Elaine Kalman Naves

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

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

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.

Biography

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

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
  • 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
  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. "Lecturing and Teaching". Elaine Kalman Naves. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  4. "Shoshanna's Story". Elaine Kalman Naves. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  5. "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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