The Body Vagabond
Selected Poems
- Publisher
- Ekstasis Editions
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2014
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781771710398
- Publish Date
- Oct 2014
- List Price
- $23.95
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Description
Martine Audet writes about the fragile equilibrium of our lives, and about the ferment inside each one of us, the flashes and emergencies that make up living. ~ Geneviève Toussaint, Québec français
About the authors
Martine Audet is the author of many award-winning works of poetry, which have been translated into several languages, including English, Czech, German, Italian, and Spanish. She lives in Montreal.
Antonio D'Alfonso was born in Montreal. 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 450 books by authors from around the world. In 1982 along with three other writers, he founds the trilingual magazine, Vice Versa. In 1986, along with three other writers, he founded the Association of Italian-Canadian writers. He has taught at Université of Montréal, Continuing Studies at University of Toronto, University of Californa, in San Diego. He is presently a writer in residence at McGill University (French language and literature department).