Pasquale Verdicchio. Courtesy Amazon.com.
Pasquale Verdicchio (born 1954) is a Canadian poet, literary critic, translator, and academic.
Life[]
Verdicchio was born in Naples, Italy. He came to Canada with his family, and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1]
He earned a B.A from the University of Victoria, an M.A. from the University of Alberta, and a Ph.D. from the University of California.[1].
He lives in San Diego, California, where he teaches Italian and comparative literature, Italian literature, Italian cinema and cultural studies at the University of California, San Diego.[2] He sits on the Board of Directors of the San Diego Italian Film Festival.[3]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Moving Landscape. Montreal: Guernica, 1985.
- Ipsissima Verba. Los Angeles: Parentheses, 1986.
- A Critical Geography (illustrated by Italo Scanga). San Diego, CA: Parentheses Writing Series, 1989.
- Nomadic Trajectory. Montreal: Guernica, 1990.
- Isthmus. Los Angeles: Littoral Editions, 1991.
- The Posthumous Poet: A suite for Pier Paolo Pasolini. Los Angeles: Jahbone Press, 1993.
- Approaches to Absence. Toronto: Guernica, 1994.
- The House is Past: Poems, 1978-1998. Toronto: Guernica, 2000.
- La nave del mondo (limited edition). Gnams Edizioni Artigianali Numerate. Bologna: Porto dei Santi, 2000.
- This Nothing's Place. Toronto: Guernica, 2008.[4]
Non-fiction[]
- Foresta Ultra Naturam = The Forest Beyond Nature: Homage To Emilio Villa (with P. Vangelista). San Francisco, CA: Red Hill Press, 1989.
- Devils in Paradise: Writings on post-emigrant cultures (essays). Toronto: Guernica, 1997.
- Bound by Distance: Rethinking nationalism through the Italian diaspora. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1997.
- Duologue: On culture and identity (with Antonio D'Alfonso). Toronto: Guernica, 1998.
- Looters, Photographers, and Thieves: Aspects of Italian photographic culture in the nineteenth and twentieth Centuries. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2011.[4] ISBN: 978-1-61147-018-5
Translated[]
- Ardizzi, Maria. Women and Lovers. Toronto: Guernica, 2000.
- Caproni, Giorgio. The Wall of the Earth (translated and introduction). Montreal: Guernica, 1992.
- Depero, Fortunato. Futurism and Advertising (translation and preface). San Diego, CA: Parentheses Writing Series, 1990.
- Gramsci, Antonio. The Southern Question (tranalated, introduction, and annotations). . Chicago: Bordighera, 1995;
- (new edition with new introduction). Toronto: Guernica, 2006.[4]
- Mangone, Francesco. Cosmogony of an Event. San Diego: Parentheses, 1988.
- Merini, Alda. A Rage of Love. Toronto: Guernica, 1996.
- Pasolini, Pier Paolo. A Desperate Vitality. Parentheses Writing Series,1996.
- Pasolini, Pier Paolo. The Savage Father. Toronto: Guernica, 1999.
- Porta, Antonio. Passenger (translated & introduction). Montreal: Guernica Editions, 1986.
- Porta, Antonio. Passenger: Selected poems, 1958-1979
- (2nd edition; translated & new introduction). Toronto : Guernica, 2001.
- Porta, Antonio. Salomè (includes selections from La lotta e la vittoria del giardiniere contro il becchino. San Diego, CA: Parentheses, 1996.
- Vico, Giambattista. Tropes, Monsters, and Poetic Transformations. San Diego, CA: Parentheses Writing Series, 1990.
- Villa, Emilio. Seventeen Variations on Proposed Themes for a Pure Phonetic Ideology (translated & introduction). San Diego, CA: Parentheses Writing Series: 1991.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy Athabasca University.[5].
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pasquale Verdicchio, English-Canadian Writers, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Athabasca University, Web, July 2, 2012.
- ↑ Pasquale Verdicchio, Literature, UCSan Diego, Web, July 2, 2012.
- ↑ About Us, San Diego Italian Film Festival, Web, July 2, 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Selected Publications, Pasquale Verdicchio, Literature Faculty, University of California San Diego. Web, Apr. 4, 2015.
- ↑ Bibliography of Works by Pasquale Verdicchio, English-Canadian Writers, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Athabasca University, Web, July 2, 2012.
External links[]
- Poems
- "The Sacred Lane / La Sacra Corsia" at Rattle
- Pasquale Verdicchio at the PIP (Project for Innovative Poetry) Blog: profile & poem, "The Cutting Edge"
- Audio / video
- Books
- Pasquale Verdicchio at Amazon.com
- About
- Pasquale Verdicchio at English-Canadian Writers
- Verdicchio, Pasquale at ABC Bookworld
- Pasquale Verdicchio at the University of California, San Diego
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