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This collection of essays is devoted to the work of Antonio D?Alfonso, a pivotal figure in the bilingual history of Canadian literature. This much anticipated volume gives Antonio D?Alfonso recognition for the enormous contribution he has made to Canadian writing, over nearly fifty years. He has worked as a writer, editor, translator and filmmaker in Quebec and in Ontario. D'Alfonso identifies as a bilingual writer, but he also speaks and writes in Italian. And he has translated works from French and Italian into English, and from English into French. Each contributor to this volume is a witness to D?Alfonso's literary accomplishments. His experiments with genre alone demand critical analysis.The volume
Antonio D?Alfonso: Essays on His Works includes a two part introduction by Joseph Pivato and Licia Canton, essays by Lianne Moyes, Domenic Beneventi, Mariam Pirbhai, Lucie Lequin, Nancy Giacomini, Connie Guzzo-McParland, Joseph Pivato, Licia Canton and Simon Harel. The volume closes with two interviews, by Domenic Cusmano and Licia Canton, and a selected bibliography. As the texts in this volume clearly emphasize, Antonio D?Alfonso's writing represents a vital contribution to Canadian and Quebecois literary and artistic production.
About the author
Licia Canton is the author of
The Pink House and Other Stories (2018). Her short story collection
Almond Wine and Fertility (2008; second edition 2018) was published in Italy as
Vino alla mandorla e fertilità (2015). Her writing has been anthologized internationally. She is also a literary translator and founding editor-in-chief of
Accenti Magazine. She mentors emerging writers through the Quebec Writers' Federation. She has been a guest author and keynote speaker at universities and literary events in Canada and abroad. Licia Canton has published ten volumes as (co)editor, including two on the internment of Italian Canadians during World War II, and
Writing Cultural Difference (2015),
Conspicuous Accents (2014),
Writing Our Way Home (2013),
Reflections on Culture (2010),
Writing Beyond History (2006),
Adjacencies: Minority Writing in Canada (2004) and
The Dynamics of Cultural Exchange (2002).
