Jon Paul Fiorentino

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Jon Paul Fiorentino

Jon Paul Fiorentino is a Canadian poet, novelist, short story writer, editor, and professor.

Fiorentino was born and raised in the Transcona area of Winnipeg, Manitoba. In his book of poems, Resume Drowning, he wrote that because he has resided in Transcona, Winnipeg, and Montreal, he considers all three to be home.^[1] He started writing in Winnipeg and moved to Montreal to pursue a life in writing in 1999.^[2]

Fiorentino taught at Concordia University. He was editor-in-chief of Matrix magazine, was poetry editor of Joyland magazine and founded Snare Books, a Canadian publishing company.