Daniele Pantano
Daniele Pantano (born February 10, 1976) is a poet, essayist, literary translator, artist, editor, and scholar. He was born in Langenthal, Switzerland, of Sicilian and German 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, Persian, 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 United States, and England. He has taught at the University of South Florida, where he also served as Director of the Writing Center, and, as visiting poet-in-residence, at Florida Southern College. In 2008, he joined the staff of Edge Hill University, England, 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, where he is Associate Professor 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) Errata Vol. 5 (tkbks, Bern, Switzerland, 2022) Publications Pantano's individual works, as well as his translations from the German by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Georg Trakl, 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, Asymptote, The Baltimore Review, Bayou Magazine, The Book Of Hopes And Dreams (Bluechrome 2006), Conjunctions,The Cortland Review, Evergreen Review, Dreginald, Das Magazin, Gradiva: International Journal of Italian Poetry, Guernica, Harper's Magazine, Hotel, Italian Americana, la revue de belles-lettres, Jacket, Lilliput Review, Literary Hub, The Mailer Review, Mayday Magazine, Modern Poetry in Translation, The Pedestal Magazine, Plume, Poetenladen, Poetry Daily, Poetry International, 32 Poems Magazine, Poetic Voices Without Borders 1&2 (Gival Press 2005, 2009), Poetry Salzburg Review, 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