Antonio D'Alfonso

Antonio D'Alfonso was born in Montreal. He studied at Loyola College from 1970 to 1975, where he got his B.A. in Communication Arts. Later on he went to Université de Montréal to complete his Master's Science Degree in Communication Studies, specializing in Semiology; his thesis was on Mouchette, a film by Robert Bresson. In 1978 he founded Guernica Editions, where he edited over 450 books by authors from around the world. In 1982 along with three other writers, he founds the trilingual magazine, Vice Versa. In 1986, along with three other writers, he founded the Association of Italian-Canadian writers. He has taught at Université of Montréal, Continuing Studies at University of Toronto, University of Californa, in San Diego. He is presently a writer in residence at McGill University (French language and literature department).

Books by Antonio D'Alfonso

Beyond the Park: An Anthology of Ecological Experiences

Tell Me What Moves You

The Two-Headed Man

Celebrations

Night Blues

Vigil Poems

Words for the Traveler

Daring Touch

On Love

Sails for Exile

Toward the Rising Sun

We Are What We Love

The Wind Under Our Footsteps

Antigone

Weeping Will Not Save the Stars

Farida

The Intimate Frailty of Mortals

Manhattan Poems

Words and the Stone

The Body Vagabond

The Terror Chronicles

The Irrelevant Man

Beyond The Flames

Hours

Wings Folded in Cracks

Selected Poems

The Man Who Delivers Clouds

Fabrizio's Passion

Duologue

In Italics

Panick Love

The Other Shore

Black Tongue