Inge Israel

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Inge Israel (July 16, 1927 - August 5, 2019) [1] was a Canadian poet and playwright who wrote in French and English. [2]

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Early life

Inge Israel (née Margulies [3] ) was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1927. The rise of the Nazism in Germany led to her parents escaping with her to France. [4] She has also lived in Ireland and Denmark. [5] [6] [7] [8]

She met her husband, physicist Werner Israel in Dublin, Ireland, [9] and in 1958 they moved to Edmonton, Alberta in Canada. [10] They later moved to Victoria, British Columbia in 1996. [10]

Awards

The recipient of several poetry prizes, Inge Israel was named Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1998.

Her play, Pensées Inédites was broadcast on Radio Canada and several stories and poetry cycles were broadcast on the CBC and the BBC. In addition to readings of her poetry in Canada, Europe and Japan, Inge Israel has given dramatized presentations of her plays in Canada and Japan.

Works

Books

- Réflexions, poetry (French), Ed. St.Germain-des-Prés, Paris, 1978. ISBN   2-243-00827-0
- Même le Soleil a des Taches, poetry, Ed. St.Germain-des-Prés, 1980. ISBN   2-243-01134-4
- Aux Quatre Terres, poetry (French), Ed. du Vermillon, Ottawa, 1990. ISBN   0-919925-52-9
- Raking Zen Furrows, [11] poetry, Ronsdale Press, Vancouver, 1991. ISBN   0-921870-05-1
- Unmarked Doors, poetry, Ronsdale Press, Vancouver, 1992. ISBN   0-921870-16-7
- Le Tableau Rouge, short stories (French), Ed. du Vermillon, 1997. ISBN   1-895873-48-7
- Rifts in the Visible/Fêlures dans le Visible [12] poetry (bilingual), Ronsdale Press, 1997. ISBN   0-921870-45-0
- Ucho no Samon, Japanese translation of Raking Zen Furrows, Bungeisha Press, Japan, 2007. ISBN   978-4-286-03632-8
- Beckett Soundings, poetry, Ronsdale Press, to be published in March 2011. ISBN   978-1553801122
- Finding the Words, autobiography, Niagara: Seraphim Editions 2016. ISBN   978-1927079409

Plays

- Clean Breast, drama in 2 acts, Questex, 1999. ISBN   1-896913-23-7
- The Unwritten Letters/Wild Rhythm, 2 dramas, Questex, 1999. ISBN   1-896913-24-5
- Philosophy & Other Catastrophes, play, Questex, 2005. ISBN   1-896913-45-8

Essays, plays, and poetry published in anthologies

- L'ouest en Nouvelles, Editions des Plaines, 1986. ISBN   978-0-920944-64-6
- Sous le Soleil de L'ouest, Ed. des Plaines, 1988. ISBN   0-920944-71-X
- Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, Japan, 1993.
- Eating Apples, NeWest Press, Edmonton, AB, 1994. ISBN   978-0-920897-79-9
- Littérature et culture francophones de Colombie-Britannique, Les Editions David, 2004. ISBN   978-2-89597-025-5
- Sweet Lemons 2, Legas of Mineola, New York & Ottawa, 2010. ISBN   1-881901-76-9

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References

  1. Inge Israel, Obituary, Victoria Times-Colonist
  2. Inge Israel, Ronsdale Press
  3. Werner Israel, scientist profile
  4. "Inge examines her global life" in BC Book Look
  5. The League of Canadian Poets, 192 Spadina Avenue, Suite 312, Toronto ON M5T 2C2
  6. The National Library of Canada, Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0N4
  7. SOCAN Copyright, 41 Valleybrook Drive, Toronto ON M3B 2S6
  8. Writers' Guild of Alberta, Percy Page Centre, 11759 Groat Road, Edmonton AB T5M 3K6
  9. "My friend the genius" Richard Watts, Times Colonist MAY 5, 2019
  10. 1 2 Inge Israel, ABC BOOKWORLD
  11. Ronsdale Press "Ronsdale Press, Inge Israel", Ronsdale Press 1988-2009.
  12. Amazon.com "Amazon.com, Rifts in the Visible/Fêlures dans le Visible", Amazon.com