W. S. Di Piero

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W. S. Di Piero
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William Simone Di Piero is an American poet, translator, essayist, and educator. He has published ten collections of poetry and five collections of essays in addition to his translations. In 2012 Di Piero received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for his lifetime achievement; in making the award, Christian Wiman noted, "He’s a great poet whose work is just beginning to get the wide audience it deserves." [1]

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Life

He grew up in South Philadelphia in an Italian-American working-class neighborhood, attended St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia and received a master's degree from San Francisco State University in 1971.

He taught at Louisiana State University, and Northwestern University. [2] In 1982, he joined Stanford University. [3] [4] He is an art critic, [5] and curated a photography exhibit of Jonathan Elderfield. [6]

His work appeared in AGNI , [7] Ploughshares , [8] and Triquarterly .[ citation needed ]

He lives in San Francisco. [9] [10]

Awards

Works

Poetry collections

Journal contributions

Translations

Essays

Anthologies

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References

  1. 1 2 "W.S. Di Piero Awarded 2012 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize". The Poetry Foundation. April 17, 2012.
  2. "Writers in Residence - Fall Quarter 2000". Center for the Writing Arts - Northwestern University. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  3. "Contemporary Italian American Writing". Italian American Writers. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  4. "Faculty". Stanford University Department of English. Retrieved Mar 21, 2021.
  5. "Exhibition Notes by W. S. Di Piero". The New Criterion. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  6. "Jonathan Elderfield". CUE Art Foundation. Archived from the original on February 24, 2009. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  7. "AGNI Online: Author W S di Piero". Boston University. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  8. "Read By Author". Ploughshares. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  9. "W. S. Di Piero". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  10. "W.S. Di Piero | Directory of Writers". Poets & Writers. 18 April 2000. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  11. 1 2 "Stanford Report: Honors & Awards". Stanford University. May 14, 2008.
  12. Award and dates verified using the searchable database at "The Wallace Foundation Grantees Database". The Wallace Foundation. Retrieved 2012-04-28.

Further reading

Online poetry