Elaine Kalman Naves

Elaine Kalman Naves
Born1947
Hungary
OccupationWriter, journalist, editor and lecturer
LanguageEnglish

Elaine Kalman Naves (born 1947) is a Hungarian-born Canadian writer, journalist, editor and lecturer from Quebec.

She has twice won the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction, in 1999 for Putting Down Roots and in 2003 for Shoshanna's Story. Her 2015 novel The Book of Faith was on the long list in 2016 for The Leacock Award.[citation needed]

Biography

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Naves was born in Hungary in 1947, though her family moved to England in the wake of the Revolution of 1956.[1][2] They eventually immigrated to Canada.

Naves attended McGill University, where she studied history, as well as Bishop's University, where she studied education.[3] Following graduation from each, she taught English and History at the secondary level, then served as a historian for the Centre d’Étude du Québec of Sir George Williams University.[3]

Awards and honours

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Montreal Gazette named Shoshanna's Story one of the best books of 2003.[4]

Awards for Naves's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
1997 Journey to Vaja Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlist [5]
1998 Journey to Vaja Elie Wiesel Prize for Holocaust Literature Winner [6]
1999 Putting Down Roots Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction Winner [5][7]
2003 Shoshanna's Story Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction Winner [8][9]
2005 Shoshanna's Story Yad Vashem Prize Winner [4]

Publications

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  • Journey to Vaja: Reconstructing the World of a Hungarian-Jewish Family (1996, McGill-Queen's University Press, ISBN 9780773515345)
  • Putting Down Roots, Montreal's Immigrant Writers (1998, Véhicule Press, ISBN 9781550651034)
  • Storied Streets: Montreal in the Literary Imagination, with Bryan Demchinsky (2000, Macfarlane Walter & Ross, ISBN 9781551990446)
  • Shoshanna's Story: A Mother, Daughter, and the Shadows of History (2003, McClelland & Stewart, ISBN 9780771067907)
  • Robert Weaver: Godfather of Canadian Literature (2008, Véhicule Press, ISBN 9781550652338)
  • Portrait of a Scandal: The Trial of Robert Notman (2014, Véhicule Press, ISBN 9781550653571)
  • The Book of Faith (2015, Linda Leith Publishing, ISBN 1927535743)
  • "Shoshanna. Mère et fille dans les ténèbres de l'histoire", traduit par Chantal Ringuet, Éditions Alias, Groupe Nota Bene, 2017.

References

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  1. ^ McGillis, Ian (2015-10-09). "The Book of Faith by Elaine Kalman Naves: Jewish Montreal, from a woman's perspective". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Biography". Elaine Kalman Naves. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  3. ^ a b "Lecturing and Teaching". Elaine Kalman Naves. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  4. ^ a b "Shoshanna's Story". Elaine Kalman Naves. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  5. ^ a b "The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction". Quebec Writers' Federation. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  6. ^ "Journey to Vaja". Elaine Kalman Naves. Archived from the original on 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  7. ^ Demchinsky, Bryan (1999-11-30). "Book-end prizes for Bye Bye: Doubting author Gasco scores double honours". Montreal Gazette.
  8. ^ Donnelly, Pat (2003-11-27). "Homel's novel wins at writers' gala". Montreal Gazette.
  9. ^ Porter, Ryan (2019-11-07). "David Homel, Lindsay Nixon, Tess Liem among winners of Quebec Writers' Federation Literary Awards". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on 2019-11-17. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
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