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Biography

Name: (Michael) Dana Gioia
Variant Name: Dana Gioia, Michael Dana Gioia
Birth Date: December 24, 1950
Nationality: American
Gender: Male

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Biography of (Michael) Dana Gioia
6,156 words, approx. 21 pages
Among the poets of the New Formalism, none has been more active as a force of organization and encouragement than Dana Gioia. Amid the chorus of New Formalist poets, Gioia's voice has been one of the clearest and most profound; he communicates with...
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Biography of (Michael) Dana Gioia
3,393 words, approx. 11 pages
Bruce Bawer (Connoisseur, March 1989) notes that Dana Gioia is ... one of several younger poets--dubbed "The New Formalists"--who are challenging the poetry-world status quo in significant, possibly even historic, ways. Some of his more vociferous...


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Michael Dana Gioia (born 1950-12-24 ) is an American poet and critic. He has been chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts since January 2003. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Poetry 1.1.1 The Daily Horoscope (1986) 1.1.2 The Gods of Winter (1991) 1.1.3...


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Michael Dana Gioia—he does not use his first name and pronounces his surname "JOY-uh" — was born in Hawthorne, California (although Who's Who says Los Angeles), the son of Michael and Dorothy (Ortiz) Gioia. He grew up in Hawthorne, "speaking...


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Quincy Jones among 2008 NEA Jazz Masters
10/3/2007: 548 words, approx. 2 pages
Music impresario Quincy Jones was among six musicians named as National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters for 2008.The 2008 Jazz Masters were announced Tuesday night at a ceremony hosted by NEA Chairman Dana Gioia at the Jazz at Lincoln Center venue named after trumpeter...
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Quincy Jones receives jazz masters honor
10/4/2007: 546 words, approx. 2 pages
Quincy Jones was among six musicians named as National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters for 2008.The 2008 Jazz Masters were announced Tuesday night at a ceremony hosted by NEA Chairman Dana Gioia at the Jazz at Lincoln Center venue named after trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie,...
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Kurt Vonnegut tops in public's heart
11/16/2007: 775 words, approx. 3 pages
Within the past year, three of the most famous authors to emerge after World War II have died: Norman Mailer, Kurt Vonnegut and William Styron. Their deaths all resulted in front-page stories, lengthy appreciations and ongoing discussions about their place in American letters.No writer was...
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Should Old Acquaintance Be Revived? Probably; Also: Blurring Broadway Not-for-Profit
7/31/2007: 748 words, approx. 3 pages
The Roundabout productions currently on offer are a revival at the American Airlines Theatre of John van Druten’s inconsequential 1943 light comedy Old Acquaintance; and at the Laura Pels, Beyond Glory, Stephen Lang’s tribute to U.S. war heroes who were awarded the Medal of Honor,...
 


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