Pasquale Verdicchio (born March 4, 1954) is an Italian Canadian poet, critic and translator teaching in the US at UCSD.
Born in Naples, Italy, he moved to Vancouver BC in the late 60s.
[3][4] Pasquale Verdicchio was one of the founding members of the Association of Italian-Canadian Writers in 1986.
Other founders include Antonio D'Alfonso, Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, Dino Minni, Fulvio Caccia, Marco Micone and Joseph Pivato.
In 2020 Antonio D'Alfonso edited, Pasquale Verdicchio: Essays on His Works a collection of literary studies on the many books of poetry and criticism which Verdicchio produced in his long career.