Frances Itani

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Frances Susan Itani (born 25 August 1942) (née Hill) is a Canadian fiction writer, poet and essayist. She is a Member of the Order of Canada.

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.

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.

Bibliography

Children's

Linger By the Sea (1979) (illustrated by Molly Bobak)

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)

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 56860470 LCCN: n79020956 ISNI: 0000 0001 1934 8259 GND: 1011479974 BNF: cb14601630k

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Name	Itani, Frances
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Short description	Canadian writer
Date of birth	25 August 1942
Place of birth	Belleville, Ontario, Canada
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