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[[File:Nino Ricci.jpg|thumbnail|Nino Ricci]]
'''Nino Pio Ricci''' (born 1959) is a Canadian [[novelist]] who lives in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]].<ref name=canenc>[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ricci-nino/ Nino Ricci's] entry in [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]</ref> He was born in [[Leamington, Ontario|Leamington]], [[Ontario]] to [[Italian people|Italian]] immigrants, Virginio and Amelia Ricci, from the province of [[Isernia]], [[Molise]].
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Ricci received a B.A. in English literature from [[York University]], Toronto in 1981 and a Master's in Creative Writing from [[Concordia University (Quebec)|Concordia University]], Montreal in 1987. Ricci has travelled in Europe and Africa, where, in [[Nigeria]], he taught English literature and language in a high school for two years.
Ricci's [[debut novel|first novel]] ''[[Lives of the Saints (Ricci novel)|Lives of the Saints]]'' was a
Ricci served as one of the directors of [[PEN Canada]] from
==Awards and nominations==
*1990 Governor General's Award for Fiction for ''[[Lives of the Saints (Ricci novel)|Lives of the Saints]]''
*1990 Books in Canada First Novel Award for ''[[Lives of the Saints (Ricci novel)|Lives of the Saints]]''
*1997 Giller Prize (shortlist for ''Where She Has Gone'')
*2002 Trillium Book Award (co-winner for ''Testament'')
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===Novels===
*''[[Lives of the Saints (Ricci novel)|Lives of the Saints]]'' (1990) (inspiration for a TV miniseries directed by [[Jerry Ciccoritti]])
*''In a Glass House'' (1993)
*''Where She Has Gone'' (1997)
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{{Governor General's English fiction}}
{{Engel/Findley Award}}
{{Amazon.ca First Novel Award}}
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[[Category:York University alumni]]
[[Category:Concordia University alumni]]
[[Category:Amazon.ca First Novel Award winners]]
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