Monica Meneghetti
Website :
https://monicameneghetti.wordpress.com
City :
Vancouver
Province :
BC
Country :
Canada
Affiliations: The Writers' Union of Canada, Association of Italian Canadian Writers, Creative Nonfiction Collective Society, Federation of BC Writers
Membership category :
Full member
About / Bio
Monica Meneghetti's translation of MP Boisvert’s début novel The Fifth: A Love(s) Story (Caitlin Press) was a 2022 ReLit Award finalist. The Call of the Ice: Climbing 8000-meter Peaks in Winter (Mountaineers Books), her translation of Italian alpinist Simone Moro’s adventure memoir was a Banff Mountain Book Award finalist. After she did simultaneous interpretation on stage for Walter Bonatti at the Banff Mountain Film Festival, the famed mountaineer, explorer, and journalist wrote her this note: “Thank you for understanding not just my words, but the spirit behind them.” (“Grazie per aver capito il mio spirito al di là delle mie parole.”) She's currently translating Valentina Grande's graphic CNF Gertrude Stein e la generazione perduta (Galucci Centauria, 2022). Monica is the award-winning author of What the Mouth Wants: A Memoir of Food, Love and Belonging. Her poetry, fiction and nonfiction appear in print, online, in musical scores, and on stage.
Education / Training
Bachelor of Arts (French & Linguistics), University of Calgary, 1989
Awards & Distinctions
• 2015 Banff Mountain Book Competition's longlist for The Call of the Ice: Climbing 8000-meter Peaks in Winter (Mountaineers Books, Seattle, 2014) ORIGINAL WORK: La voce del ghiaccio, Simone Moro (Rizzoli, Milano, 2012)
Languages
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French -> English
Italian -> English
Literary Types
- Graphic Novels
- Non fiction
- Children's / YA Literature
- Fiction
Selected Bibliography
- A Place Just for Me (Greystone Books, Vancouver, 2025) ORIGINAL WORK: Una tana tutta per me, Author: Loredana Baldinucci, author & Melinda Berti, illustrator (Il Castoro, Milano, 2023)
- The Fifth: A Love(s) Story (Dagger Editions, Halfmoon Bay, 2021) ORIGINAL WORK: Au 5e, MP Boisvert (La Méche, Montréal, 2017)
- The Call of the Ice: Climbing 8000-meter Peaks in Winter (Mountaineers Books, Seattle, 2014) ORIGINAL WORK: La voce del ghiaccio, Simone Moro (Rizzoli, Milano, 2012)