Judith Kalman (1954–) was born in Budapest, Hungary. She later moved to Montreal where she would earn a B.A. from Concordia University. She continued on to complete her M.A. at the University of Windsor, studying English and creative writing. Kalman has lived across Canada, in Grand Prairie Alberta, as well as Windsor Ontario. Kalman has published many poems, essays and short stories. Her larger works consist of a short story collection entitled The County of Birches (1998), as well as a memoir, Lost and Found (2015), which received Honourable Mention by Memoir Magazine’s 2020 Memoir Book Prize. In 2015, Kalman travelled to Lüneburg, Germany to testify at the trial of Oskar Groening. She also traveled to Detmold, Germany in 2016 to be a co-plaintive at the trial of Reinhold Hanning. Her essay “Testifying” was chosen by the series editor of Best American Essays 2018 ‒ Robert Atwan ‒ as a “notable” essay. Kalman currently lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Sources:
“Biography.” Judith Kalman. judithevakalman.com/biography/.
“Member Profile: Judith Kalman.” The Writer’s Union of Canada. www.writersunion.ca/member/judith-kalman.