Nino Ricci
Nino Pio Ricci (born August 23, 1959 in Leamington , Ontario , Canada ) is a Canadian writer .
Life
Nino Ricci is the son of Italian immigrants from the city of Isernia , Molise . He graduated from York University in Toronto with a bachelor's degree in English literature in 1981 . He received his master's degree in creative writing from Concordia University in Montréal in 1987 . He then traveled through Europe and Africa, teaching English language and literature at a school in Nigeria for two years.
Ricci made his debut as a writer with his 1990 novel Lives of the Saints . The book was a hit with both critics and audiences. He has received the Books in Canada First Novel Award , the Governor General's Award for Fiction and the Betty Trask Award , among others . In 2004 an Italian-Canadian co-production of this novel was followed by a television miniseries of the same name, starring Sophia Loren , Fabrizio Filippo , Jessica Paré , Sabrina Ferilli , Kris Kristofferson and Nick Mancuso .
Nino Ricci was a scholarship holder of the Alistair MacLeod Award for Literary Achievement, York University's Pinnacle Achievement Award, Engel / Findley Award for a Writer in Mid-Career, and is an Honorary Doctor of the University of Windsor . Ricci won his second Canadian Authors Award for Fiction with his novel Sleep , was included in the 2015 Toronto Star's Top 5 Books, as well as Best Book in the Globe and Mail and the National Post .
Ricci is married to the writer Erika de Vasconcelos and lives in Toronto .
Works (selection)
- Novels
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Lives of the Saints (1990)
- Übers. Dirk van Gunsteren : The snake's bite . Klett-Cotta , Stuttgart 1993 ISBN 3-608-95819-3
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In a Glass House (1993)
- Das Glashaus , Klett-Cotta, 1994 ISBN 3-608-93214-3
- Where She Has Gone (1997)
- Testament (2002)
- The Origin of Species (2008)
- Sleep (2015)
- Non-fiction
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau . (2009)
- Roots and Frontiers. (2003)
Web links
- Literature by and about Nino Ricci in the catalog of the German National Library
- Nino Ricci in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Internet presence of the author
- Ricci on Tonio Kröger , in the "Carte Blanche" project, Goethe-Institut Canada
- Ricci, entry at Athabasca University , project English-Canadian Writers (engl.), With several links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ricci, Nino |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ricci, Nino Pio (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 23rd August 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leamington , Ontario |