Inge Israel
{{Short description|Canadian poet and playwright (1927–2019)}}
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Inge Israel (July 16, 1927 - August 5, 2019)[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timescolonist/obituary.aspx?n=inge-israel&pid=193603641&fhid=6809 Inge Israel, Obituary, Victoria Times-Colonist] was a Canadian poet and playwright who wrote in French and English.[https://ronsdalepress.com/authors/inge-israel/ Inge Israel, Ronsdale Press]
Early life
Inge Israel (née Margulies[http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=9 Werner Israel, scientist profile]) was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1927. The rise of the Nazism in Germany led to her parents escaping with her to France.[https://bcbooklook.com/2016/09/20/inge-examines-her-global-life/ "Inge examines her global life" in BC Book Look] She has also lived in Ireland and Denmark.The League of Canadian Poets, 192 Spadina Avenue, Suite 312, Toronto ON M5T 2C2The National Library of Canada, Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0N4SOCAN Copyright, 41 Valleybrook Drive, Toronto ON M3B 2S6Writers' Guild of Alberta, Percy Page Centre, 11759 Groat Road, Edmonton AB T5M 3K6
She met her husband, physicist Werner Israel in Dublin, Ireland,[https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/my-friend-the-genius-piece-of-stephen-hawking-history-almost-lost-to-time-1.23812064 "My friend the genius" Richard Watts, Times Colonist MAY 5, 2019 ] and in 1958 they moved to Edmonton, Alberta in Canada.[https://abcbookworld.com/writer/israel-inge/ Inge Israel, ABC BOOKWORLD] They later moved to Victoria, British Columbia in 1996.
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,Ronsdale Press [http://ronsdalepress.com/authors/inge-israel/ "Ronsdale Press, Inge Israel"], Ronsdale Press 1988-2009. 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 Amazon.com [https://www.amazon.com/Rifts-Visible-Felures-dans-visible/dp/0921870450 "Amazon.com, Rifts in the Visible/Fêlures dans le Visible"], Amazon.com 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}}
References
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