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Gioia, Dana

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1950-12-24-

Biographical / Historical

Dana Gioia (1950- ) is an American poet. He has chaired the Natioal Endowment for the Arts and became the California State Poet Laureate in 2015. Previous to 1992, when he became a full-time poet, he was an executive at General Foods Corporation. He is the brother of jazz historian and composer Ted Gioia.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Poems from Italy / Smith, William Jay, editor ; Gioia, Dana, editor ; Pound E ; Hnizdovsky J., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-42604-44620
Scope and Contents

Jacques Hnizdovsky provided woodcut illustrations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985