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Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards

Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards

Details

Administered By:

Koffler Centre of the Arts

Scope:

national

Award Status:

Active

Website:

www.kofflerarts.org

Contact Info:

Evelyn Tauben
Head of Programs & Exhibitions
Helen & Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards
Koffler Centre of the Arts
4588 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON M2R 1W6
Tel: 416-638-1881 x 4249
Email

The Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards celebrate excellence in contemporary Canadian writing that reflects Jewish themes and subjects. The awards ceremony is a moving and inspiring ode to the most valued form of expression of the Jewish people – books. Prizes are given in History, Fiction, Yiddish, Youth Literature, Holocaust Literature, Biography & Memoir, Scholarship on a Jewish Subject, and Jewish Thought & Culture. The award is administered by the Koffler Centre of the Arts and is presented annually. Award winners do receive an honoraria for each award.

Submitted by meghan on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 14:50.

Award Recipients

Yearsort iconDetailRecipient
2012Lesley Simpson, Yuvi’s Candy Tree. Illustrated by Janice Lee Porter. Minneapolis, MN: Kar-Ben Publishing, 2011.
2011Judie Oron, Cry of the Giraffe. Toronto: Annick Press, 2010.
2010Louis L. Lockshin and Brenda Freedman Award in Youth LiteratureEva Wiseman, Puppet. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2009.
2009Louis L. Lockshin and Brenda Freedman AwardKathy Kacer, The Diary of Laura's Twin. Toronto: Second Story Press, 2008.
2008Frances and Samuel Stein Memorial Award in Youth LiteratureTina Grimberg, Out of Line: Growing up Soviet. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2007.
2007Frances and Samuel Stein Memorial Award in Children’s/YouthCarol Matas, Turned Away: The World War II Diary of Devora Bernstein. Markham, ON: Scholastic Canada, 2005.
2006Frances and Samuel Stein Memorial Award in Children/Youth LiteratureLynne Kositsky, The Thought of High Windows. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2004.
2005Frances and Samuel Stein Memorial Award in Children’s LiteratureAnne Dublin, Bobbie Rosenfeld: The Olympian Who Could Do Everything. Toronto: Second Story Press, 2004.
2004Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Award in Holocaust StudiesLillian Boraks-Nemetz and Irene N. Watts, Tapestry of Hope: Holocaust Writing for Young People.Toronto: Tundra Books, 2003.
2004Canadian Jewish News Prize in Children’s LiteratureAubrey Davis, Bagels from Benny. Illustrated by Dušan Petričić. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2003.
2003Isaac Frischwasser Memorial Award in Children’s LiteratureKaren Levine, Hana’s Suitcase. Toronto: Second Story Press, 2002.
2002Isaac Frischwasser Memorial Award for Children’s LiteratureCary Fagan, The Market Wedding. Illustrated by Regolo Ricci. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2000.
2001Isaac Frischwasser Memorial Award for Young Adult FictionIrene N. Watts, Remember Me. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2000.
2000Fanny Lidsky Memorial Prize for Young Adult FictionKathy Kacer, The Secret of Gabi’s Dresser. Toronto: Second Story Press, 1999.
1999Isaac Frischwasser Memorial Award for Young Adult FictionIrene N. Watts, Goodbye Marianne. Toronto: Tundra Books, 1998.
1998Rachel Bessin / Isaac Frischwasser Memorial Award for Young Adult FictionCarol Matas, The Garden. Richmond Hill, ON: Scholastic Canada, 1997.
1997Rachel Bessin/ Bessie and Harold Frisch Award for Young Adult FictionCarol Matas, After the War. Richmond Hill, ON: Scholastic Canada, 1996.
1996Rachel Bessin Memorial Award for Writing for Young PeopleWalter Buchignani, Tell No One Who You Are: The Hidden Childhood of Régine Miller. Montreal: Tundra Books, 1994.
1995Rachel Bessin Memorial Award for Writing for Young PeopleLillian Boraks-Nemetz, The Old Brown Suitcase. Brentwood Bay, BC: Ben-Simon Publications, 1994.