Antonio D'Alfonso explained

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.

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]

External links

• • The author's item at Athabasca University, Canadian-English Writers; with hyperlinks

Notes and References

1. Filippo Salvatore, Ancient Memories, Modern Identities. Guernica Editions, 1999. .
2. News: Hanan. John. Writers win Ontario literary awards. 16 July 2012. Tandem Magazine. 2005-05-08.
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