Rosemary Sullivan

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Rosemary Sullivan

Rosemary Sullivan was a professor of literature, at the University of Toronto, the winner of multiple literary awards, a member of The Order of Canada, and the author of 14 books.[1]

In 2015 Sullivan published a biography of Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana.[2] It earned her The Writers' Trust of Canada Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.[1] The award was accompanied by $60,000 CAD.

Her authorship of a book documenting the work of a team re-investigating the question of who betrayed holocaust victim Anne Frank triggered challenges.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Hon. Hilary M. Weston and the Writers' Trust Present $60,000 Literary Award to Rosemary Sullivan for Expansive Biography of Stalin's Daughter". Newswire. 2015-10-16. Archived from the original on 2016-04-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20160401025203/https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/hon-hilary-m-weston-and-the-writers-trust-present-60000-literary-award-to-rosemary-sullivan-for-expansive-biography-of-stalins-daughter-530994231.html. Retrieved 2022-01-18. "The Writers' Trust of Canada announced tonight that Rosemary Sullivan has won the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction for Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva, published by HarperCollins Canada. The prize is the richest annual literary award for a book of nonfiction published in Canada." 
  2. Olga Grushin (2015-06-14). "‘Stalin’s Daughter,’ by Rosemary Sullivan". The New York Times: p. 9 of the Sunday Book Review. Archived from the original on 2021-04-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20210426042337/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/books/review/stalins-daughter-by-rosemary-sullivan.html. Retrieved 2022-01-18. "At 623 pages of text, plus sources and footnotes, the work may seem daunting, but it remains riveting throughout." 
  3. Nina Siegel (2022-01-18). "Scholars Doubt New Theory on Anne Frank’s Betrayal". The New York Times (Amsterdam): p. C2. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/books/anne-frank-betrayal-arnold-van-den-bergh.html. Retrieved 2022-01-18. "They hired the Canadian author Rosemary Sullivan to write a book, “The Betrayal of Anne Frank,” about the process, which she presented like a true-crime procedural. The book was published Tuesday in the United States and the Netherlands."