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Katia Canciani

Katia Canciani (born February 16, 1971) is a Canadian writer and aviator originally from Blainville, Quebec. She was awarded the Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration for the novel Pet et Répète: La véritable histoire at the 2020 Governor General's Awards.[1]

Katia Canciani
Canciani at Canadian Aviation Training Centre
Southport, Manitoba (1994)
Born (1971-02-16) February 16, 1971 (age 53)
Blainville, Quebec
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Writer, aviator
EmployerTransport Canada
Notable workPet et Répète
Children3
AwardsGovernor General’s Literary Award
Websitekatiacanciani.com

Biography

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Katia Canciani was born in 1971 to a Breton mother who emigrated to Canada at the age of six, and to a Gascon father who went to Canada to visit Expo 67 in Montreal. She grew up in the city of Blainville, a suburb of Montreal, Quebec.[2] She left home at 17 years old to pursue her studies at the Centre Québécois de Formation Aéronautique du Cégep de Chicoutimi where she obtained her professional pilot's license in 1991. She taught flight and aerobatics in Manitoba until 1995, then in Quebec in the summer of 1997.[3]

Canciani lived in Ottawa, Ontario for several years and worked for Transport Canada’s Civil Aviation’s Contingency and Emergency Planning division.[4] In 2019, she was elected Chair of the NATO Transport Group Civil Aviation (TGCA), for a three-year term.[5] She currently resides in Brussels, Belgium.[4]

Works

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Canciani has authored more than 47 novels and children's books.[3] Her first novel, Un jardin en Espagne was published in 2006 and was a finalist for the Prix des lecteurs Radio-Canada.[6] Her novel 178 secondes, was winner of the 2010 Prix littéraire des enseignants du Québec in the novel 15 years and over category.[7] She has also published Lettre à Saint-Exupéry, an epistolary novel in which she recounts her journey as a writer, pilot, and mother.[8]

Novels

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  • 2006 – Un jardin en Espagne. Retour au Généralife (David) ISBN 9782895972822
  • 2009 – Lettre à Saint-Exupéry (Fides) ISBN 9782762130195
  • 2015 – 178 secondes (David) ISBN 9782895974536

Children's books

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Awards and honours

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Pet et Répète: La véritable histoire, illustrated by Guillaume Perreault, Fonfon (2019)

Sofia et le marchand ambulant, illustrated by Antoine Desprez, Les 400 coups (2019)

  • Prix Saint-Exupéry – Volet Jeunesse – Francoponie, recipient in 2020
  • Prix littéraire Chronos, finalist in 2021
  • Prix littéraire Peuplier, finalist in 2021
  • Prix littéraire Tatoulu, finalist in 2021

Théo, apprenti détective, illustrated by Jean Morin, Bayard (2017)

  • Prix littéraire Tamarac Express - Forêt de la lecture, finalist in 2018

Pique la lune, illustrations de Félix Girard, l’Isatis (2015)

  • Prix littéraire Tamarac Express - Forêt de la lecture, finalist in 2017

Le voyage en Chine illustrated by Félix Girard, l’Isatis (2015)

  • Prix littéraire Tamarac Express - Forêt de la lecture, finalist in 2016

Samuel la tornade, illustrated by Christine Battuz, Bayard (2007)

  • Prix Communication et société, catégorie jeunesse in 2009

Poussièra, illustrated by Julie Cossette, Bayard (2008)

  • Prix littéraire France-Acadie, finalist in 2009

References

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  1. ^ a b Létourneau, Sophie (June 1, 2021). "Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général: les lauréats sont connus". Le Journal de Montréal (in Canadian French). Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "Katia Canciani, pilote et écrivaine". aerovision.org (in Canadian French). May 14, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Katia canciani écrivaine. Katia Canciani est l'auteure de plusieurs livres". Katia Canciani (in Canadian French). Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Pet et Répète : la véritable histoire primé aux LivresGG". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). June 1, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  5. ^ Canada, Transport (September 5, 2019). "Katia Canciani elected Chair of the NATO Transport Group Civil Aviation". AECAD 15679632. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  6. ^ "Prix des lecteurs Radio-Canada 2007" (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on February 18, 2014.
  7. ^ "Prix littéraires des enseignants AQPF-ANEL 2010 | AQPF" (in Canadian French). Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  8. ^ "Katia Canciani raconte Saint-Exupéry". Journal Accès (in Canadian French). September 24, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
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