Mary Melfi, Date of Birth

    

Mary Melfi

Canadian writer

Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1951

Profession: writer, poet, novelist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Mary Melfi

  • Mary Melfi (born 1 July 1951) is a Canadian writer of Italian descent.
  • A prolific poet, novelist, and playwright, Melfi was born in Casacalenda, a small mountain town in the province of Campobasso, (Molise), south of Rome in 1951.
  • At the age of six, she immigrated with her family to Montreal, Quebec where she attended the local English schools.
  • She received a B.A.
  • in English Literature from Concordia University and a Masters of Library Science from McGill University.
  • Since completing her studies in 1977 she has published over a dozen books of critically acclaimed poetry and prose.
  • Her first novel, Infertility Rites, was published by Guernica Editions in 1991; it was later translated into French and Italian.
  • In 1994 Doubleday Canada published her children's fantasy book: Ubu, the Witch Who Would be Rich.
  • Also a playwright, Mary Melfi's works for the theater have been workshopped in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
  • Noted for her black humour, wry wit and imaginative style critics have suggested that this author manages "not only to make us laugh, but also think." In-depth reviews of her writings can be found in William Anselmi's book entitled: Mary Melfi, Essays on her Work (Guernica Editions, 2007).
  • Melfi's account of peasant life in Southern Italy during the 1930s entitled Italy Revisited: Conversations with my Mother was published in 2009 by Guernica Editions.
  • To complement the book, Melfi has created a website in which she has compiled thousands of photos of peasant life in turn of the century Italy ([1]). Mary Melfi presently lives in Montreal.
  • She lived with her husband until his death in 2009.

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