Corrado Paina

Corrado Paina (born in Milan in 1954) is an Italian-born poet based in Toronto.

His writing reflects the changes of borders in life, sex and soul. His works have been published in Canada and Italy.

Poetry collections published

 * Hoarse Legend, 2000
 * The Dowry of Education, 2004
 * The Alphabet of the Traveler, 2006
 * Souls in Plain Clothes, 2008
 * Cinematic Taxi, 2015
 * Largo Italia
 * L'alfabeto del Viaggiatore
 * A Toast to Illness

Short story collections

 * Di Corsa (Monteleone/Mapograph – Vibo Valentia)
 * Tempo Rubato (Atelier 14 – Milano)
 * Darsena Inquinata (Moderata Durant – Latina)

Novels

 * Tra Rothko e Tre Finestre" (Ibiskos)
 * Abecedario (etchings by Sandro Martini)
 * Between Rothko and three windows

Plaquettes

 * "Il Pulcino e L'elefante" of Alberto Casiraghi,
 * "i Quaderni d'Orfeo" of Roberto Dossi and Luciano Ragozzino
 * "Il Ragazzo Innocuo" of Dario Borso

Editor

 * College Street – Little Italy – The Renaissance Strip (Mansfield Press) finalist of the Toronto Heritage Award