Jewish-Canadian authors
Appearance
This is a list of key Jewish-Canadian authors, with an article and critical history to follow.
A
[edit]- Irving Abella (historian)
- Mona Elaine Adilman (poet)
- Ted Allan (novelist, poet, screenwriter, playwright)
- Barbara Amiel (journalist)
- Lisa Appignanesi (journalist and novelist)
B
[edit]- Ben Barry (entrepreneur and author)
- Saul Bellow (Canadian-born American novelist)
- David Bezmozgis (novelist and short story writer)
- Monique Bosco (novelist, poet, journalist)
C
[edit]- Leonard Cohen (poet, novelist, songwriter)
- Matt Cohen (novelist)
D
[edit]- Cory Doctorow (science fiction writer)
E
[edit]- Rebecca Eckler (journalist)
- Howard Engel (mystery novelist, memoirist)
F
[edit]- Ken Finkleman (screenwriter)
- Diane Flacks (playwright)
- Golda Fried (novelist, poet)
- Martin Friedland (law writer)
- David Frum (journalist)
- Linda Frum (journalist)
G
[edit]- Gabriella Goliger (novelist)[1]
- Noam Gonick (screenwriter)
- Nora Gold (author, activist)
- Phyllis Gottlieb (novelist, poet)
H
[edit]- Charles Yale Harrison (novelist, biographer)[2]
- Elisa Hategan (memoirist)
- Anna Heilman (memoirist)
- Simma Holt (journalist and politician)
- David Homel (novelist, translator)
- Mel Hurtig (journalist and publisher)
- Zach Hyman (children's author)
J
[edit]- George Jonas (journalist, poet and playwright)
K
[edit]- Naïm Kattan (novelist and essayist)
- Joseph Kertes (novelist)
- A.M. Klein (poet, novelist, essayist)
- Naomi Klein (journalist)
- Rachel Korn (poet)
- Henry Kreisel (novelist)
- Aaron Kreuter (poet)
L
[edit]- Steven Laffoley (novelist and creative nonfiction author)
- Michele Landsberg (journalist)
- Irving Layton (poet)
- Allan Levine (novelist)
- Norman Levine (short story writer)
- Dahlia Lithwick (journalist and editor)
M
[edit]- Eli Mandel (poet)
- Stephen Marche (novelist)
- Malka Marom (novelist, documentarian)
- Michael Marrus (historian)
- Seymour Mayne (poet)
- Ida Maze (poet)
- Judith Merril (novelist, editor)
- Anne Michaels (poet, novelist)
- Hannah Moscovitch (playwright)
N
[edit]- Jay Newman (philosopher and academic)
- M. J. Nurenberger (journalist)
P
[edit]- Gunther Plaut (theologian, novelist, historian, journalist)
R
[edit]- David Rakoff (humorist)
- Edeet Ravel (novelist)
- Melech Ravitch (poet, essayist)
- Judy Rebick (journalist)
- Abraham Rhinewine (journalist)
- Daniel Richler (novelist)
- Emma Richler (novelist)
- Mordecai Richler (novelist, essayist, film and television scenarist)
- Nancy Richler (novelist)
- Régine Robin (novelist, short story writer)
- Ellen Roseman (journalist, essayist, author)
- Claire Rothman (novelist, short story writer, translator)
- Chava Rosenfarb (novelist, poet, playwright)
- Stuart Ross (poet, short story writer, essayist)
- Robert Rotenberg (novelist)
S
[edit]- Esther Segal (poet)
- J. I. Segal (poet, editor)
- Mark Shainblum (short story writer, comic book writer)
- Lionel Shapiro (novelist, journalist)
- Jason Sherman (playwright)
- Joseph Sherman (poet)
- Kenneth Sherman (poet)
- Sholem Shtern (poet, novelist)
- Shelly Sanders (novelist, journalist)
T
[edit]- Ellie Tesher (journalist)
- Morley Torgov (novelist)
- Ayelet Tsabari (short story writer, memoirist)
- Aren X. Tulchinsky (novelist)
W
[edit]- Miriam Waddington (poet)
- Michael Wex (novelist and playwright)
- Adele Wiseman (novelist)
- Hirsch Wolofsky (memoirist and journalist)
Y
[edit]- Avrom Yanofsky (comic book writer and artist, journalist)
- Joel Yanofsky (novelist, memoirist, journalist)
- Yudika (poet)
Z
[edit]- Larry Zolf (journalist)
- Syd Zolf (poet)
References
[edit]- ^ "Author Gabriella Goliger to read at Jewish Book Festival" Archived 2011-01-02 at the Wayback Machine. GayVancouver.net, November 17, 2010.
- ^ "Harrison, Charles Yale (1054778)" (24 January 1917). Personnel Records of the First World War, Box: 4101 - 44, ID: 443038. Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada. 1992-93/166.