Malka Marom

{{Short description|Canadian writer, journalist, and radio broadcaster}} {{Infobox writer  | image = | birth_name = Malka Marom | birth_date = 1942

| native_name = Malka Marom Cohen | occupation = Writer, Journalist, Radio broadcaster, Folksinger, Dancer | nationality = Canadian/Israeli | period = 1960s to present | notableworks = ''Sulha'', ''[[Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words]]'', ''The Bite of the Big Apple''  | website = {{URL|malkamarom.com}} }}

{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} '''Malka Marom''' is a Canadian writer, journalist, radio broadcaster, folksinger and dancer. She is best known for her music career as part of the folksinging duo Malka & Joso in the 1960s, her radio documentaries, and more recently her novel ''Sulha'' (1999)<ref name="Moss2003">{{cite book|last=Moss|first=Laura|title=Is Canada Postcolonial?: Unsettling Canadian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-AavGBvbTkoC&pg=PA48|accessdate=7 May 2015|date=2003-05-26|publisher=Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press|isbn=9780889204164|pages=48–}}</ref> and book ''[[Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words]]'' (2014).

== Early life == Born in [[Poland]] or [[Hungary]], to Polish parents, Malka moved to Palestine when she was six weeks old.<ref>Shalev, Ben. (25 November 2014). The Israeli singer who discovered Joni Mitchell: A glimpse back, three decades on. ''[[Haaretz]]''. Retrieved from [https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/2014-11-25/ty-article/.premium/conversations-with-joni-mitchell-get-new-life/0000017f-ef6b-da6f-a77f-ff6f0cf40000 here]</ref> During her teens Malka participated in the folk dancing and singing Dalia Festival, and was an actress in the first film made in Israel, ''A Village Tale'', which is housed in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s archives. She studied at the Seminar Lewinsky in Tel Aviv but left a year before graduation to marry and move to [[Canada]].<ref>Malka: Her story. Retrieved from http://malkamarom.com/malka-her-story/</ref>

== Career ==

After moving to Canada, she formed half of the folksinging duo Malka and Joso with fellow singer Joso Spralja. The duo is credited with bringing "ethnic" music to Canada for the first time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Everett-Green |first=Robert |date=15 March 2000|title=Sonny & Cher, 'Ethnic' style; Malka and Joso never tried passing as WASPs.; They still became international folk stars. |publisher=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/sonny-cher-ethnic-style/article22402546/}}</ref> Their first performance was in 1963 at the [[Lord Simcoe Hotel]]. They toured Canada, the US, and England and released four LPs for [[Capitol Records]]: ''Introducing Malka and Joso'', ''Mostly Love Songs'', ''Jewish Songs'' and ''Malka and Joso – Folk Songs Around the World''. They also hosted "A Wonderful World of Music" on the CBCTV in 1966. The two parted ways in 1967, each pursuing a solo career.<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/malka-and-joso-emc Malka and Joso] at [[Encyclopedia of Music in Canada]], accessed September 2, 2019</ref> Malka also continued dancing, she danced in Charlotte de Neve & Garbut Roberts dance company’s recital ''From Ancient Roots''.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}

Malka continued to work for [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] producing radio documentaries including: ''The Bite of the Big Apple'' (following the Broadway run of the play [[Rockabye Hamlet|Kronberg: 1582]] and winner of the ACTRA Award in 1977).<ref>Downey, Dawn. (3 February 1979). From Hamlet to the Bedouin. "The Globe and Mail". Retrieved from http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/?verb=sr&csi=303830</ref> She also produced several other documentaries such as: The Bedouins, My Jerusalem, and the Holocaust. She hosted a weekly CBC Radio program called ''Songs of our People'' as well ''Mosaic'' on CityTV.<ref>Vasquez, Ar. (24 May 2014). Video: Malka Marom, author of 'Joni Mitchell in Her Own Words'. "Digital Journal". Retrieved from http://www.digitaljournal.com/a-and-e/entertainment/video-malka-marom-author-of-joni-mitchell-in-her-own-words/article/384597#ixzz3Zxxo15zo</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bluemetropolis.org/guest-authors/maron-malka/|publisher=Blue Metropolis|title=Marom, Malka|access-date=7 June 2015|archive-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531183022/http://bluemetropolis.org/guest-authors/maron-malka/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She also did a series of shows profiling musicians, singers and poets; such as [[Joni Mitchell]] and [[Leonard Cohen]].<ref>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|1434805152}} |last1=Livingstone |first1=David |date=20 May 1979 |title=The Malka mystique: from sixties folk-singer to award-winning radio producer, this sultry lady has always set her own style |work=[[The Toronto Star]]}}</ref>

In 1999 Malka published ''Sulha'', a novel set in the Bedouin tents of the Sinai desert, Israel and Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quillandquire.com/review/sulha/|last=Garvie|first=Maureen|title=Sulha|date=2 February 2004 |publisher=Quill and Quire}}</ref> that chronicles the story of an Israeli war widow who while grieving for her husband must decide whether to allow her son to serve in the same air force.<ref>Frastacky, Luba. (June 2001). New and improved!. The Halcyon, No. 27. Retrieved from http://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/sites/fisher.library.utoronto.ca/files/halcyon_june_2001.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626123612/http://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/sites/fisher.library.utoronto.ca/files/halcyon_june_2001.pdf |date=26 June 2015 }}</ref>

More recently she published ''Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words'', a narrative based on a series of interviews conducted with the singer over four decades<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quillandquire.com/review/joni-mitchell-in-her-own-words/|title=Joni Mitchell in Her Own Words|last=Gillis|first=Carla|date=19 November 2014 |publisher=Quill and Quire}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/05/22/staff-picks-girls-gangs-gimlet-eyes/|publisher=Paris Review|title=Staff Picks|date=22 May 2015}}</ref>

== Work ==

Publications: * ''Sulha'' (1999) * ''[[Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words]]'' (2014)

Documentaries: * "A Bite of the Big Apple" ([[ACTRA Award]]) * "Desert Diaries" * "My Jerusalem" * "The Holocaust" * "The Bedouins" ([[Ohio State Award]]) * "Joni Mitchell" (1975) * "Joni Mitchell" (1979) * "Pablo Casals (a one-hour interview broadcast on CBC series: Ideas)" * "Leanord Cohen" * "Music of Israel" * "Music of Mexico" * "Jilles Vinault" * "Nana Mouskouri" * "Irving Layton" * "Alden Nowlan"

Music: * "Malka & Joso: Forever" * "Malka & Joso: Mostly Love Songs" * "Malka & Joso: Jewish Songs" * "Malka & Joso: Folk Songs Around the World"

== References ==

==External links== * [http://malkamarom.com Her own website]

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