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Theodore Odrach |
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Theodore Odrach |
"Open Book Toronto: Tell us about your father, Theodore Odrach.
Erma Odrach: After the end of WWII, my father found himself roaming around Europe. Marrying and living in Manchester, England for five years, in 1953, together with my mother, he immigrated to Canada. My parents bought a Victorian-semi in Toronto's west-end (not far from the Ex), and it was there that my father penned several novels and books of short stories, all in the Ukrainian language."
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"Toronto Publishing Examiner: Welcome to Examiner.com, Erma. Thanks for making some time for us.
Erma Odrach: Hello Renee, I'd like to thank you for inviting me.
TPE: Your father wrote Wave of Terror after immigrating to Canada. Do you think he expected that it would ever be translated to English?
EO: My father was a WWII refugee and immigrated to Canada in 1953. He bought a house in Toronto's west end, and it was there that he penned Wave of Terror, along with several other novels and books of short stories. As far as Wave of Terror is concerned, he actually didn't start it till the 60's, though it had been on his mind a long time. For an émigré writer living in Toronto in the 50's and 60's and writing in Ukrainian, the prospect of translation was virtually nil, simply because there were no translators around. His readership, at best, was limited to a very small number of fellow-immigrants, and his books were banned in the Soviet Union..."
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"Literature and Fiction: "Today's guest, Erma Odrach, is focusing her attention on translating the works of her father, Theodore Odrach. Wave of Terror is his first novel to appear in English. What is Wave of Terror about?
Erma: Well, I think one has to take a brief look at my father's life to really understand what Wave of Terroris about. My father was born in Belarus (then a part of Czarist Russia), and in 1939 he became caught up in Stalin's world ... "
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