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Dan Yashinsky

Dan Yashinsky
Dan Yashinsky, 2025
Born
Detroit, Michigan
Alma materUniversity of California
University of Toronto
OccupationStoryteller
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Dan Yashinsky, born in Detroit, is a Canadian author and storyteller.[1][2]

Born in Detroit, Dan Yashinsky was educated in Santa Barbara, then moved to Toronto at the age of 21.[2]

He studied at the College of Creative Studies of the University of California where he receive a bachelor's degree in literature followed by a master's degree in sociology and education at the University of Toronto.[1]

In 1978 he established Toronto's 1001 Friday Nights of Story Telling, considered to be the longest running open mic in North America.[2][3] In 1979 he established the Toronto Festival of Storytelling which he directed for four years.[4] He is also the cofounder of Storytelling Toronto, formerly known as the Storytellers School of Toronto.[5]

He created and hosted the CBC radio show "Talking Stick" in 1999.[1][5] In 2006 he collaborated with composer and musician Brian Katz to create a piece that addresses the experiences of neonatal intensive care units.[5] Their work, "Talking You In", was inspired by the three-week stay that Yashinsky's son, Jacob, spent in intensive care after his birth[6] and has been performed at hospitals and festivals around the world.[5]

A world renowned storyteller,[7] he has performed and taught the art of story telling at numerous festivals in Canada, The U.S., Asia and Europe.[5][8] He has also been a storyteller in residence for numerous institutions such as UNICEF Canada, Queen's University at Kingston, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care and many others.[5][9]

His inspiration derives from his Jewish, Turkish, Romanian, American and French heritages as well as his world travels.[3]

In 2018, Jacob Yashinsky-Zavitz, son of Dan Yashinsky and Carol Zavitz, died at age 26 following a car accident.[10][11]

Works

Story Collections

  • Tales for an Unknown City : Stories from One Thousand and One Friday Nights of Storytelling, Montréal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990, 265 p. ISBN 0773507868.
  • The Storyteller at Fault, Charlottetown, Ragweed Press, 1998, 254 p. ISBN 0921556292, 9780921556299.
  • Suddenly They Heard Footsteps : Storytelling for the Twenty-First Century, Toronto, Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2004, 317 p. ISBN 0676975925.
  • Swimming with Chaucer : A Storyteller's Logbook, London, Insomniac Press, 2013, 238 p. ISBN 9781554831098, 1554831091.
  • At the Edge : A Book of Risky Stories, Charlottetown, Ragweed Press, 1998, 254 p. ISBN 0921556748, 9780921556749.

Collaborations

Other

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Dan Yashinsky". tellery.com. 2012-05-25. Archived from the original on 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  2. ^ a b c "Dan Yashinsky". Spacing. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  3. ^ a b "Dan Yashinsky". mariposaintheschools.ca. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  4. ^ "Dan Yashinsky, Ideas That Matter". ideasthatmatter.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-16. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Dan Yashinsky - List of storytellers - Storytellers of Canada". storytellers-conteurs.ca. Archived from the original on 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  6. ^ "Storytelling in the neonatal unit". The Toronto Star. 2008-08-16. ISSN 0319-0781. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  7. ^ "Dan Yashinsky à Rimouski et Métis-sur-Mer". lavantage.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  8. ^ "Dan Yashinsky | University Press of Mississippi". upress.state.ms.us. Archived from the original on 2022-07-02. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  9. ^ "Baycrest Centre - Artist-in-Residence (Storycare)". baycrest.org. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  10. ^ "Watch & Listen". STORYCARE. Archived from the original on 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  11. ^ "JACOB YASHINSKY-ZAVITZ Obituary (2018) Toronto Star". Legacy.com. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2022-04-27.

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