Daniele Pantano (born February 10, 1976) is a

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, essayist, literary translator, artist, editor, and scholar. He was born in

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, Switzerland, of Sicilian and

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parentage. Pantano holds degrees in philosophy, literature, and creative writing. His poems have been translated into several languages, including Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, French, German, Italian, Kurdish, Slovenian,

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, Russian, and Spanish. He is the former American editor of ''Härter'', a prominent German literary magazine; co-editor of ''em: a review of text and image;'' publisher/faculty advisor of the ''Black Market Review;'' translations editor of ''The Adirondack Review'', and editor of ''Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art'', ''Poems Niederngasse,'' and ''The M.A.G.'' Pantano curates ''The Abandoned Playground,'' ''TAP Editions,'' and is founding Director of the Refugee Poetry Project and Co-Director of the International Refugee Poetry Network. Pantano divides his time between Switzerland, the

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, and

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. He has taught at the

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, where he also served as Director of the Writing Center, and, as visiting poet-in-residence, at

Florida Southern College Florida Southern College (Florida Southern, Southern or FSC) is a private college in Lakeland, Florida. In 2019, the student population at FSC consisted of 3,073 students along with 130 full-time faculty members. The college offers 50 undergradu ...

. In 2008, he joined the staff of

Edge Hill University Edge Hill University is a campus-based public university in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, which opened in 1885 as Edge Hill College, the first non-denominational teacher training college for women in England, before admitting its first male stu ...

, as Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Programme Leader of the BA Creative Writing. In 2012, he was promoted to Reader in Poetry and Literary Translation. Pantano currently teaches at the

University of Lincoln , mottoeng = Freedom through wisdom , established = 1861 – Hull School of Art1905 – Endsleigh College1976 – Hull College1992 – University of Humberside1996 – University of Lincolnshire and Humberside2001 � ...

, where he is Associate Professor (Reader) in Creative Writing and Programme Leader for the MA Creative Writing.

Visual Art and Installations

Pantano's visual art and installations have been exhibited nationally and internationally, including the Kunsthalle Kohta, Finland; University of Birmingham; Royal Holloway, University of London; Kingston University; Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival, Scotland; The Design Centre, John Moores University, Liverpool; and the etk art space, Switzerland.

Music and Noise Poems

* ''Poem Pot Plays Pantano'' ( Dalia Donadio/ Wide Ear Records, Zurich, Switzerland, 2020) * ''Errata Vol. 1'' ( tkbks, Bern, Switzerland, 2020) * ''Errata Vol. 2'' ( tkbks, Bern, Switzerland, 2021) * ''Ballerinas'' ( Dalia Donadio/Martin Perret/ Wide Ear Records, Flargrant Délit, Zurich, Switzerland, 2021) * ''Errata Vol. 3'' ( tkbks, Bern, Switzerland, 2022) * ''Errata Vol. 4'' ( tkbks, Bern, Switzerland, 2022)

Publications

Pantano's individual works, as well as his translations from the German by

Friedrich Dürrenmatt Friedrich Dürrenmatt (; 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-g ...

Georg Trakl Georg Trakl (3 February 1887 – 3 November 1914) was an Austrian poet and the brother of the pianist Grete Trakl. He is considered one of the most important Austrian Expressionists. He is perhaps best known for his poem " Grodek", which he wr ...

, and Robert Walser, have been featured or are forthcoming in numerous journals and anthologies in Europe, Asia, and the United States, including ''Absinthe: New European Writing'', ''The Adirondack Review'', ''ARCH'', ''The Baltimore Review'', ''Bayou Magazine'', ''The Book Of Hopes And Dreams'' (Bluechrome 2006), ''Conjunctions'',''The Cortland Review'', '' Evergreen Review'', '' Dreginald'', ''

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'', ''Gradiva: International Journal of Italian Poetry'', ''

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'', '' Harper's Magazine'', ''Hotel'', ''

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'', ''la revue de belles-lettres'', ''Jacket'', ''Lilliput Review'', '' The Mailer Review'', ''Mayday Magazine'', ''Modern Poetry in Translation'', ''The Pedestal Magazine'', ''Plume'', ''Poetenladen'', '' Poetry International'', ''32 Poems Magazine'', ''Poetic Voices Without Borders 1&2'' (Gival Press 2005, 2009), ''

Poetry Salzburg Review ''Poetry Salzburg Review'' is an English language, biannual literary magazine published by Poetry Salzburg at the University of Salzburg and edited by Wolfgang Görtschacher. It is a successor to '' The Poet's Voice'', which was edited and publis ...

'', '' Poetry London'', ''Style: A Quarterly Journal of Aesthetics, Poetics, and Stylistics'', ''The Toronto Quarterly'', '' Versal'', ''Verse Daily'', ''VLAK'', ''The White Whale Review'', '' 3:am Magazine'', and ''The Wolf''.

Books

* ''Blumendürre––Visionen einer Reise'' (Private Publication––Frankfurt, Germany, 1996) * ''Geschlüpfte Kreaturen'' (Private Publication—Frankfurt, Germany, 1997) * ''Blue Opium'' (Carlyle Press, 1997) * ''Camera Obscura'' (Carlyle Press, 1999) * ''Panta Rhei'' (Alpha Beat Press, 2000) * ''Blue Opium, Panta Rhei, and Camera Obscura'' (Infinity Press, 2001) * ''The Oldest Hands in the World'' (Black Lawrence Press/Dzanc Books, New York, 2010) * ''Mass Graves (XIX-XXII)'' (The Knives, Forks and Spoons Press, 2011) * ''Mass Graves: City of Now'' (The Knives, Forks and Spoons Press, 2012) * ''Dogs in Untended Fields'' (Zurich, Switzerland: Wolfbach Verlag, 2015) * ''Waldeinsamkeit: Liverpool Poems (Chapter VI)'' (Argotist Books, 2016) * ''ORAKL'' (

Black Lawrence Press Black Lawrence Press is an independent publishing company founded in upstate New York by Colleen Ryor. It was an imprint of Dzanc Books from 2008 to 2013. It hosts the Big Moose Prize for the novel, the Hudson Prize and the St. Lawrence Book Awa ...

, New York, 2017) * ''Waldeinsamkeit (13)'' (zimZalla, Manchester, 2018) * ''Kindertotenlieder: Collected Early Essay & Letters & Confessions'' (Bristol: Hesterglock Press, 2019) * ''Six Essays'' (Bern, Switzerland: aaaa press, 2020) * ''Sinner'' (Langenthal, Switzerland: TAP Editions, 2021) * ''Ten Million and One Silences'' (Bern, Switzerland: edition taberna kritika, 2021) * ''333'' (etkcontext, Bern, Switzerland, 2022) * ''Himmel-Bimmel-Bam-Bam'' (edition taberna kritika, Bern, Switzerland, 2022) * ''Home for Difficult Children'' (Broken Sleep Books, Talgarreg, UK, 2022) * ''Order & Necessity'' (Bern, Switzerland: edition taberna kritika, 2023)

Translations

* ''In an Abandoned Room: Selected Poems by Georg Trakl'' (Erbacce Press, Liverpool, 2008) * ''The Possible Is Monstrous: Selected Poems by Friedrich Dürrenmatt'' (

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, New York, 2010) * ''Oppressive Light: Selected Poems by Robert Walser'' (Black Lawrence Press, New York, 2012) * ''Robert Walser: Fairy Tales--Dramolettes'' ( New Directions, New York, 2015) * ''Robert Walser: Comedies'' (

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, London, 2017) * ''Michael Fehr: super light'' ( Der gesunde Menschenversand, Luzern, 2020) * ''Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Virus Epidemic in South Africa'' (Centre Dürrenmatt, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 2022) * ''Robert Walser: The Poems'' (Seagull Books, London, 2022)

Forthcoming

* ''The Damned: Selected Poems by Georg Trakl'' (Broken Sleep Books, Talgarreg, UK, 2023) * ''Georg Trakl: The Collected Works'' (Black Lawrence Press, New York, 2024)

Translations of Pantano

: ''The Oldest Hands in the World'', 2013 (original ''The Oldest Hands in the World''), translated by Sahar Tavakoli, Dastan Publishing House, Tehran, Iran. *

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: ''The Oldest Hands in the World'', 2013 (original ''The Oldest Hands in the World''), translated by Faryad Shiri, Dastan Publishing House, Tehran, Iran. *

: ''Dogs in Untended Fields / Hunde in verwahrlosten Feldern'' (Selected Poems), 2015, translated by Jürgen Brôcan, Wolfbach Verlag, Zurich, Switzerland. *

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: ''14 Poem(a)s'', Selected Poems by Daniele Pantano, 2019, translated by Pablo Ascierto and Tomás Sufotinsky, Ediciones Abend, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. *

: ''Mass Graves:'' ''Study in Soot & Hypertonic Saline'' (Selected Poems), 2019, translated by Sahar Tavakoli, Dastan Publishing House, Tehran, Iran. *

: ''Mass Graves:'' ''Study in Soot & Hypertonic Saline'' (Selected Poems), 2019, translated by Faryad Shiri, Dastan Publishing House, Tehran, Iran. *

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: ''Dogs'' (Selected Poems), 2020, translated by Alessandra Ceccoli, Jona Editore, Turin, Italy. * French: ''Dogs in Untended Fields / Chiens dans des champs en friche'' (Selected Poems), 2020, translated by Eva Anntonikov, Éditions d'en bas, Lausanne, Switzerland. *

: ''Home for Difficult Children'', 2023, translated by Sahar Tavakoli, Dastan Publishing House, Tehran, Iran.

References

* www.pantano.ch

Retrieved December 4, 2020.

External links

Official Site
www.pantano.ch
Two poems at ''Plume''

Three poems at ''Evergreen Review''

* ttp://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/fou-poems-daniele-pantano/ Four poems at ''3:am Magazine''
Pantano at ''Verse Daily''

Pantano at ''Jacket Magazine''

Robert Walser translation at ''Guernica''

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070928074637/http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=182%2F Three poems at Poet's Corner––Fieralingue
Three poems at The Other Voices International Project

Newspaper article: "When Switzerland Closed Its Doors, America Welcomed Pantano"

Interview at ''3:am Magazine''

Interview at ''Hotel Magazine''

Newspaper article: "Two Poets Laureate Appear in Polk" Billy Collins / Daniele Pantano

Two translations at ''ARCH'', Washington University

Three poems at ''The White Whale Review''