Biography:

Daniel Pantano’s background is multinational and multicultural. Of Italian and German parentage, he was born in Langenthal, Switzerland, in 1976 and educated in the United States. He received a degree in philosophy from the University of South Florida in 2003 and is currently working on his M.A. in English and creative writing (studying with Nicholas Samaras). Pantano is a widely published poet in both English and German. He speaks six languages and, at the moment, lives and writes in Tampa, Florida.