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Shira Nayman Shira Nayman i(A111457 works by)
Born: Established:
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South Africa,
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Southern Africa, Africa, ;
Gender: Female
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1 3 y separately published work icon The Listener Shira Nayman , New York (City) : Scribner , 2009 Z1667409 2009 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Awake in the Dark : Stories Shira Nayman , New York (City) : Scribner , 2006 Z1445203 2006 selected work short story

Set against a backdrop of the Holocaust, Awake in the Dark was written while Nayman was living in Mexico. Her fiction uses mid-twentieth century settings and psychological detail in a study of the self and the effect of the Holocaust on individuals and families.

Source: Shira Nayman, website, www.shiranayman (sighted 19/11/2007)

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