Creator Bio
Eva Hoffman
b. 1945
Born in Kraków, Eva Hoffman imigrated to Canada as a child, and now is a writer, speaker, and educator who has taught creative writing at a number of American universities. The author of a memoir, novels, and nonfiction addressing the Holocaust, she worked as an editor at the New York Times. In 1990 Hoffman received the Jean Stein Award for nonfiction. She lives in London.
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Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language
It is April 1959, I’m standing at the railing of the Batory’s upper deck, and I feel that my life is ending. I’m looking out at the crowd that has gathered on the shore to see the ship’s departure…