Raya Goldtwig

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About The Author

Raya Goldtwig was born in Warsaw and spent her early childhood moving through Russia and wartime Europe, later living in a refugee camp in Germany. She arrived in Melbourne in 1950, speaking six languages. She studied linguistics at Monash University, and her translations of poems by Osip Mandelstam and a creative nonfiction story have appeared in Australian literary journals. She lives in Melbourne and will turn ninety in 2026.

Books by Raya Goldtwig

The World Belongs to the Children

The powerful lessons of a childhood under the shadow of war

By Raya Goldtwig

A compelling and lyrical memoir of a young Jewish girl in WWII Europe and Russia, learning the importance of connection and community even as the world grows dark around her.


We are all formed by our childhoods. These are the years that define us, and that teach us the most i...

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