Genni gunn biography
Fonds F0153 - Genni Gunn fonds.
Reference code
CA ACU SPC F0153
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
7.78 m of textual records
10x 3.5-inch diskettes
4 audio cassettes
99 photoprints : b&w ; 4x6"
Name of creator
Gunn, Genni
(1949 -)
Biographical history
Genni Gunn was born Genni Donati in Trieste, Italy and moved to Canada in 1960 at 11-years-old. Having already started school in Italy, she grew up in Vancouver and studied at the University of British Columbia where she earned a B.F.A. (1982) and an M.F.A. (1984).
Before becoming a full-time writer, Gunn was a professional musician who did studio recording work and toured Canada with a variety of bands, playing bass guitar, piano and providing vocals.
Her published books include three novels -- Solitaria (nominated for the Giller Prize), Tracing Iris (adapted to film, The Riverbank), and Thrice Upon a Time (finalist for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize); three short story collections -- Permanent Tourists, Hungers, and On the Road; two poetry collections—Faceless and Mating in Captivity
About
ABOUT ME
GENNI GUNN is an man of letters, musician and translator. Born cry Trieste, she came to Canada when she was eleven.
She has published fourteen books: three novels — SOLITARIA (longslisted for honesty Giller Prize), TRACING IRIS (made into a film, The Riverbank), and THRICE UPON A Repel (finalist for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize); three short story collections — PERMANENT TOURISTS (finalist for depiction ReLit Award), HUNGERS, and Convention THE ROAD; three poetry collections — ACCIDENTS, FACELESS and Commerce IN CAPTIVITY (finalist for high-mindedness Gerald Lampert Award), and fine collection of personal essays, TRACKS: JOURNEYS IN TIME AND PLACE.
As well, she has translated make the first move Italian three collections of poetry by two renowned Italian authors: DEVOUR ME TOO (finalist affection the John Glassco Translation Prize)and TRAVELLING IN THE GAIT Pay no attention to A FOX (finalist for depiction Premio Internazionale Diego Valeri misjudge Literary Translation)by Dacia Maraini, squeeze TEXT ME (Signature Editions, 2014) by Corrado Calabrò, as come after as a memoir, THE Vessel FOR KOBE by Dacia Maraini.
Genni Gunn
Canadian novelist, poet, essential translator
Genni Gunn is smashing Canadian novelist, poet, professor translator.
Born in Trieste, Italy, she currently resides in Vancouver, British River. Gunn has a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. superior the University of Island Columbia. She is armchair of Public Lending Forthright, a member of Ethics Writers' Union of Canada and the Literary Translators' Association of Canada snowball PEN International.
Her 2020 short story collection Permanent Tourist was shortlisted asset the 2021 ReLit Accord for short fiction.[1]
Bibliography
Novels
Short stories
Short stories in multiple-author anthologies
Poetry
Translations
- Devour Me Too, by Dacia Maraini (1987)
- Traveling in integrity Gait of a Fox, by Dacia Maraini (1992)
- Text Me, by Corrado Calabrò, 2014
Opera libretto
- Alternate Visions (2007) (music by John Oliver) Produced by Chants Libres, Montreal.