Antonio D'Alfonso

Antonio D'Alfonso (born 6 August 1953)[1] is a Canadian writer,[2] editor, publisher, and filmmaker, best known as 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. In 1978 he founded Guernica Editions in Montreal as a bilingual publishing house. D'Alfonso sold Guernica in 2009.

Literary awards

  • 2000: Fabrizio's Passion won the Bressani Award.[3]
  • 2003: La passione di Fabrizio won the Internazionale emigrazione in Italy.[4]

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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