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Arts & Literature
Miriam Dworkin Waddington
Who
Miriam Dworkin Waddington · Arts & Literature
What
Poet / lyricist
When
1917, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada — 2004, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Where
Canada
Biography
Miriam Dworkin Waddington is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Poet / lyricist
How & why
Miriam Waddington (née Dworkin) was a Canadian poet, short-story writer, social worker and translator, one of Canada's leading mid-century poets and an early translator of Yiddish literature into English. Born into a Russian-Jewish immigrant family in Winnipeg, she wrote often about Jewish life, immigration and social justice. She was Jewish.
Sources & external links
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Poets & Lyricists
Contributions & Sources
Poet / lyricist
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Poets & Lyricists
