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'''Adele Wiseman''' ([[21 May]] [[1928]] – [[1 June]] [[1992]]) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] author.
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'''Adele Wiseman''' (May 21, 1928 – June 1, 1992)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boyd |first=Colin |date=2014-04-06 |title=Adele Wiseman |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/adele-wiseman |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |archive-date=2023-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416202107/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/adele-wiseman |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0" /> was a Canadian author.


Born in [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]], she received a B.A. from the [[University of Manitoba]] in 1949. Her parents were Russian-Jews who emigrated from the [[Ukraine]] to Canada, in part, to escape the [[pogroms]] that accompanied the [[Russian Civil War]].
Born in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], she received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in English literature and psychology from the [[University of Manitoba]] in 1949.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Michael |last2=Panofsky |first2=Ruth |date=2021-06-23 |title=Adele Wiseman |url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/wiseman-adele |access-date=2018-04-26 |website=[[Jewish Women's Archive]] |language=en |archive-date=2019-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428114935/https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/wiseman-adele |url-status=live }}</ref> Her parents were [[Russian Jews]] who emigrated from [[Ukraine]] to Canada, in part, to escape the [[pogroms]] that accompanied the [[Russian Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/adele-wiseman/|title=Adele Wiseman|last=Boyd|first=Colin|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2018-04-26|language=en|archive-date=2019-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105002839/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/adele-wiseman|url-status=live}}</ref>


In 1956, Wiseman published her first novel, ''The Sacrifice,'' which won the [[Governor General's Award]], Canada's most prestigious literary prize. Her only other novel, ''Crackpot,'' was published in 1974. Both novels deal with Jewish immigrant heritage, the struggle to survive [[the Depression]] and [[World War II]], and the challenges the next generation faced in acculturating to Canadian society.
In 1956, Wiseman published her first novel, ''The Sacrifice,'' which won the [[Governor General's Award]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ggbooks.ca/past-winners-and-finalists|title=Past GGBooks winners and finalists|website=Governor General's Literary Awards|language=en|access-date=2018-04-23|archive-date=2019-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404182809/https://ggbooks.ca/past-winners-and-finalists|url-status=live}}</ref> Canada's most prestigious literary prize. Her novel, ''Crackpot,'' was published in 1974.<ref name=":0"/> Both novels deal with Jewish immigrant heritage, the struggle to survive [[the Depression]] and [[World War II]], and the challenges the next generation faced in acculturating to Canadian society.


Wiseman also published plays, children's stories, essays, and other non-fiction. Her book, ''Old Woman at Play,'' examines and meditates on the creative process while paying tribute to Wiseman's mother and the dolls she made.
Wiseman also published plays, children's stories, essays, and other non-fiction. Her book, ''Old Woman at Play,'' examines and meditates on the creative process while paying tribute to Wiseman's mother and the dolls she made.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/forceofvocationl0000pano|title=The force of vocation : the literary career of Adele Wiseman|last=Ruth.|first=Panofsky|date=2006|publisher=University of Manitoba Press|isbn=0887556892|location=Winnipeg, Man.|oclc=243614302|url-access=registration}}</ref>


Wiseman was lifelong friends with [[Margaret Laurence]], another Canadian author from Manitoba. Her nephew, [[Jacques Distler]], is a theoretical physicist. She was an active and accessible Writer-in-Residence at the [[University of Windsor]] in her final years. At a campus rally against the First Gulf War, she read passionately a new poem denouncing war.
Wiseman was lifelong friends with [[Margaret Laurence]] who was another Canadian author from Manitoba.<ref name=":0"/> She was an active and accessible Writer-in-Residence at the [[University of Windsor]] in her final years. At a campus rally against the First Gulf War, she read passionately a new poem denouncing war.


==Selected works==
== Awards ==
* [[Governor General's Award for English-language fiction]] for ''The Sacrifice'' (1956)<ref name=":0"/><ref>"Governor-General Literature Awards Are Announced". ''[[Red Deer Advocate]]'', May 8, 1957.</ref>
* Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Award (1957)<ref name=":0" />
* Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews (1957)<ref name=":0" />
* Canadian Foundation fellowship (1957)<ref name=":0" />
* Guggenheim fellowship (1958) <ref name=":0" />
* Canada Council Arts Scholarship (1959)<ref name=":0" />
* Leipzig Book Fair Bronze Medal (1964)<ref name=":0" />
* Canadian Booksellers Association Book Award (1974)<ref name=":0" />
* J. I. Segal Foundation Award (1974 and 1988)<ref name=":0" />
* Three Guineas Charitable Foundation Agency Award (1984–1985)<ref name=":0" />

== Selected works ==
* ''The Sacrifice'' (1956)
* ''The Sacrifice'' (1956)
* ''Old Markets, New World'' (1964)
* ''Old Markets, New World'' (1964)
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* {{cite book|title=The Force of Vocation: The Literary Career of Adele Wiseman|author=Ruth Panofsky|year=2006|publisher=University of Manitoba Press|isbn=0-88755-689-2}}
* {{cite book|title=The Force of Vocation: The Literary Career of Adele Wiseman|author=Ruth Panofsky|year=2006|publisher=University of Manitoba Press|isbn=0-88755-689-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/forceofvocationl0000pano}}
* Valerie-Kristin Piehslinger. ''Portrayals of Urban Jewish Communities in U.S. American and Canadian Immigrant Fiction in Selected Texts by [[Anzia Yezierska]] and Adele Wiseman.'' AV Akademikerverlag, Saarbrücken 2013 {{ISBN|9783639463538}} {{URN|nbn|de:101:1-201304031931}}
* Adam Sol, David S. Koffman, Gary Barwin, Michael Greenstein, Ruth Panofsky, Lisa Richter, Emily Robins Sharpe, and Rhea Tregebov. [https://cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs/article/view/40296/36550 “Canadian Jewish Poetry: A Roundtable”], ''Canadian Jewish Studies / Études Juives Canadiennes'' vol. 34, 2022.

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== References ==
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== External links ==
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==References==
* [https://atom.library.yorku.ca/index.php/adele-wiseman-fonds Adele Wiseman archives] are held at the [[Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections]], [[York University Libraries]], [[Toronto]]
* {{cite web | title=Adele Wiseman | work=York University Libraries | url=http://www.library.yorku.ca/ccm/ArchivesSpecialCollections/FindingAids/CanadianLiterary/wiseman-adele.htm}}
* [http://www.library.yorku.ca/ccm/ArchivesSpecialCollections/FindingAids/CanadianLiterary/wiseman-adele.htm Adele Wisemen] at [[York University Libraries]]


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==External links==
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* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008664 Adele Wiseman] at [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]


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Latest revision as of 16:04, 2 November 2024

Adele Wiseman
Born(1928-05-21)May 21, 1928
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
DiedJune 1, 1992(1992-06-01) (aged 64)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
EducationUniversity of Manitoba (BA, 1949)
Notable awardsGovernor General's Award for English-language fiction (1956)

Adele Wiseman (May 21, 1928 – June 1, 1992)[1][2] was a Canadian author.

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she received a Bachelor of Arts in English literature and psychology from the University of Manitoba in 1949.[2] Her parents were Russian Jews who emigrated from Ukraine to Canada, in part, to escape the pogroms that accompanied the Russian Civil War.[3]

In 1956, Wiseman published her first novel, The Sacrifice, which won the Governor General's Award,[4] Canada's most prestigious literary prize. Her novel, Crackpot, was published in 1974.[2] Both novels deal with Jewish immigrant heritage, the struggle to survive the Depression and World War II, and the challenges the next generation faced in acculturating to Canadian society.

Wiseman also published plays, children's stories, essays, and other non-fiction. Her book, Old Woman at Play, examines and meditates on the creative process while paying tribute to Wiseman's mother and the dolls she made.[5]

Wiseman was lifelong friends with Margaret Laurence who was another Canadian author from Manitoba.[2] She was an active and accessible Writer-in-Residence at the University of Windsor in her final years. At a campus rally against the First Gulf War, she read passionately a new poem denouncing war.

Awards

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  • Governor General's Award for English-language fiction for The Sacrifice (1956)[2][6]
  • Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Award (1957)[2]
  • Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews (1957)[2]
  • Canadian Foundation fellowship (1957)[2]
  • Guggenheim fellowship (1958) [2]
  • Canada Council Arts Scholarship (1959)[2]
  • Leipzig Book Fair Bronze Medal (1964)[2]
  • Canadian Booksellers Association Book Award (1974)[2]
  • J. I. Segal Foundation Award (1974 and 1988)[2]
  • Three Guineas Charitable Foundation Agency Award (1984–1985)[2]

Selected works

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  • The Sacrifice (1956)
  • Old Markets, New World (1964)
  • Crackpot (1974)
  • Old Woman at Play (1978)
  • Memoirs of a Book Molesting Childhood and Other Essays (1987)
  • Kenji and the Cricket (1988)
  • Puccini and the Prowlers (1992)

Further reading

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  • Ruth Panofsky (2006). The Force of Vocation: The Literary Career of Adele Wiseman. University of Manitoba Press. ISBN 0-88755-689-2.
  • Valerie-Kristin Piehslinger. Portrayals of Urban Jewish Communities in U.S. American and Canadian Immigrant Fiction in Selected Texts by Anzia Yezierska and Adele Wiseman. AV Akademikerverlag, Saarbrücken 2013 ISBN 9783639463538 urn:nbn:de:101:1-201304031931
  • Adam Sol, David S. Koffman, Gary Barwin, Michael Greenstein, Ruth Panofsky, Lisa Richter, Emily Robins Sharpe, and Rhea Tregebov. “Canadian Jewish Poetry: A Roundtable”, Canadian Jewish Studies / Études Juives Canadiennes vol. 34, 2022.

References

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  1. ^ Boyd, Colin (2014-04-06). "Adele Wiseman". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Brown, Michael; Panofsky, Ruth (2021-06-23). "Adele Wiseman". Jewish Women's Archive. Archived from the original on 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  3. ^ Boyd, Colin. "Adele Wiseman". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  4. ^ "Past GGBooks winners and finalists". Governor General's Literary Awards. Archived from the original on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  5. ^ Ruth., Panofsky (2006). The force of vocation : the literary career of Adele Wiseman. Winnipeg, Man.: University of Manitoba Press. ISBN 0887556892. OCLC 243614302.
  6. ^ "Governor-General Literature Awards Are Announced". Red Deer Advocate, May 8, 1957.
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