Antonio D'Alfonso

Self-portrait, 2004.

Antonio D'Alfonso (born 6 August 1953)[1] is a Canadian writer,[2] editor, publisher, translator and filmmaker, the founder of Guernica Editions.[1]

Biography

  • Antonio D'Alfonso was born in Montreal into an Italian-Canadian family.
  • He grew up speaking Italian and attended both English and French schools and became trilingual.
  • He earned a BA from Loyola College (Concordia University) and a MA from the Université de Montréal.
  • He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, 2012.
  • In 2016, he received an Honorary Doctorate from Athabasca University.
  • In 1978 he founded Guernica Editions in Montreal as a bilingual publishing house. D'Alfonso sold Guernica in 2010.
  • He co-founded in 1986 the Association of Italian Canadian. Writers in Vancouver, with Joseph Pivato, C.D. Mini, Pasquale Verdicchio, and Pier Giorgio Di Cicco.
  • He co-founded with Fulvio Caccia, Lamberto Tassinari, Bruno Ramirez, Gianni Caccia, the tricultural magazine, Vice Versa, in Montreal.
  • His Archives can be found at McMaster University.

Education

  • 1959-60: Saint Aloysius Elementary.
  • 1960-64: Saint-Finbarr Elementary.
  • 1964-66: Saint-Michel Elementary.
  • 1966-70: John F. Kennedy High School.
  • 1970-72: Loyola College
  • 1972-75: Loyola College/Concordia University. B.A. (Communication Arts)
  • 1976-79: Université de Montréal. M.Sc. (Communication Science).
  • 2007-2012: University of Toronto. Doctor of Philosophy. Ph.D. Italian Studies (Film).
  • 2016: Athabasca University. Honorary Doctorate. Ph.D. of Letters.

Literary awards

  • 2000: Fabrizio's Passion won the Bressani Award.[3]
  • 2003: La passione di Fabrizio won the Internazionale emigrazione in Italy.[4]
  • 2006: Bruco on the New York Independent Film Award.

Poetry

  • 1973 : La chanson du shaman à Sedna (1973)
  • 1979 : Queror (1979)
  • 1983 : Black Tongue (1983)
  • 1986 : The Other Shore (1985)
  • 1986 : L’Autre rivage (1986)
  • 1987 : L’amour panique (1987)
  • 1992 : Julia (1992)
  • 1992 : Panick Love (1992)
  • 1998 : L’apostrophe qui me scinde (1998, 2010)
  • 2001 : Comment ça se passe (2001)
  • 2002 : Getting on with Politics (2002)
  • 2004 : Antigone (2004)
  • 2005 : Bruco (2005)
  • 2005 : Un homme de trop (2005)
  • 2013 : Un ami, un nuage (2013)
  • 2014 : The Irrelevant Man (2014)
  • 2014 : Ne m’interrompez pas (avec Suzanne Biron) (photos)
  • 2016 : Antigone (Ekstasis, 2016)
  • 2018 : Antigone (Noroît, 2018).
  • 2018 : Collección México (Mantis Editores-Luis Armenta Malpica-Ecrits des forges, 2018)
  • 2020 : Two-Headed Man: Collected Poems:1970-2020 (Guernica, 2020)
  • 2024 : Vanno più veloce di me (Raspa Editore, 2024, 2026). Translated by Anna Ciamparella.

Photograph

  • 2026: Visi: Italic Writers in the Country

Novels

  • 1990 : Avril ou l’anti-passion
  • 1995 : Fabrizio’s Passion
  • 2002 : La passione de Fabrizio (transl. by Antonello Lombardi)
  • 2004 : Un vendredi du mois d’août
  • 2005 : A Friday in August (transl. by Jo-Anne Elder)
  • 2007  : L’Aimé

Memoirs

  • 2022 : Outside Looking In: Entries 1980-1981 (Ekastsis Editions, 2022-2023)
  • 2025 : 19th Avenue (Raspa, 2025)

Translations

  • 1985: The Clarity of Voices, by Philippe Haeck (Guernica Editions, 1985) 0-919349-56-0
  • 1997: The Films of Jacques Tati, by Michel Chion (Guernica, 1997).
  • 2000: Le paysage qui bouge, by Pasquale Verdicchio (Le Noroît, 2000). 2-89018-435-8
  • 2003: On Order and Things, by Stefan Psenak (Guernica, 2003).
  • 2003: Dreaming Our Space, by Marguerite Andersen (Guernica, 2003).
  • 2005: The Blueness of Light, by Louise Dupré (Guernica, 2005).
  • 2005: The World Forgotten, by Paul Bélanger (Guernica 2005).
  • 2008: The Last Woman, by Claudine Bertrand (Guernica 2008) .
  • 2010: The Man Who Delivers Clouds, by José Acquelin (Guernica, 2010).
  • 2011: twohundredandfourspoems, by Roger des Roches (Guernica, 2011).
  • 2011: Un bonheur inattendu, by Marella Caracciolo Chia (Leméac, 2011)
  • 2012: Un bonheur inattendu, by Marella Caracciolo Chia (Syrtes (Paris), 2012).
  • 2013: Wings Folded in Cracks, by Jean-Pierre Vallotton (Guernica, 2013)
  • 2014: Hours, by Fernand Ouellette (Guernica, 2013).
  • 2014: Beyond the Flames, by Louise Dupré (Guernica, 2014)
  • 2014: The Body Vagabond, by Martine Audet (Ekstasis, 2014)
  • 2014: The Terror Chronicles, by Normand De Bellefeuille (Ekstasis, 2014)
  • 2014: Words and the Stone, by Pierrettte Micheloud (Ekstasis, 2014)
  • 2014: Manhattan Poems, by Claudio Angelini (Ekstasis, 2014)
  • 2015: Farida, a novel by Naïm Kattan, (translated with Norman Cornett) (Guernica, 2015)
  • 2015: The Intimate Frailty of Mortals, by Paul Chamberland (Ekstasis, 2015)
  • 2015: I travel the world, by Thierry Renard (Ekstasis, 2015)
  • 2015: Weeping Will Not Save the Stars, François Guerrette, (Ekstasis, 2015)
  • 2016: Poèmes, Kim Doré et Jean-François Poupart. Arc Poetry Magazine.
  • 2016: The Wind Under Our Footsteps, Diane Régimbald (Ekstasis, 2016)
  • 2016: We are what we love, Bernard Pozier (Ekstasis, 2016)
  • 2016: Sails for Exile, Mona Latif-Chattas (with Yasmine Mariam Kloth, Ekstasis, 2016)
  • 2016: Toward the Rising Sun, Robert Giroux (Ekstasis, 2016)
  • 2017: On Love, Jack Keguenne (Ekstasis, 2017)
  • 2017: Daring Touch, Louise Cotnoir (Ekstasis, 2017)
  • 2018: Vigil Poems, Jean Royer (Guernica, 2018)
  • 2018: Words for the Traveler, Hugues Corriveau (Ekstasis, 2018)
  • 2018: Woman with Camera, Corinne Larochelle (Ekstasis, 2018)
  • 2018: Night Blues, Yolande Villemaire & Claude Beausoleil (Ekstasis, 2018).
  • 2019: Celebrations by Naim Kattan (Ekstasis, 2019).
  • 2020: Tell me what moves you, Philippe Haeck (Guernica).
  • 2022: Laike et Nahum, Ruth Panofsky (Edition du Noroît).
  • 2022: Pessoa in Montreal, Paul Bélanger (Ekstasis Editions).
  • 2023. Morning Trains, Viviane Ciampi (Ekstasis Editions).

Anthologies

  • Quêtes : Textes d’auteurs italo-québécois (co-edited with Fulvio Caccia, 1984)
  • Voix off : Dix poètes anglophones du Québec (1985)
  • Found in Translation: An Anthology of Poets from Quebec (2013)
  • États des lieux: Trieze poètes américains contemporains, edited by Antoine Boisclair (2013)

(Translation of poems by Fanny Howe)

Essays

  • In Italics : In Defence of Ethnicity (1996)
  • Duologue : On Culture and Identity (with Pasquale Verdicchio, 1998)
  • En italiques : Réflexions sur l’ethnicité (2000)
  • Gambling with Failure (2005)
  • Etnilisuse kaitskes (transl. by Reet Sool, 2006)
  • In corsivo italico (transl. by Silvana Mangione, 2009)
  • Ne m’interrompez pas (avec Suzanne Biron) (photos) (Noroît, 2015)
  • Poetica del Pluriculturalismo (Samuele Editore, 2015)
  • Em italico: Reflexoes sobre a ethnicidade (translated by Ala Lucia Silva Paranhos), (UFRGS editora, 2015)
  • Antonio D’Alfonso : Essays on His Works. Edited by Licia Canton (Guernica, 2018).
  • Pasquale Verdicchio: Essays on His Works. Edited by Antonio D’Alfonso (Guernica, 2019)
  • La diaspora italiana in Canada, a cura di Anthony Julian Tamburri e Silvana Mangione (NY: The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 2022).
  • Altrove: Intellettuali molisani nella diaspora, a cura di Norberto Lombardi (Cosmo Iannone Editore, 2022)
  • The Italian Canadian Writer (Ekstasis Editions, 2023).
  • I could have been a contender (Casa Lago Press, 2024)

Films

  • Nonna (short 16mm, black and white, 1973, 2004)
  • La Coupe de Circé (short 16mm, black and white, 1974-2005)
  • Pour t’aimer (one-half hour 16mm black and white, 1982-1987-2005)
  • My Trip to Oaxaca (90 minutes, 2005)
  • Bruco (90 minutes, 2005)= Best Foreign Film, Best International Director Award at the New York International Film Festival
  • Antigone (87 minutes, 2012)=Bronze Award, Prestige Festival
  • Real Gangsters (Frank D’Angelo, 2013, actor)
  • Duse and Me (2015, short)
  • La chambre éphémère (with Christian Duguay), 2017, document essay.
  • Tata (193 minutes, 2020).
  • Conversation with Lazar Rockwood (2020).
  • Conversation with Monica Lavin (2020).
  • Conversation with Pasquale Verdicchio (2020).
  • Conversation avec Paul Bélanger (2020).
  • Conversation with Damiano Pietropaolo (2021).
  • Conversation with Jose Pivato (2021).
  • Conversation with Enrico Granafei (2021).
  • Conversazione con Gino Chiellino (2022).
  • Conversation with Anca Christifovici (2022).
  • Conversation with Daniel Sloate (2022).
  • Conversation with Luciano Iacobelli (2022).
  • Conversation with Maria Mazziotti Gillan (2023).
  • Conversation with Robert Marra (2024).
  • Conversation with Noah Zacharin (2025)
  • Becoming Artimesia (17 minutes, 2023).
  • Sono (90 minutes, 2024)
  • Mary of Nazareth (90, 2025).
  • Heloise d’Argenteuil (20, 2026).
  • Hannah Arendt (20, 2026)

References

  1. 1 2 Filippo Salvatore, Ancient Memories, Modern Identities. Guernica Editions, 1999. ISBN 978-1550710571.
  2. ↑ Hanan, John (2005-05-08). "Writers win Ontario literary awards". Tandem Magazine. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Gambling with Failure (review): Project MUSE - Gambling with Failure (review), accessdate: March 27, 2016
  4. ↑ Egidio Marchese – Ti sei occupata e hai scritto varie volte di Antonio D'Alfonso: Egidio Marchese – Ti sei occupata e hai scritto varie volte di Antonio D'Alfonso, accessdate: March 27, 2016
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