Freda Lewkowicz

Freda Lewkowicz is a writer and a retired teacher. She won the 2021 Astra International Picture Book Writing Contest for her manuscript titled SONGS OF THE REFUGEE. She is the recipient of the 2005 Quebec government Anne Greenup Award for Work Aganst Racism, Prejudice and Hate. Freda taught English at Rosemere High School for 39 years. She was also a part-time freelance journalist for Canadian newspapers. Today Freda is an advocate for her mother, a Holocaust survivor. Her parents’ stories inspired her to write picture books about the Holocaust, intergenerational love, and dementia. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.