Antonio D’Alfonso

Antonio D’Alfonso is an Italian Canadian Poet, novelist, essayist, translator. He has published more than sixty books (including translations) and has made five feature films. Born in 1953, he is the founder of Guernica Editions which he managed for thirty-three years before passing it on to new owners in 2010. For his writings, he has won the Trillium Award and the Bressani Award. His film Bruco won the New York Independent Film Award. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. In 2016, he received an Honorary Doctorate from Athabasca University.  His new film, TATA (Daddy), was released in July 2020.  The Two-Headed Man: Collected Poems 1970-2020 was published in July 2020 (Guernica Editions). He has started a YouTube series titled Conversations, with artists and producers. His essays of In Italics: In Defense of Ethnicity (1996), Gambling with Failure (2005), and Poetica del plurilinguismo (2015) offer a unique perspective on decentralized identities. His books have been translated in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Estonian, and Portuguese. He has just been published under the title, Outside Looking In (Entries 1980-1981) (Ekstasis Editions).