Meet your new Old South Neighbour – Daniel Soha Born in Aix-en-Provence (France) to Hungarian-speaking pa- rents, Daniel Soha is the holder of a Master’s degree in Anglo-American studies and a Masters of Education from the University of Aix-Marseille. A citizen of both France and Canada, he recently moved to Old South London to be near family. His pre-retirement roles as a translator with the United Nations, and a columnist for French cultural magazines in Singapore and Boston “became a kind of warm-up for writing fiction” he explains. He has published a number of novels and collections of short stories in French, was a two-time finalist of the Trillium Awards, and a two-time winner of the prize awarded by the French Book Fair in Toronto. A board member of the London Writers Society, Daniel describes his new book Sam’s Orchid as a “moral tale of beauty, sex, love, and the movies.” The book is available at Little Wren Books on Adelaide Street and at mosaicpress. ca/products/sams- orchid, and on Amazon.ca.
my favourites) and I go to the gym regularly and I spoil my four grandchildren.” Daniel used to paint “many years ago, but I recently picked up my brushes again.” “My first impressions about Old South (in a nutshell): friendly, pleasant, pretty (nice architecture, beautiful tree-lined streets), culture and community-minded, respectful of nature and animal life, hedonistic, teeming with pedestrians. and smelling of flowers (in the summer) and good food,” he says. “The London Writers Society recently had a display/book sale at the Wesley Knox United Church, and again I was struck by the incredible attractiveness of the neighbourhood. For Salvador Dali, the center of the world was the Perpignan railroad station, for me it is pretty much Tuckey’s! Learn more about Daniel at www.danielsoha.com.
Daniel says he’s a collector “of mo- vies (DVDs), of pop-up books (!!), of North American native art (Pueblo pottery, Navajo rugs, Inuit and Iroquois sculptures), of original posters and paint- ings, and quite simply, of any oddities I can get my hands on, notably 1970s objects and paraphernalia. I also cook and was the author of a cookbook. I love sports (Rugby and boxing being
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