Biography

Antonio D'Alfonso is a poet and essayist who has written many books, including L'Apostrophe qui me scinde (1998) and L'autre rivage (1999)
published by Les Éditions du Noroît. D'Alfonso is very active on the literary scene in Montreal and Toronto, and helped to found the review Vice-Versa,
which explores intercultural issues. He is also the founder of Guernica Editions in Toronto.

Antonio D’Alfonso was born in Montreal. His parents emigrated from Italy.

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 three hundred books by authors from around the world. An author himself, he has published a number of books in French and in English. He worked as a critic in numerous magazines across Canada, in English, French, and Italian.

He has produced three short films, and has collaborated either as scriptwriter, cameraperson, or as editor on other films. He regularly gives conferences on questions of literature, film and pluriculturalism in Canada, in the USA and in Europe.

Since the 1980s, he was written and published and has given hundreds of conferences across the world defending his idea of the Italic culture, for a
commonwealth of the Italic peoples. He is presently writing essays on the concept of failure as the only way to cultural survival.

Antonio D'Alfonso was a finalist for the 2002 Trillium Prize.

For a list of publications, visit the books section