Antonio D'Alfonso

• 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. • Founded Raspa Editions in 2024.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

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

• 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).

• 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)

• 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) • In Italics (Raspa Editions, 2026). A completely revised and rewritten edition. • A Conversation with Lazar Rockwood (Raspa Editions, 2026)

• 2026: Visi: Italic Writers in the Country

• 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)