Genni Gunn is a writer, musician and translator. Born in Trieste, she came to Canada when she was eleven. She has published nine books: three novels—
Solitaria,
Tracing Iris and
Thrice Upon a Time; two short story collections—
Hungers and On The Road; two poetry collections—
Faceless and
Mating in Captivity. As well, she has translated from Italian two collections of poems—
Devour Me Too and
Traveling in the Gait of a Fox by renowned Italian author, Dacia Maraini. One of Genni’s books,
Mating in Captivity, has been translated into Italian. Two more are forthcoming next year.
Genni's latest novel,
Solitaria, is on the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist.
