W. S. Di Piero Explained

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."

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.[1] In 1982, he joined Stanford University.[2] [3] He is an art critic,[4] and curated a photography exhibit of Jonathan Elderfield.[5]

His work appeared in AGNI,[6] Ploughshares,[7] and Triquarterly.

He lives in San Francisco.[8] [9]

Awards

Works

Poetry collections

Journal contributions

Translations

. Leonardo Sinisgalli. The Ellipse: Selected Poems of Leonardo Sinisgalli . registration . Princeton University Press. 1982 .

. This Strange Joy: Selected Poems of Sandro Penna . Sandro Penna . Translator W. S. Di Piero . . 1982 . 0-8142-0328-0 .

. Giacomo Leopardi. Pensieri . Il Merlo Press . Translator W. S. Di Piero . 2005. 978-0-9759823-6-5 .

Essays

Anthologies

Further reading

Online poetry

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Writers in Residence - Fall Quarter 2000 . Center for the Writing Arts - Northwestern University . 2016-07-16.
  2. Web site: Contemporary Italian American Writing . Italian American Writers . 2016-07-16.
  3. Web site: Faculty . Stanford University Department of English . Mar 21, 2021.
  4. Web site: Exhibition Notes by W. S. Di Piero . The New Criterion . 2016-07-16.
  5. Web site: Jonathan Elderfield . CUE Art Foundation . 2016-07-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090224083848/http://www.cueartfoundation.org/jonathan-elderfield.html . February 24, 2009 .
  6. Web site: AGNI Online: Author W S di Piero . Boston University . 2016-07-16.
  7. Web site: Read By Author . Ploughshares . 2016-07-16.
  8. Web site: W. S. Di Piero . Poetry Foundation . 2016-07-16.
  9. Web site: W.S. Di Piero | Directory of Writers . Poets & Writers . 18 April 2000 . 2016-07-16.
  10. Web site: W.S. Di Piero Awarded 2012 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize . April 17, 2012 . The Poetry Foundation .
  11. Award and dates verified using the searchable database at Web site: The Wallace Foundation Grantees Database . The Wallace Foundation . 2012-04-28.
  12. Web site: Stanford Report: Honors & Awards . May 14, 2008 . Stanford University.