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Frances Itani

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August 25, 1942 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada

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Frances Susan Itani is a Canadian fiction writer, poet and essayist.

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 ten books, ranging from fiction and poetry to a children's book. Her 2003 novel Deafening, published in 16 countries, won the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Canada and Caribbean Region) and the Drummer General’s Award for Fiction and was a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Her short story collection, Poached Egg on Toast, won the Ottawa Book Award and the CAA Jub...more

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Average rating: 3.65 · 1,268 ratings · 254 reviews · 15 distinct works

	Deafening 3.70 avg rating — 814 ratings — published 2003 — 25 editions	My rating:
	Remembering The Bones: [A Novel] 3.45 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Requiem 4.13 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Leaning, Leaning Over Water 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Poached Egg On Toast: Short Stories 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Missing 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Remembering the Bones 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Poached Egg on Toast 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Truth Or Lies 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Man Without Face 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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