'Nino Ricci' is a
Canadian novelist who lives in
Toronto,
Ontario. He was born in
1959 in
Leamington,
Ontario, into a family of
Italian immigrants from the province of
Isernia,
Molise.
In
1981 Ricci graduated in
English literature, in
1987 he earned a second
degree in creative writing and
Canadian literature, both from
York University. Ricci has travelled in
Europe and
Africa, where, in
Nigeria, he taught English literature and language in a high school for two years.
Ricci's first novel ''
Lives of the Saints'' was a great critical and commercial success. It won the
Books in Canada First Novel Award, the
1990 Governor General's Award for Fiction and a
Betty Trask Award.
Ricci served as one of the directors of
PEN Canada from 1990-96, and as president during 1995-96. He was the writer-in-residence at the
University of Windsor for the 2005-06 academic year.
Works
★ ''
Lives of the Saints'' -
1990 (winner of the
Governor General's Award for Fiction, and inspiration for a TV miniseries directed by
Jerry Ciccoritti)
★ ''
In a Glass House'' -
1993
★ ''
Where She Has Gone'' -
1997
★ ''
Testament'' -
2002 (co-winner of the
2002 Trillium Book Award)
★ ''
Roots and Frontiers''
External links
★
Official Web site
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