Lisa Carducci, also Li, Shasha; Li, Sha; 李沙莎; 李莎 (born May 22, 1943) is a Canadian writer of Italian descent living in

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. The daughter of a father whose parents were immigrants from Italy, she was born in

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, Quebec. She received a BEd from the University of Montreal in 1963. She has taught languages, theatre and history, first in

and, since 1991, in China. In 1985, Carducci published her first collection of poetry ''Les Héliotropes'' and a collection of short stories ''Nouvelles en couleurs''. In 1988, she received the Prix San Giuliano (Milan) for ''L'Ultima Fede'' (The Last Faith, Italian) and the Prix Anne de la Vigne from the Société culturelle Québec-Normandie. In 1990, Carducci received the Prix Il Trovatore (Sicily) for ''Vorrei'' and, in 1992, the Prix Città di Ragusa for ''Amore di porcellana''. In 1993, she received first prize of the Grand Prix littéraire de Laval for ''Une lettre''. She received the Trofeo Mediterraneo 1998 from the Académie internationale des Micenei (Calabria). In 2004, she received the Prix de l’Altéralité for ''Pays inconnu / Paese sconosciuto'' and the Prix international de poésie S. Domenichino (awarded for Italian poetry written outside Italy) for ''Il Domani''. In 2009, she received Le Mot d’Or de la Traduction francophone for the translation with Yan Hansheng of ''Le Totem du loup'' from Jiang Rong's novel '' Láng Túténg''. In 2015, she received the Special Book Award of China, awarded by the Chinese government for foreigners studying Chinese literature. Carducci has worked as a consultant for

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and as a translator, columnist and editor for the '' Beijing Review''. She also has contributed to the Canadian Italian-language weekly ''

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''. Carducci speaks fluent English, French, Italian, Spanish and

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. In 2005, she received her Permanent Residence Card for China.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carducci, Lisa 1943 births Living people Writers from Montreal Canadian women poets Canadian poets in French Canadian women novelists Canadian novelists in French Canadian translators Canadian people of Italian descent Canadian women non-fiction writers