Antonio D'Alfonso

Canadian writer (born 1953)

Antonio D'Alfonso (born 6 August 1953)^[1] is a Canadian writer,^[2] editor, publisher, and filmmaker^{[citation needed]}, 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

^ ^a ^b Filippo Salvatore, Ancient Memories, Modern Identities. Guernica Editions, 1999. ISBN 978-1550710571.
^ Hanan, John (2005-05-08). "Writers win Ontario literary awards". Tandem Magazine. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
^ Gambling with Failure (review): Project MUSE - Gambling with Failure (review), accessdate: March 27, 2016
^ 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