Poet, novelist, essayist, translator, Antonio D’Alfonso has published more than
fifty books (including translations) and has made three feature films. He is the
founder of Guernica Editions which he managed for thirty-three years before
passing it on to new owners in 2010. He moved to Toronto in 1991. For his
writings, he won the Trillium Award, the Bressani Award, and the New York
Independent Film Award for his film, Bruco. He holds a Ph.D. from the University
of Toronto. In 2016, he received a Honorary Doctorate from Athabasca University.
His new film, TATA (Daddy), was released in July 2020. The Two-Headed Man:
Collected Poems 1970-2020 was published in July 2020.
