Therese Zrihen-Dvir is an Israeli-Canadian author. She was born in Marrakech Morocco in 1945, behind the ramparts of the Mellah of Marrakech. She attended the Jacques Biggart Primary school and George et Maurice Leven Junior/High school. In 1966, she completed her free lance studies in French literature and Arts, while she was employed as the secretary of Mr. Tahar Ou Assou, the Governor of Marrakech district until her emigration to Israel in 1967. Today she is an English, French and Hebrew Writer, published author, researcher, editor, redactor,translator, and art critic.
Level of Education: French Literature, Arts and Business Management.
Languages: English and French (as mother tongue) Hebrew, Arabic and Persian.
Occupation: she retired after a very a successful professional life as a Banker, an Administrator and Director of hi-tech companies.
She writes since her childhood. Her literary talents first came to the fore with essays which were read widely both within and outside the school and some even published in local newspapers. Later when she completed her secondary studies, she began to write poems on various subjects and a number of these were aired in programs of the Moroccan Radio Station.
Whilst she would have preferred it, she was not able to follow a literary career as her family and herself immigrated to Israel where she was perforce obliged to earn a regular income. Then she married and subsequently had three children.
Her ex-husband was/is an artist/painter and when he traveled to Canada to take up a position as an artist in residence with the Roman Catholic Board of Education in Hamilton, she, of course, accompanied him with the children. In Canada both his biography and catalogue of his works were published under the auspices of the Catholic Board. As her command of English was better than his, she in effect, compiled and wrote both publications.
Published Books
editTHE CHALLENGE (ISBN 0-920821-00-6) was a biography of EITAN DVIR, painter and artist, written in English and French and published in 1985 in Canada, under the auspices of the Canadian Roman Catholic Educational Board. Publisher: Promark Ontario-Canada.
THE HAND OF DIVINE JUSTICE (ISBN 978-0-9715402-4-8) was published on 2007 by Barnhardt & Ashe Publishers, Florida, USA. Today this book is publically available and is also held in university libraries of the US the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Los Angeles, New York and Jerusalem and in the University of Gottingen in Germany Stanford university USA Fenton English Library & Media Center USA Florida Atlantic University USA University of British Columbia Library
A QUEST FOR LIFE (ISBN 978-1-8479-9188-1)a part of the National Library of Australia
THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN 2011 (ISBN 978-965-229-474-6)Gefen Publishing House - Jerusalem - New York
"Il était une fois Marrakech la juive" originally titled "Life Gates" has three versions, English, French and Hebrew. Published by l'Harmattan in 2012, Paris, France. The Hebrew Version is recommanded by the israeli Ministry of Education.
"Il sentait bon le sable chaud, mon légionnaire" published by la Société des écrivains, Paris, France, 2013
"Les Confessions de Michka" published by Tatamis, Paris; France, 2014
"Comment Jésus fut créé" published by Tatamis, Paris, France, 2015
"La chasse à l'arc en ciel"published by l'Harmattan 2015, Paris France
"Derrière les remparts du Mellah de Marrakech" published by l'Harmattan 2015, Paris; France
"Hans et le petit chaperon rouge" Published by l'Harmattan 2016, Paris, France
The majority of the books are in two or three languages (French, English and Hebrew)
References
editExternal Links
edithttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4575991.Therese_Zrihen_Dvir
http://www.lemag.ma/Il-etait-une-fois-Marrakech-la-Juive--de-Therese-Zrihen-Dvir_a61720.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WguFPMlsvmk
http://www.radiochalomnitsan.com/podcasts/therese-zrihen-dvir-pause-litt%C3%A9raire-5313
http://www.agoravox.fr/culture-loisirs/culture/article/il-etait-une-fois-marrakech-la-118167
http://esra-magazine.com/blog/author/Therese%20Zrihen-Dvir-313
http://www.librarything.com/work/10274718
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/79113/remembering-israels-victims-terror-jamie-glazov
http://www.jerusalemplus.com/la-banalite-du-mal-dhannah-arendt/
http://www.europe-israel.org/2014/05/la-banalite-du-mal-dhanna-arendt-par-therese-zrihen-dvir/
http://therese-zrihen-dvir.over-blog.com/2014/05/la-banalite-du-mal-d-hannah-arendt.html