name:"Aviva Ravel" found 299 records - The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network

Aviva Ravel - Biography and Bibliography

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Collection: Aviva Ravel Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records.

Fonds No.: 1058; 3; 00295

Collection: Aviva Ravel Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records.

Fonds No.: 1058

Series No.: 3

File No.: 00295

Storage Location: JPL; Bay 5; Ctn. 011

Creator: Aviva Ravel

Language: English

Subjects: Theatre; Plays; Writing - Fiction

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Aviva Ravel - Exerpts from 11 Plays and Poems

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Collection: Aviva Ravel Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: sound recording

Physical Description: 1 file of sound recordings.

Fonds No.: 1058; 3; 00281

Date: 2008

Collection: Aviva Ravel Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: sound recording

Physical Description: 1 file of sound recordings.

Date: 2008

Fonds No.: 1058

Series No.: 3

File No.: 00281

Storage Location: JPL; Bay 5; Ctn. 011

Creator: Aviva Ravel

Language: English

Subjects: Theatre; Plays; Writing - Fiction

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Aviva Ravel Fonds

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Collection: Aviva Ravel Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 3.3m of multiple media

Fonds No.: 1058

Scope and Content: Series 1 includes textual records and photographs, which are arranged following the principle of original order. Files also include scholarly works, handwritten and typed notes and drafts, newspaper clippings, promotional material, and professional correspondence regarding the works written, transl…

Collection: Aviva Ravel Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 3.3m of multiple media

Scope and Content: Series 1 includes textual records and photographs, which are arranged following the principle of original order. Files also include scholarly works, handwritten and typed notes and drafts, newspaper clippings, promotional material, and professional correspondence regarding the works written, translated, and produced by Aviva Ravel. Series 2 includes textual records of professional correspondence , which detail Avival Ravel's large body of work. The files are arranged following the original order. Files also include newspaper clippings, and promotional material. Series 3 includes textual records of notebooks in Yiddish.

Fonds No.: 1058

Storage Location: JPL; Bay 5

Creator: Aviva Ravel

Physical Condition: Good to excellent

History / Biographical: Author of more than 25 plays, numerous short stories, and works of non-fiction, Dr. Aviva Ravel's works concentrates heavily on Jewish life throughout the world and, more specifically, in Montreal. Her works have been featured on the CBC, Kol Isreal, and at the Saidye Bronfman Centre. Two of her plays were also adapted into film. Born in Montreal, Dr. Ravel holds a Ph.D in Canadian Theatre from McGill University, an M.A from the Université de Montréal, and a B.A from Concordia University. She taught English, drama, and Canadian literature at all three of these universities, including the Royal Military College. Dr. Ravel's work as an educator was not reserved only to college and university; she also taught regularly as an elementary teacher in Montreal as well as on a kibbutz in Israel. Since 1984 Aviva Ravel has been Artistic Director of Cameo Productions. She is also founder and director of the popular Performance Playreading Ensemble of the Cote St. Luc Library that has presented over 150 plays, both classical and modern, in the theatre auditorium. Dr. Ravel is the recipient of many awards including the Women Write for Theatre Award, J.I. Segal Award, Women's Press Club Award for Humour, Québec Drama Festival Award, Women's Federation Honoree for Contribution to Montreal Theatre, and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Québec Award. Recently, she was honoured by the Association for Canadian Theatre Research.