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.
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Frances Itani
- Born
- 1942 · Belleville.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- nurse · poet · novelist · writer
- Known for
- Deafening
- Honours
- Member of the Order of Canada
- Languages
- English
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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.
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Itani was born in Belleville, Ontario, 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. They resided in Ottawa, until his death due to a traumatic accident while out running. 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.
Children's
Children's
• Linger By the Sea (1979) (illustrated by Molly Bobak) • Best Friend Trouble (2014) (illustrated by Genevieve Despres)
Short stories
Short stories
• Pack Ice (1989) • Truth or Lies (1989) • Man Without Face (1994) • Poached Egg on Toast (2004)
Poetry
Poetry
• A Season of Mourning • No Other Lodgings (1978) • Rentee Bay: poems from the Bay of Quinte, 1785-89 (1983)
Novels
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)
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1942
Frances Itani born at Belleville.
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Deafening was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Award, and won the Commonwealth Writers Prize, Caribbean and Canada region. Itani was the 2021 recipient of the Writers' Trust of Canada's annual Matt Cohen Award.
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- 1."Belleville-born author Frances Itani won acclaim for new book's prequel". Belleville Intelligencer, August 29, 2014.
- 2.Frances Itani. advancereadingcopy-jon.blogspot.com/.
- 3.Jane van Koeverden, "Katherena Vermette, Tomson Highway and Cherie Dimaline among winners at 2021 Writers' Trust Awards". CBC Books, November 3, 2021.
- 4.Rifkind, Donna. The Anatomy of an Ordinary Existence. Washington Post. 25 Dec 2007.
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Frances Itani is recorded as having received Member of the Order of Canada.
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