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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Lisa Carducci
- Lisa Carducci, also Li, Shasha; Li, Sha; ???; ?? (born May 22, 1943) is a Canadian writer of Italian descent living in China.The daughter of a father whose parents were immigrants from Italy, she was born in Montreal, Quebec.
- She received a BEd from the University of Montreal in 1963.
- She has taught languages, theatre and history, first in Montreal and, since 1991, in China.In 1985, Carducci published her first collection of poetry Les HĂ©liotropes and a collection of short stories Nouvelles en couleurs.
- In 1988, she received the Prix San Giuliano (Milan) for L'Ultima Fede (The Last Faith, Italian) and the Prix Anne de la Vigne from the Société culturelle Québec-Normandie.
- In 1990, Carducci received the Prix Il Trovatore (Sicily) for Vorrei and, in 1992, the Prix CittĂ di Ragusa for Amore di porcellana.
- In 1993, she received first prize of the Grand Prix littéraire de Laval for Une lettre.
- She received the Trofeo Mediterraneo 1998 from the Académie internationale des Micenei (Calabria).
- In 2004, she received the Prix de l’Altéralité for Pays inconnu / Paese sconosciuto and the Prix international de poésie S.
- Domenichino (awarded for Italian poetry written outside Italy) for Il Domani.
- In 2009, she received Le Mot d’Or de la Traduction francophone for the translation with Yan Hansheng of Le Totem du loup from Jiang Rong's novel Láng Túténg.
- In 2015, she received the Special Book Award of China, awarded by the Chinese government for foreigners studying Chinese literature.Carducci has worked as a consultant for CCTV and as a translator, columnist and editor for the Beijing Review.
- She also has contributed to the Canadian Italian-language weekly Il Cittadino Canadese.Carducci speaks fluent English, French, Italian, Spanish and Mandarin.In 2005, she received her Permanent Residence Card for China.
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