Chava Rosenfarb

1923–2011

Polish-born Chava Rosenfarb, who survived the Holocaust and later immigrated to Canada, was an award-winning author of Yiddish novels, plays, poems, and short fiction. Her writing was heavily influenced by her experiences during World War II. Among other literary honors, she was the recipient of the Sholem Aleichem Prize, the I. J. Segal Prize, the John Glassco Prize, and an honorary degree from the University of Lethbridge.

Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator

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The Tree of Life: A Novel about Life in the Lodz Ghetto

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Presess Rumkowski plunged into the sea of activities and duties like a brave captain who knows his destination, sure that no blizzard, no stormy chaos will cause the ship entrusted into his hands by…

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The Greenhorn

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At the exit, behind the plywood counter, sits the foreman holding a bottle of Coke to his mouth. “Hey you! Come over here,” he calls to Barukh. Barukh’s heart skips a beat. Someone else once called to…