Benito Di Fonzo

Born into an Irish-Italian family in Sydney's inner-west, Journalist, playwright, poet and performer Benito Di Fonzo has written for, and been profiled by, the best and worst of publications including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun Herald, CNN, The Weekend Australian, and Bardfly Magazine of which he was editor.

Benito has performed his narrative neo-beat poems and spoken word in London, Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Rome, Adelaide, Perth and Ubud (Indonesia). As well as writing radio serials and plays for 2SER and 2FBI he has had two plays broadcast live from The Sydney Opera House. He has also performed on ABC 702 & Radio National, 3RRR (Melbourne)and Resonance FM (UK).

In 2005 Independence Jones Guerrilla Press published Benito's free-verse novel "Her, Leaving, As the Acid Hits" to positive reviews.

Benito's 2010 production "The Chronic Ills of Robert Zimmerman, AKA Bob Dylan (A Lie) A Theatrical Talking Blues & Glissendorf" was a hit of Adelaide Fringe before sold-out seasons in Sydney and Byron Bay and a litany of glowing reviews, resulting in the show being award the 2010 BITE (Best of Independent Theatre) and being restaged by The Seymour Centre, Sydney. It is currently touring. Benito has several plays in pre-production at present.

Benito holds degrees in Literature and Creative Writing from UWS, and has done postgraduate study at UTS, Syd University, and AFTRS.

In 2001 Benito was awarded the Inner City Life Literary Award by The NSW Writers' Centre. His favourite colour is irrelevant.