Katia Canciani Explained

Katia Canciani
Birth Date:February 16, 1971
Birth Place:Blainville, Quebec
Nationality:Canadian
Occupation:Writer, aviator
Employer:Transport Canada
Notable Works:Pet et Répète
Children:3
Awards:Governor General’s Literary Award

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]

Biography

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.

Works

Canciani has authored more than 47 novels and children's books. 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

Children's books

Awards and honours

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)

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

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

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

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

Poussièra, illustrated by Julie Cossette, Bayard (2008)

Notes and References

  1. News: Létourneau. Sophie. June 1, 2021. Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général: les lauréats sont connus. fr-CA. Le Journal de Montréal. September 15, 2021.
  2. Web site: May 14, 2020. Katia Canciani, pilote et écrivaine. 2021-09-25. aerovision.org. fr-CA.
  3. Web site: Katia canciani écrivaine. Katia Canciani est l'auteure de plusieurs livres. 2021-09-24. Katia Canciani. fr-CA.
  4. Web site: June 1, 2021. Pet et Répète : la véritable histoire primé aux LivresGG. 2021-09-24. Radio-Canada. fr-ca.
  5. Web site: Canada. Transport. 2019-09-05. Katia Canciani elected Chair of the NATO Transport Group Civil Aviation. 2021-09-15. AECAD 15679632. en-CA.
  6. Web site: Prix des lecteurs Radio-Canada 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140218205313/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/prixdeslecteurs/archives/2007/. February 18, 2014. fr-CA.
  7. Web site: Prix littéraires des enseignants AQPF-ANEL 2010 AQPF. 2021-09-22. fr-CA.
  8. News: September 24, 2014. Katia Canciani raconte Saint-Exupéry. fr-CA. Journal Accès. September 22, 2021.

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