Frances Itani





Frances Itani

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born
August 25, 1942 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada

gender
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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


Average rating: 3.65 · 1,268 ratings · 254 reviews · 15 distinct works
Deafening
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 814 ratings — published 2003 — 25 editions
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Remembering The Bones: [A N...
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions
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Requiem
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions
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Leaning, Leaning Over Water
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions
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Poached Egg On Toast:  Shor...
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Missing
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Remembering the Bones
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Poached Egg on Toast
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Truth Or Lies
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Man Without Face
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