HOARSE LEGEND

THE DOWRY OF EDUCATION


THE ALPHABET OF THE TRAVELER

Corrado Paina was born in Milan in 1954 and came to Toronto in 1987. He arrived intending to stay for a few days and remained 19 years in this land of great spaces and gelid embrace.
He has published Hoarse Legend, The Dowry of Education, and The Alphabet of the Traveler with Mansfield Press.
In Italy he has published a collection of short stories entitled
Di Corsa (Monteleone/Mapograph - Vibo Valentia), two collections of poetry, Stolen Time (Atelier 14 - Milan), and in collaboration with renowned painter Sandro Martini, Darsena Inquinata (Moderata Durant- Latina), and the novel Tra Rothko e tre Finestre (Ibiskos). He is also the co-editor of College Street, Little Italy: Toronto's Renaissance Strip published by Mansfield Press. Corrado Paina has published several plaquettes with "il Pulcino e l'Elefante" of Alberto Casiraghi, "i quaderni d'Orfeo" published by Roberto Dossi, and Luciano Ragozzino and " il ragazzo innocuo" published by Dario Borso.

Website: www.corradopaina.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Corrado Paina is a man who sees the world we keep forgetting. He reminds us eloquently of its existence, with lines of love and laughter, anger and despair."

Ian Adams