinchas Hirschprung.
Holocaust
Translations by Author
- Montreal of yesterday
- Between the wars
- Memoirs of the Lodz Ghetto
- If, by Miracle
- Joy Runs Deeper
- The Veil of Tears
- The Veiled Sun
- J. I. Segal: a Montreal Yiddish Poet and His Milieu
Legacy
Canadian translator from French and Yiddish to English, specializing in Canadian Jewish history and Holocaust memoirs, and visual artist of Jewish origin.
Trivia
- Her grandfather was the Jewish journalist Israel Medres.
- One of her sons studied at Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem and is now an Orthodox rabbi.