DIRECTORY

Genni Gunn is an author, translator, and musician. She has published fourteen books: four novels: THE CIPHER (Signature Editions, 2024), SOLITARIA (Signature Editions), longlisted for the Giller Prize 2011; TRACING IRIS, made into a film titled THE RIVERBANK; and THRICE UPON A TIME, finalist for the Commonwealth Prize; three story collections: PERMANENT TOURISTS, ON THE ROAD and HUNGERS; three poetry collections: ACCIDENTS (finalist for the DiCicco Poetry Prize and the SCWES Book Prize, MATING IN CAPTIVITY, finalist for the Gerald Lampert Poetry Award, and FACELESS; three translations of poetry collections from Italian, two by Dacia Maraini’s, and one by Corrado Calabrò’s (see below). She has also written the libretto for the opera ALTERNATE VISIONS, produced in Montreal in 2007. Two of her books have been translated into various languages (including Italian). She is an inveterate traveler, and her experiences are reflected in her most recent book of travel essays, TRACKS: JOURNEYS IN TIME AND PLACE (Signature Editions, 2013). Forthcoming is her translation of Dacia Maraini's memoir, THE SHIP FOR KOBE (Guernica Editions. 2025).

BFA, MFA

Longlisted for Giller Prize for Solitaria (2011);
Finalist for:
DiCicco Poetry Prize for Accidents (2024);
SCWES Book Prize for Accidents (2024);
Diego Valeri International Translation Prize for Traveling in the Gait of a Fox;
Gerald Lampert Award for Prose/Poetry Collection Mating In Captivity;
Commonwealth Prize - Best First Novel for Thrice Upon A Time;
John Glassco Translation Prize for poetry collection Devour Me Too;

Italian -> English

• Non fiction
• Poetry
• Fiction
• Theatre

• Genni Gunn, THE CIPHER, Winnipeg, Signature Editions, 2024
• Genni Gunn, PERMANENT TOURISTS, Winnipeg, Signature Editions, 2020
• Genni Gunn, ACCIDENTS, Winnipeg, Signature Editions, 2022
• Corrado Calabro, TEXT ME, Winnipeg, Signature Editions, 2014
• Genni Gunn, TRACKS: JOURNEYS IN TIME AND PLACE, Winnipeg, Signature Editions, 2013
• Genni Gunn, SOLITARIA, Winnipeg, Signature Editions, 2010
• Genni Gunn, ALTERNATE VISIONS (opera), Chants Libres, Montreal, 2007
• Genni Gunn, FACELESS, Winnipeg, Signature Editions, 2007
• Genni Gunn, HUNGERS, Vancouver, Raincoast, 2001
• Genni Gunn, TRACING IRIS, Vancouver, Raincoast, 2001
• Genni Gunn, ,MATING IN CAPTIVITY, Quarry Press, 1994
• Dacia Maraini, TRAVELING IN THE GAIT OF A FOX, Kingston, Quarry Press, 1993
• Dacia Maraini, DEVOUR ME TOO, Montreal, Guernica Editions, 1987
• Genni Gunn, ON THE ROAD, Ottawa, Oberon Press, 19991
• Genni Gunn, THRICE UPON A TIME, Kingston, Quarry Press, 1990