Anthony De Sa (author)

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Anthony De Sa
Occupation short story writer, novelist
NationalityCanadian
Period2000s–present

Anthony De Sa is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. He graduated from University of Toronto and did his post-graduate work at Queen's University. In 2004, De Sa took a one-year sabbatical and attended the Humber School for Writers. [1] He subsequently submitted Barnacle Love, a volume of linked stories about a Portuguese immigrant family, to publishers, and Random House of Canada published the collection in March 2008. Barnacle Love was a shortlisted finalist for the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize. [2] and the 2009 Toronto Book Awards.

De Sa expanded on the story "Shoeshine Boy" from Barnacle Love, set against the 1977 murder of Emanuel Jaques, into a novel. Titled Kicking the Sky, it was published by Doubleday Canada on September 10, 2013. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Humber School for Writers Archived January 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Giller short list unveiled" Archived 2008-11-23 at the Wayback Machine , The Globe and Mail , October 7, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Young streets: Anthony De Sa explores childhood in Kicking the Sky" . National Post , September 16, 2013.


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