Daniele Pantano is a Swiss poet, translator, critic, and editor born of Sicilian and German parentage in Langenthal (Canton of Berne). His most recent works include The Possible Is Monstrous: Selected Poems by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, The Oldest Hands in the World, and Oppressive Light: Selected Poems by Robert Walser (all from Black Lawrence Press/Dzanc Books, 2010–12), as well as Mass Graves (XIX–XXII) and Mass Graves: City of Now (both from Knives, Forks and Spoons Press, 2011–12). His forthcoming books include Mass Graves: A Confession and The Collected Works of Georg Trakl. For more information, please visit www.danielepantano.ch.
