Background
Szado was born in Hamilton, Ontario and resides in Toronto, Ontario.
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Ania Szado
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Ania Szado is a graduate of Ontario College of Art (now called OCAD University) and has an Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. She attended Humber School for Writers, studying under authors Nino Ricci and Anne Michaels.
Career
Szado"s forthcoming historical novel, Studio Saint-Ex imagines the famous flyer and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry during his days in New York in World World War II as he is writing his masterpiece The Little Prince. The book will be published in April 2013 by Alfred A. Knopf and Penguin Canada and will soon be available in translation in Italy, Poland and Russia. Szado"s debut novel, Beginning of Was, was published by Penguin Canada in 2004.
Her short story Camping at Wal-Mart appeared in the anthology All Sleek and Skimming (Orca Books, 2006, ed Lisa Heggum), which was named to the New York Public Library"s "Books for the Teen Age 2007" list.
Szado"s short fiction and non-fiction have appeared This Magazine, Flare Magazine, The Globe and Mail, Taddle Creek, and Lichen Literary Journal, among other publications. Szado has taught creative writing at Humber College.
Achievements
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lieutenant was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers" Prize (Canada and Caribbean region), named one of National Organization for Women Magazine"s Top Ten Books of 2004 and nominated for the international Kiriyama Prize. Her short story, "Patricia"s Legs," was nominated for the National Magazine Awards and the Journey Prize.
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Nationality
Canada
Awards
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Commonwealth Writers' Prize; Kiriyama Prize; Journey Prize
The Commonwealth Writers' Prize was a literary award presented by the Commonwealth Foundation, which awarded prizes for established and new writers across the Commonwealth of Nations.; The Writers' Trust of Canada, or La Société d'encouragement aux écrivains du Canada, is a charitable organization which provides financial support to Canadian writers.; The Kiriyama Prize was an international literary award awarded to books about the Pacific Rim and South Asia.The Commonwealth Writers' Prize was a literary award presented by the Commonwealth Foundation, which awarded prizes for established and new writers across the Commonwealth of Nations.; The Writers' Trust of Canada, or La Société d'encouragement aux écrivains du Canada, is a charitable organization which provides financial support to Canadian writers.; The Kiriyama Prize was an international literary award awarded to books about the Pacific Rim and South Asia.