Frances Itani
Frances Susan Itani, née Hill (born August 25, 1942) is a Canadian fiction writer, poet and essayist. She is a Member of the Order of Canada.
Biography
Itani was born in Belleville, Ontario,[1] and grew up in Quebec. She studied nursing in Montreal and North Carolina, a profession which she taught and practised for eight years. However, after enrolling in a writing class taught by W. O. Mitchell, she decided to change careers.
She married Tetsuo (Ted) Itani, a retired Canadian Forces officer and humanitarian, in 1967.[2] They reside in Ottawa, Ontario.[1]
Itani has published eighteen books, ranging from fiction and poetry to a children's book. Her 2003 novel Deafening was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Award, and won the Commonwealth Writers Prize, Caribbean and Canada region, and has been published in 16 countries.
Awards
- Deafening was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Award, and won the Commonwealth Writers Prize, Caribbean and Canada region
Bibliography
Children's
- Linger By the Sea (1979) (illustrated by Molly Bobak)
- Best Friend Trouble (2014) (illustrated by Genevieve Despres)
Short stories
- Pack Ice (1989)
- Truth or Lies (1989)
- Man Without Face (1994)
- Poached Egg on Toast (2004)
Poetry
- A Season of Mourning
- No Other Lodgings (1978)
- Rentee Bay: poems from the Bay of Quinte, 1785-89 (1983)
Novels
- Leaning, Leaning Over Water (1998)
- Deafening (2003)
- Remembering the Bones (2007)
- Missing (2011)
- Requiem (2011)
- Tell (2014) (shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize)
- That's My Baby (2017)
- The Company We Keep (2020)
References
- ^ a b "Belleville-born author Frances Itani won acclaim for new book's prequel". Belleville Intelligencer, August 29, 2014.
- ^ "Frances Itani". advancereadingcopy-jon.blogspot.com/. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
External links
- Biography at Canada Reads
- Archives of Frances Itani (Frances Itani fonds (R11753) are held at National Archives of Canada
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