Alice Nelson

After This: Survivors of the Holocaust Speak Alice Nelson

Marc Notes: As the Holocaust recedes in time and the last living witnesses to its terrible memory pass from the world, it becomes ever more important to listen to the stories of the survivors. To listen and attend and remember. Award-winning writer Alice Nelson presents and powerful collection of fourteen narratives by local Holocaust survivors. Each individual's account of the war years -- and of the life that followed -- tells a deeply personal story that affirms the resilience of the human spirit. Biographical Note: Alice Nelson is a Perth-born writer who has spent several years living and studying abroad. She studied creative writing at the University of Western Australia and in the renowned Master s program at the City University of New York in Manhattan. Her award-winning short fiction has appeared in journals such as "Southerly "and "Westerly" and she has been awarded residential fellowships at the Dorset Writers Colony in Vermont and at Varuna, the Writer s House in the Blue Mountains. She was the recipient of A T. A. G. Hungerford Award and was named Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist for her first novel "The Last Sky.""