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Gino D'Alfonso
Antonio D'Alfonso
BIO
Biography

Antonio D'Alfonso was born in Montreal. Poet, novelist, essayist, translator, Antonio D’Alfonso has published more than fifty books (including translations) and has made three feature films. He is the founder of Guernica Editions (1978) which he managed for thirty-three years before passing it on to new owners in 2010. For his writings, he won the Trillium Award, the Bressani Award, and the New York Independent Film Award for his film, Bruco. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. In 2016, he received a 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. 

ADDRESS
City: MONTREAL, Province/Territory: Quebec
EMAIL
GENRE
FICTION, ESSAY, POETRY, TRANSLATION
LANGUAGES
ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
THE ITALIAN CANADIAN WRITER
Publisher
EKSTASIS EDITIONS
Year
2023
LINKS
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Presentation details
Presentation Genre
any
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