Informazioni
- Datazione: 1924-?
- Luogo di nascita: Delianuova [Calabria]
- Note biografiche: Born in Delianuova, Reggio Calabria, Italy, in 1924, Alfredo was called for military service in 1943 and, on the announcement of the armistice between Italy and the Allies later that year, was taken prisoner by the Germans.
Returning after the war, he continued his studies, gained a teaching diploma and enrolled at the University of Naples. Alfredo interrupted his studies to join his father (1948), who had emigrated to Australia more than 20 years earlier. After working as a cabinetmaker, he became a part-time student at the University of Western Australia and from 1951 to 1970, Alfredo taught English to Italian migrants as well as teaching Italian for the Adult Education Board.
Alfredo's articles have appeared in newspapers in Italy and Australia. In 1970 he founded the Italian language newspaper La Rondine in Perth, but it closed in 1973. He has been a member of the Accademia Internazionale Artistica Letteraria di Cita` di Boretto and, in 1987, was the recipient of the Australian Italian Friendship award, Western Australia. For over twenty years he has served as the president of ANFE, an association for the welfare of Italian migrant families. In 1990, Alfredo was awarded first prize for a short story in the Unione Italiani Estero International Competition. He has published in Italian and English
Altra nota biografica:
Migrant from Calabria. Strano quickly finds his niche in the new country. Within a few years he buys a house and realising that his fellow Italians, left to their own devices by an uncaring Italian government, are in need of assistance, he sets up a migration and travel agency called significantly "Boomerang Travel Service." He becomes the factotum of Perth's Italian community, spends his evenings teaching English to NESB migrants and Italian to Australians, becomes president of ANFE in Western Australia, and works for the welfare of his community.
