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
editHe 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]
Awards
edit- 2012 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement.[1]
- 2008 California Book Award. Gold medal for Chinese Apples: New and Selected Poems.[11]
- 1998–2001 Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund grant.[12]
- 1996 Academy of American Poets Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Award. Book prize for This Strange Joy: Selected Poems of Sandro Penna.
- 1985 Guggenheim Fellowship.
- Ingram Merrill Fellowship.
- National Endowment for the Arts grant.[11]
Works
editPoetry collections
edit- The Complaints. Carnegie Mellon University Press; February 15, 2019
- The Man on the Water. MadHat Press; December 15, 2016
- Nitro Nights. Copper Canyon Press. 2011. ISBN 978-1-55659-380-2.
- Chinese Apples: New and Selected Poems. Knopf. 2007. ISBN 978-0-307-26538-8.
- Brother Fire. Random House, Inc. 2006. ISBN 978-0-375-71049-0.
- Skirts and Slacks. Alfred A. Knopf. 2001. ISBN 978-0-375-41153-3.
- Shadows Burning. Northwestern University Press. 1995. ISBN 978-0-8101-5019-5.
- The Restorers. University of Chicago Press. 1992. ISBN 978-0-226-15347-6.
- The Dog Star. University of Massachusetts Press. 1990. ISBN 978-0-87023-704-1.
- Early Light. University of Utah Press. 1985. ISBN 978-0-87480-189-7.
- The Only Dangerous Thing. Elpenor Books. 1984. ISBN 978-0-931972-06-5.
- The First Hour. Abattoir Editions. 1982.
- Country of Survivors: Poems. Eric B. Rasmussen Publishing. 1974.
Journal contributions
edit- ""Pacific Surfliner" Now Arriving San Diego". Poetry. March 2008.
- "The Invention of Photography". Three Penny Review. Winter 2009.
- "New Year's Eve at Dave and Sheila's". The Cortland Review. November 1999.
- "Mowers". The New Criterion. April 2004.
- "The fruits of the sea". The New Criterion. November 2006.
- "Overlooking Lake Champlain". Ploughshares. Winter 2006–07. Archived from the original on 2007-05-28.
- "Raven". Poetry Northwest. 5 December 2008.
Translations
edit- Sinisgalli, Leonardo (1982). The Ellipse: Selected Poems of Leonardo Sinisgalli. Princeton University Press.
- Penna, Sandro (1982). This Strange Joy: Selected Poems of Sandro Penna. Translator W. S. Di Piero. Ohio State University Press. ISBN 0-8142-0328-0.
- Euripides (1996). Peter Burian (ed.). Ion. Translator W. S. Di Piero. Oxford University Press US. ISBN 978-0-19-509451-0.
- Leopardi, Giacomo (2005). Pensieri. Translator W. S. Di Piero. Il Merlo Press. ISBN 978-0-9759823-6-5.
Essays
edit- Fat: New and Uncollected Prose. Carnegie Mellon University Press; November 7, 2020
- City Dog, Northwestern University Press, 2009.
- Shooting the Works: On Poetry and Pictures. Northwestern University Press. 1996. ISBN 978-0-8101-5052-2.
- Out of Eden: Essays on Modern Art. University of California Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-585-28070-7.
- Memory and Enthusiasm: Essays, 1975-1985. Books on Demand. 1989. ISBN 978-0-608-02527-8.
- "Pollock on Paper". Three Penny Review. Spring 2007.
- "Gots Is What You Got". Three Penny Review. Fall 1994.
Anthologies
edit- Jamaica Kincaid, Robert Atwan, ed. (1995). The best American essays. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-395-69184-7.
W. S. Di Piero.
- David Foster Wallace; Robert Atwan, eds. (2007). Best American Essays. Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 978-0-618-70927-4.
References
edit- ^ a b "W.S. Di Piero Awarded 2012 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize". The Poetry Foundation. April 17, 2012.
- ^ "Writers in Residence - Fall Quarter 2000". Center for the Writing Arts - Northwestern University. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ "Contemporary Italian American Writing". Italian American Writers. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ "Faculty". Stanford University Department of English. Retrieved Mar 21, 2021.
- ^ "Exhibition Notes by W. S. Di Piero". The New Criterion. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ "Jonathan Elderfield". CUE Art Foundation. Archived from the original on February 24, 2009. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ "AGNI Online: Author W S di Piero". Boston University. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ "W. S. Di Piero". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ "W.S. Di Piero | Directory of Writers". Poets & Writers. 18 April 2000. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ a b "Stanford Report: Honors & Awards". Stanford University. May 14, 2008.
- ^ Award and dates verified using the searchable database at "The Wallace Foundation Grantees Database". The Wallace Foundation. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
Further reading
edit- Domini, John (March–April 2008). "John Domini reviews Chinese Apples: New and Selected Poems". American Book Review. Not available online.
- Rodden, John (1996). "The Translator as Geologist: W. S. Di Piero's Quest for Recognitions". Translation Review. 50.
- Teicher, Craig Morgan (April 10, 2007). "On the Road with W. S. Di Piero". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2012-04-30. Question and answer session.
- Chinese Apples: Poems by W.S. Di Piero August 27, 2008, The Leonard Lopate Show: WNYC
- W.S. Di Piero, August 17, 2001, Morning Edition: NPR
Online poetry
edit- "The Invention of Photography". The Threepenny Review. Winter 2009.
- "W. S. Di Piero". The Poetry Foundation. 22 June 2021. Links to several poems and articles by Di Piero.