Sonia Sarfati
Sonia Sarfati (born May 29, 1960) is a Canadian author and journalist born in France and living in Quebec.[1]
The daughter of a Tunisian father and an Italian mother, she was born in Toulouse. She came to Montreal with her family at the age of ten.[2] She studied biology and journalism at the Université de Montréal and went on to teach biology at the secondary level. As well as writing books, Sarfati also contributes to the culture section of La Presse[3] and hosted the radio program VSD bonjour on Radio-Canada.[4]
Selected works[1][3][]
- Sauvetages, stories (1989), received the
- Tricot, piano et jeu vidéo, children's literature (1992)
- La ville engloutie, children's literature (1992)
- Les voix truquées, children's literature (1993)
- La comédienne disparue, children's literature (1994)
- Comme une peau de chagrin, juvenile fiction (1995), received the Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Sonia Sarfati". Créateurs et créatrices. Éditions Michel Quintin.
- ^ "Sonia Sarfati". Dominique et Compagnie.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Sonia Sarfati". Communication-Jeunesse.
- ^ "Sarfati, Sonia". L'Infocentre littéraire des écrivains.
Categories:
- 1960 births
- French emigrants to Canada
- Living people
- Journalists from Montreal
- Writers from Montreal
- Governor General's Award-winning children's writers
- Canadian people of Italian descent
- Canadian people of Tunisian descent
- Canadian radio personalities
- Canadian children's writers in French
- Canadian women children's writers
- Quebec writer stubs