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Isa Milman

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Isa Milman (born 1949) is a German-born Canadian writer and visual artist living in British Columbia.[1]

The daughter of Holocaust survivors, she was born in a displaced persons camp in Germany. Milman came to Boston with her parents and studied at Tufts University. She came to Canada in 1975. She received a master's degree in rehabilitation science from McGill University and taught occupational therapy there. She later moved to Victoria, where she worked at the Epilepsy and Parkinson's Centre.[2][1][3]

Her poetry collections Between the Doorposts, Prairie Kaddish and Something Small to Carry Home each received a Canadian Jewish Book Award.[1] Milman's work has been included in various literary magazines and anthologies.[2]

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  1. ^ a b c Morse, Garry Thomas (May 28, 2014). "Geomantic riposte: 'Prairie Kaddish'". Jacket2.
  2. ^ a b "Prairie Kaddish". Coteau Books.
  3. ^ "Isa Milman". Quattro Books.