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


Born in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], she received a B.A. in English literature and Psychology from the [[University of Manitoba]] in 1949.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/wiseman-adele|title=Adele Wiseman {{!}} Jewish Women's Archive|website=jwa.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-26}}</ref> Her parents were [[Russian Jews]] who emigrated from the [[Ukraine]] to Canada, in part, to escape the [[pogroms]] that accompanied the [[Russian Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/adele-wiseman/|title=Adele Wiseman|last=Boyd|first=Colin|work=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2018-04-26|language=en}}</ref>
Born in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], she received a B.A. in English literature and Psychology from the [[University of Manitoba]] in 1949.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/wiseman-adele|title=Adele Wiseman {{!}} Jewish Women's Archive|website=jwa.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-26}}</ref> Her parents were [[Russian Jews]] who emigrated from the [[Ukraine]] to Canada, in part, to escape the [[pogroms]] that accompanied the [[Russian Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite news|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}}</ref>


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}}</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.
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}}</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.<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 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]] 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.
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.

Revision as of 12:38, 20 December 2019

Adele Wiseman
Born(1928-05-21)May 21, 1928
Winnipeg, Manitoba
DiedJune 1, 1992(1992-06-01) (aged 64)
Toronto, Ontario

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

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she received a B.A. in English literature and Psychology from the University of Manitoba in 1949.[1] Her parents were Russian Jews who emigrated from the Ukraine to Canada, in part, to escape the pogroms that accompanied the Russian Civil War.[2]

In 1956, Wiseman published her first novel, The Sacrifice, which won the Governor General's Award,[3] Canada's most prestigious literary prize. Her novel, Crackpot, was published in 1974.[1] 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.[4]

Wiseman was lifelong friends with Margaret Laurence who was another Canadian author from Manitoba.[1] 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

  • 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

  • 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

Awards

  • Governor General's Award for Fiction (1956) [1]
  • Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Award (1957) [1]
  • Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews (1957)[1]
  • Canadian Foundation fellowship (1957)[1]
  • Guggenheim fellowship (1958) [1]
  • Canada Council Arts Scholarship (1959)[1]
  • Leipzig Book Fair Bronze Medal (1964)[1]
  • Canadian Booksellers Association Book Award (1974)[1]
  • J. I. Segal Foundation Award (1974 and 1988)[1]
  • Three Guineas Charitable Foundation Agency Award (1984–1985)[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Adele Wiseman | Jewish Women's Archive". jwa.org. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. ^ Boyd, Colin. "Adele Wiseman". Retrieved 2018-04-26. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |encyclopedia= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Past GGBooks winners and finalists". Governor General's Literary Awards. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  4. ^ Ruth., Panofsky (2006). The force of vocation : the literary career of Adele Wiseman. Winnipeg, Man.: University of Manitoba Press. ISBN 0887556892. OCLC 243614302.
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