Pasquale Verdicchio
Pasquale Verdicchio (born March 4, 1954) is an Italian Canadian poet, critic and translator teaching in the US at UCSD. Born in Naples, Italy, he moved to Vancouver BC in the late 60s. He received his BA from University of Victoria, MA from the University of Alberta, and PhD from the University of California. In the departments of Italian and Comparative Literature, he teaches Italian language, film and literature, and creative writing. Pasquale Verdicchio was one of the founding members of the Association of Italian-Canaian Writers in 1986. Other founders include Antonio D'Alfonso, Pier Giorgio Di Cicco , Dino Minni, Fulvio Caccia, Marco Micone and Joseph Pivato. Verdicchio was president of the Association of Italian-Canadian Writers from 1994-98 and again from 2006-8. In 2020 Antonio D'Alfonso edited, "Pasquale Verdicchio: Essays on His Works" a collection of literary studies on the many books of poetry and criticism which Verdicchio produced in his long career.