Matas canadian authors biography
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Carol Matas
Born
November 14, 1949 (age 75)
Carol Matas (born November 14, 1949) is a Canadian writer known for After the War and The Primrose Path. For Dear Canada, she penned Footsteps in the Snow, Turned Away, Pieces of the Past, and contributed to two story collections. She also wrote Behind Enemy Lines in I Am Canada
Biography[]
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Matas was born on November 14, 1949 in Canada. She graduated for Actor's Lab in London, England. She also earned a B.A in English from the University of Western Ontario.
Matas has taught at Bemidji State University, University of Winnipeg, and at the Manitoba Arts Council. Many of her stories contain Jewish characters and themes and eleven of her stories include the Holocaust in them. At the request of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C.,
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David Matas
Canadian lawyer
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David MatasCM (born 29 August 1943) is the senior legal counsel of B'nai Brith Canada who currently resides in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has maintained a private practice in refugee, immigration, and human rights law since 1979, and has published various books and manuscripts.
Criticizing impunity for human rights abuses, Matas stated: "Nothing emboldens a criminal so much as the knowledge he can get away with a crime."[1]
Early life and education
[edit]David Matas was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba; his grandparents were immigrants from Ukraine and Romania.[citation needed] He obtained a B.A. from the University of Manitoba in 1964, and a Master of Arts from Princeton University in 1965. In 1967, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Jurisprudence) from the University of Oxford, England, and in 1968 he obtained a Bachelor of Civi
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Matas, Carol 1949-
Personal
Born November 14, 1949, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; daughter of Roy Joseph (a judge) and Ruth Gloria Matas; married Per K. Brask (a professor of theater), February 19, 1977; children: Rebecca Ellen, Aaron Samuel. Education: University of Western Ontario, B.A. (English), 1969; graduate, Actor's Lab (London, England), 1972. Religion: Jewish.
Addresses
Home—Canada. Agent—Transatlantic Literary Agency, Inc., 72 Glengowan Rd, Toronto, Ontario M4N 1G4, Canada. E-mail—[email protected].
Career
Writer and actor. University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, instructor of creative writing in Continuing Education Division. Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN, visiting professor; Manitoba Arts Council, artist-in-the-schools; Centennial Library, Winnipeg, writer-in-residence.
Member
International PEN, Writers' Union of Canada, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Perfor