Inge Israel

Inge Israel (July 16, 1927 - August 5, 2019) was a Canadian poet and playwright who wrote in French and English.

Early life

Inge Israel (née Margulies ) was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1927. The rise of the Nazism in Germany led to her parents escaping with her to France. She has also lived in Ireland and Denmark.

She met her husband, physicist Werner Israel in Dublin, Ireland, and in 1958 they moved to Edmonton, Alberta in Canada. They later moved to Victoria, British Columbia in 1996. poetry, Ronsdale Press, Vancouver, 1991. - Unmarked Doors, poetry, Ronsdale Press, Vancouver, 1992. - Le Tableau Rouge, short stories (French), Ed. du Vermillon, 1997. - Rifts in the Visible/Fêlures dans le Visible poetry (bilingual), Ronsdale Press, 1997. - Ucho no Samon, Japanese translation of Raking Zen Furrows, Bungeisha Press, Japan, 2007. - Beckett Soundings, poetry, Ronsdale Press, to be published in March 2011. - Finding the Words, autobiography, Niagara: Seraphim Editions 2016.

Plays

- Clean Breast, drama in 2 acts, Questex, 1999. - The Unwritten Letters/Wild Rhythm, 2 dramas, Questex, 1999. - Philosophy & Other Catastrophes, play, Questex, 2005.

Essays, plays, and poetry published in anthologies

- L'ouest en Nouvelles, Editions des Plaines, 1986. - Sous le Soleil de L'ouest, Ed. des Plaines, 1988. - Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, Japan, 1993. - Eating Apples, NeWest Press, Edmonton, AB, 1994. - Littérature et culture francophones de Colombie-Britannique, Les Editions David, 2004. - Sweet Lemons 2, Legas of Mineola, New York & Ottawa, 2010.