Eva Kushner
Eva Milada Ruth Kushner OC FRSC (née Dubska; June 18, 1929 – January 28, 2023) was a Canadian scholar of Comparative literature and French, Renaissance, and Canadian literature.
She was the President of Victoria University in 1987. In 1997, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. She was the first woman to be a university president in Ontario, Canada.
Eva Kushner | |
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| Born | Eva Milada Ruth Dubska June 18, 1929 |
| Died | January 28, 2023 (aged 93) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Education | McGill University (BA, MA, PhD) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
Biography
Eva Dubska was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia on June 18, 1929. She lived in France from 1939 to 1945, returned briefly to Czechoslovakia after World War II, and then moved to Canada in 1946.
Kushner attended McGill University and obtained a BA in Philosophy and Psychology in 1948. In 1950, she obtained an MA in Philosophy and in 1956, she obtained a PhD in French Literature. In 1971, she was named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Kushner became President of Victoria University in 1987 and held that position until 1994. She also served as Chair of the Royal Society of Canada Committee on Freedom of Scholarship and Science from 1993 to 1998.
In 1997, the Canadian government awarded her the Order of Canada award.
Personal life
In 1949, Eva Dubska married scientist and writer Donn Kushner. The two were together until his death in 2001. They had three sons.
Kushner died on January 28, 2023, at the age of 93.
Works
As author
| Year | Title | Translated title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Patrice de la Tour du Pin | ||
| Le mythe d'Orphee dans la litterature francaise contemporaine | The myth of Orphee in contemporary French literature | ||
| 1963 | Chants de Boheme | Songs of Bohemia | |
| 1967 | Saint-Denys Garneau | ||
| 1972 | Francois Mauriac |
As editor
| Year | Title | Translated title | Ref. |
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| 1984 | Renewals in the Theory of Literary History | ||
| 1995 | La problematique du sujet chez Montaigne | The problematic of the subject in Montaigne | |
| 1996 | Constraints to Freedom of Scholarship and Science |
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External links
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