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Erna Paris
Born(1938-05-06)6 May 1938
Toronto
Died3 February 2022(2022-02-03) (aged 83)
Alma materUniversity of Toronto, University of Paris
OccupationNon-fiction author

Erna Paris CM (6 May 1938 – 3 February 2022) was a Canadian non-fiction author.

Biography

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Erna Paris was born Erna Newman in Toronto to an essentially secular Jewish family.[1] She was the niece of classical pianist Beth Lipkin. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in Honours Philosophy and English, Paris moved to France for several years, where she continued her studies at the Sorbonne. She began her writing career in the 1970s as a magazine journalist and radio broadcaster/documentarist.

She was the author of seven books and the winner of twelve national and international prizes for her books, journalism, and radio documentaries. She was also a frequent contributor to the opinion page of the Globe and Mail.

Paris lived in Toronto with her second husband, Thomas M. Robinson, professor emeritus of Ancient Greek Philosophy and Classics at the University of Toronto. She had a daughter, Michelle, and a son, Roland. Paris died on 3 February 2022, at the age of 83.[2]

Awards and recognition

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Bibliography

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  • Jews, An Account of Their Experience in Canada. Toronto: Macmillan, 1980. ISBN 0-7715-9574-3
  • Stepfamilies: Making Them Work. Toronto: Avon, 1984. ISBN 0-380-86405-3
  • Unhealed Wounds: France and the Klaus Barbie Affair. Toronto: Methuen, 1985. ISBN 0-458-99820-6
  • The Garden and the Gun: A Journey Inside Israel. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1988 ISBN 0-88619-121-1
  • The End of Days: A Story of Tolerance, Tyranny, and the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain. Toronto: Lester, 1995. ISBN 1-895555-73-6
  • Long Shadows: Truth, Lies and History Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2000. ISBN 0-676-97251-9
  • The Sun Climbs Slow: Justice in the Age of Imperial America, Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2008. ISBN 978-0-676-97744-8
  • From Tolerance to Tyranny: A Cautionary Tale From Fifteenth-Century Spain, Toronto: Cormorant Books, 2015. ISBN 978-1-77086-397--2 (New edition of The End of Days.)

References

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  1. ^ Martin, Patrick (7 February 2022). "Acclaimed author Erna Paris explored discrimination and human rights". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. ^ Erna Paris obituary
  3. ^ "Order of Canada Appointments". The Governor General of Canada His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston. Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
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