Luigi Bonaffini
Professor
Modern Languages and Literatures
Location: 4239 Boylan Hall
Phone: 718.951.5451
Fax: 718.951.4235
Email:
Journal of Italian Translation - www.jitonline.org
Italian Dialect Poetry - dialectpoetry.com
Education:
Ph.D., University of Connecticut - 1976 (Italian)
Areas of Expertise:
Contemporary Italian literature, dialect poetry, translation, migrant literature, literature of the Italian diaspora.
Books and Publications
"Giose Rimanelli e la poesia dialettale in America." Archeomolise, April-June. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013
Poets of the Italian Diaspora. Co-editor. Fordham University Press. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2013
Translation of Under Human Species, by Mario Luzi. Fondazione Luzi. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2013
The Bedroom, by Attilio Bertolucci. Translation. Chelsea Editions. (Books and Publications: Book) 2012
"Arturo Giovannitti e l'establishment letterario americano." Il bardo della libertà. Arturo Giovannitti (1884-1959), a cura di Norberto Lombardi. Isernia: Cosmo Iannoni Editore. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2011
Journal of Italian Translation 6.1 and 2, Spring-Fall. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2011
Bonaffini, Luigi and Mia Lecomte. A New Map: The Poetry of Migrant Writers in Italy. Legas Publications. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2011
"Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking," by Walt Whitman, translated into Italian. Journal of Italian Translation 4.1, Fall. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
Journal of Italian. Translation. Volume 4, Number 2. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2010
No Day, No Dusk, No Love, by Carla Panciera. Translation. Bordighera Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 2010
Selected Poems, by Antonietta Dell'Arte. Translation. Gradiva Publications. (Books and Publications: Book) 2010
"Poems by Ezra Pound." Journal of Italian Translation 3.2, Spring. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009
"Poems by Justin Vitiello." Journal of Italian Translation 3.2, Spring. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009
Calchi di luna/ Moon Castings, by Vincenzo Di Oronzo. Translation. Gradiva Publications. (Books and Publications: Book) 2009
Journal of Italian Translation, Volume 4, Number 1. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2009
Journal of Italian. Translation. Volume 3, Number 2. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2009
Vita di Giovanni Antenucci. Isernia: Iannone. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2009
Journal of Italian. Translation, Volume 2, Number 2. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2008
Selected Poems by Giancarlo Pontiggia. Gradiva Publications. (Books and Publications: Book) 2008
What She says About Love / Quello che lei dice dell'amore, by Tony Magistrale. Translation, Bordighera Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 2008
"L'eco di Monongah nella stampa americana e italo-americana." Monongah 1907. Una tragedia dimenticata. Ministero degli Affari Esteri. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2007
"Translation of Poems by Marco Giovenale." Journal of Italian Translation II.2, Fall. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007
"Tusiani traduttore di poesia dialettale." Joseph Tusiani tra le due sponde dell'oceano. Centro Documentazione Leonardo Sciascia. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2007
Journal of Italian. Translation, Volume 1, Number 2. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2007
Journal of Italian. Translation, Volume 2, Number 1. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2007
Vita di Giovanni Antenucci. New York: Legas. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2007
"Interview with Anna Maria Farabbi." il gabellino VIII.3, June. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
"Poems by Pier Paolo Pasolini." Metamoprphoses 14.1-2, Spring and Fall. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Journal of Italian. Translation, Volume 1, Number 1. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2006
Orazione sulla più recente scomparsa di Cristoforo Colombo, by Robert Viscusi. Translation into Italian. Libreria Dante & Descartes, RavelloFestival. (Books and Publications: Book) 2006
"Luigi Fontanella. La parola transfuga." Italian Quarterly, Winter-Spring: 80-83. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2005
"Mario Luzi's Last Poem." Gradiva 27-28: 17-21. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
"Poems by Anna Maria Farabbi." Gradiva 27-28. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
"Poems by Mariano Baino." Gradiva 27-28. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
The Bread and the Rose. A Trilingual Anthology of Neapolitan Poetry from the Sixteenth Century to the Present. New York: Legas. (Books and Publications: Book) 2005
Trosio, Luciano. Oriental Parnassus. Translation. Legas Publishing. 2006. (Books and Publications: Book) 2005
Jo Ann Cavallo. Il maggio emiliano: Ricordi, Riflessioni, Brani. Gradiva 27-28. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2005
"Campana e Dante." Dino Campana. Canti Orfici. Edizioni Centro Studi Campaniani. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2004
"Come (non) tradurre dal dialetto" Binding the Lands. The New Jersey Institute of Italian and Italian American Studies. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2004
Schaum's Easy Outline Italian. McGraw-Hill. (Books and Publications: Book) 2004
"Giose Rimanelli e il linguaggio del desiderio." NAE II.2, Spring. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003
Earthly and Heavenly Journey of Simone Martini, by Mario Luzi. Translation. Green Integer Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 2003
Orphic Songs, by Dino Campana. Translation, introduction and notes. Bordighera Publishing. (Books and Publications: Book) 2003
Selected Poems of Carlo Felice Colucci. Editor and translator. New York: Gradiva. (Books and Publications: Book) 2003
"Dialect, Jazz, Polyphony, and the Loom of Language in Giose Rimanelli's Detroit Blues." Rivista di studi italiani IX.1, June: 83-97. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002
Forty Floors from Yesterday/Quaranta piani da ieri, by Stephen Massimilla. Translation into Italian. Bordighera Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 2002
Italian Vocabulary. Shaum's Outlines Series. McGraw-Hill. (Books and Publications: Book) 2002
Selected Poems of Albino Pierro. Editor and translator. Toronto: Guernica. (Books and Publications: Book) 2002
Selected Poems of Cesare Ruffato. Editor and translator. New York: Legas. (Books and Publications: Book) 2002
Dialect Poetry of Northern and Central Italy. Co-editor. New York: Legas. (Books and Publications: Book) 2001
"Giose Rimanelli e la poesia dialettale in America." Rimanelliana. Ed. Sebastiano Martelli. Forum Italicum. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2000
"Italian Dialects from Common Speech to Literary Languages." Italiana 9: 289-304. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2000
"Italian Dialects from Common Speech to Literary Languages." The Craft and the Fury. Ed. Joseph Francese. West Lafayette: Bordighera Press. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2000
Molisan Poems. Selected Poems of Eugenio Cirese. Editor and translator. Toronto: Guernica. (Books and Publications: Book) 2000
"Come (non) tradurre dal dialetto." Il Belli 3, December. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1999
"Intervista." Presunto inverno. Ed. Achille Serrao. Marina di Minturno: Caramanica. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1999
Cantalesia. Poems in the Neapolitan Dialect, by Achille Serrao. Editor and translator. New York: Legas. (Books and Publications: Book) 1999
Jazzymood, by Giose Rimanelli. Editor and translator. New York: Gradiva. (Books and Publications: Book) 1999
Phrases and Passages of a Salutary Song, by Mario Luzi. Translator. Toronto: Guernica. (Books and Publications: Book) 1999
Variable Star, by Vittorio Sereni. Editor and translator. Toronto: Guernica. (Books and Publications: Book) 1999
Via terra. An Anthology of Contemporary Italian Dialect Poetry. Co-editor and translator. New York: Legas. (Books and Publications: Book) 1999
Viamerica, by Giose Rimanelli and Achille Serrao. Editor and co-translator. Toronto: Guernica. (Books and Publications: Book) 1999
Moliseide and Other Poems, by Giose Rimanelli. Editor and translator, New York: Legas. (Books and Publications: Book) 1998
"Translating Dialect Literature." World Literature Today 71.2, Spring. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1997
Dialect Poetry of Southern Italy. Texts and Criticism. New York: Legas. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 1997
"Achille Serrao e la poesia neodialettale napoletana." Rivista di Studi Italiani, Fall. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1996
From G: to G: 101 Somnets (sic), by Giose Rimanelli and Luigi Fontanella. Editor and co-translator. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 1996
"Traditori in provincia. Appunti sulla traduzione dal dialetto." Italica 72.3, Summer: 209-27. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1995
'A canniatura / The Crevice, by Achille Serrao. Editor and translator. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. (Books and Publications: Book) 1995
Alien Cantica, by Giose Rimanelli. Editor and translator. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 1995
"La poesia dialettale di Joseph Tusiani." Joseph Tusiani: Poet Translator Humanist / An International Homage. West Lafayette: Bordighera Inc. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1994
Lu pavone / La sdrenga, by Giuseppe Jovine. Translation, with critical introduction and notes, trilingual edition. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. (Books and Publications: Book) 1994
"Dino Campana." An Anthology of Contemporary Italian Poetry. University of Toronto Press. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1993
"Giuseppe Jovine." The Dictionary of Literary Biography. Bruccoli Clark, Inc. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1993
Poesia dialettale del Molise. Testi e critica. Co-editor. Isernia, Italy: Marinelli Editore. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 1993
"Dino Campana." The Dictionary of Literary Biography. Bruccoli Clark, Inc. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1992
"Eugenio Cirese." The Dictionary of Literary Biography. Bruccoli Clark, Inc. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1992
Canti Orfici and Other Poems, by Dino Campana. Translation, introduction and notes. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. (Books and Publications: Book) 1992
For the Baptism of Our Fragments, by Mario Luzi. Translation. Montreal: Guernica Editions, May. (Books and Publications: Book) 1992
"La presenza di Dante nei Canti Orfici." Hellas (Florence), October: 19-34. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1989
"Dante, Campana e l'orfismo: componenti dantesche nei Canti orfici." Italica 58.4: 264-80. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1981
La poesia visionaria di Dino Campana. Isernia: Marinelli. (Books and Publications: Book) 1980
"Ordine e disordine in Campana: 'Genova' e la questione della quarta strofa." Forum Italicum 13.3: 344-58. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1979
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
PSC/CUNY Research Grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
PSC/CUNY Research Grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
PSC-CUNY Research Grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
PSC-CUNY Research Grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006
CUNY Certificate of Recognition. November 28. (Awards and Honors) 2005
PSC-CUNY Research Grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 2005
CUNY Certificate of Recognition, December 1. (Awards and Honors) 2004
Grant from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the translation of Pier Paolo Pasolini's La nuova gioventù. (Grants and Fellowships) 2004
PSC-CUNY Research Grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 2004
Translation Prize from the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs for the translation of Dino Campana's Canti Orfici. (Awards and Honors) 2004
Wolfe Fellowship, 2004-05. (Grants and Fellowships) 2004
Italian National Translation Prize from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. (Awards and Honors) 2003
PSC-CUNY Research Grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 2003
Finalist, Diego Valeri International Translation prize. (Awards and Honors) 2002
PSC-CUNY Research Grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 2002
Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs Translation Prize, for the translation of Phrases and Passages of a Salutary Song, by Mario Luzi. (Awards and Honors) 2001
PSC-CUNY Research Grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 2001
PSC-CUNY Research Grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 2000
Bordighera Translation Prize. (Awards and Honors) 1999
PSC-CUNY Research Grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 1999
Brooklyn College Award for Excellence in Teaching, Spring. (Awards and Honors) 1997
Italian Ministry for Cultural Affairs Translation Prize, for the translation of For the Baptism of Our Fragments, by Mario Luzi. (Awards and Honors) 1993
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"Introduction to 'Lingua e dialetti: The Dilemma of the Italian Writer.'" Casa Italiana, New York University. March 27. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Translating Dialect Literature." Italian Identities: Dialects, Minorities, Literatures International Conference. Notre Dame University. March 23. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Giovannitti and the American Literary Establishment." Theater of the Mind Conference. Stony Brook University. March 18. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
"Roundtable on Translation." Italian American Writers Association. New York University. Sept. 15. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
Organizer and chair, "Poets of the Italian Diaspora" session, annual conference of the Mediterranean Studies Association. Salamanca, Spain, May 27-29. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Organizer, "Letteratura dialettale 1: Campania" and "Letteratura dialettale II: Sicilia" sessions. Annual conference of the American Association of Italian Studies, St. John's University, New York, May 7-10. Also participated in the roundtable "Le riviste" and gave a paper on "Poeti neodialettali della Campania." (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
"Homage to Dino Campana." Italian Cultural Institute, New York, August 18. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"Italian Neodialect Poetry." The Cruellest Month. Italian and American poetry in New York Conference. SUNY Stony Brook at Manhattan, April 12. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
Organized the sessions "La poesia neodialettale. Una realtà ineludibile" and "Journal of Italian Translation. Presentazione e letture." Annual conference of the American Association of Italian Studies. Messina, Italy, May 22-24. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
Roundtable on translation, Rutgers University, February 21. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"Rhyme and Meter in Pasolini's Dialect Poetry." Mediterranean Studies Association. Evora, Portugal, May 31. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
"Giovannitti and the American Literary Establishment." International Symposium on Arturo Giovannitti. Campobasso, Italy, November 25-26. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006
"Translating Pasolini's La nuova gioventù." Roundtable on translation, Annual AATI Conference. Genoa, Italy, May 27. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
Presentation of the journal Altroverso, Mediterranean Studies Association. Genoa, Italy, May 25. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
Community Activities
Organizer, reading of Italian dialect poetry, Cornelia St. Café, New York, Sept. 10. 2009
Other Professional Activities
Journal of Italian Translation VII.2, Fall. 2013
Translation into Italian of poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Journal of Italian Translation VII.2. 2013
Interviewed by the online journal Formafluens, www.formafluens.net, N. 2 / 2011. April-June. 2011
Organizer, bilingual reading of Italian Poets in the United States, Cornelia St. Cafe, New York, March 30. 2011
