Frances Itani
Auteur de Deafening
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Œuvres de Frances Itani
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- Date de naissance
- 1942-08-25
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Canada
- Lieu de naissance
- Belleville, Ontario, Canada
- Lieux de résidence
- Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Quebec, Canada - Professions
- nurse
poet
essayist
fiction writer - Prix et distinctions
- Order of Canada
- Courte biographie
- 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.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 thirteen 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.
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Five star books (2)
Canadian Fiction (1)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 16
- Membres
- 1,481
- Popularité
- #17,343
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 77
- ISBN
- 102
- Langues
- 8
- Favoris
- 3