Mary Melfi
Mary Melfi is a Canadian writer of Italian descent. A prolific poet, novelist, and playwright, Melfi was born in Casacalenda, a small mountain town south of Rome in 1951. At the age of six, she immigrated with her family to Montreal, Quebec where she attended the local English schools. She received a B.A. in English Literature from Concordia University and a Masters of Library Science from McGill University. Since completing her studies in 1977 she has published over a dozen books of critically acclaimed poetry and prose. Her first novel, Infertility Rites, was published by Guernica Editions in 1991 it was later translated into French and Italian. In 1994 Doubleday Canada published her childrens fantasy book Ubu, the Witch Who Would be Rich. Also a playwright, Mary Melfis works for the theater have been workshopped in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. Noted for her black humour, wry wit and imaginative style critics have suggested that this author manages not only to make us laugh, but
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