Daniela Gioseffi
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Daniela Gioseffi | |
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Born | 1941 (age 82–83) Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Nationality | American |
Education | Passaic Valley Regional High School Montclair State University (BA) Catholic University of America (MFA) |
Notable awards | American Book Award (1990) |
Daniela Gioseffi (born 1941) is an American poet, novelist and performer who won the
Early life
Gioseffi was born in 1941 in
Gioseffi attended
Career
Gioseffi began her career as a civil rights worker and journalist for
Whilst with the National Players, Gioseffi met her future husband Richard Kearney. He served as Technical Director for that tour and then as Assistant Technical Director at The Arena State, D.C. The couple had a daughter, singer songwriter, Thea D. Kearney, and moved to New York City where Richard became Technical Director and Designer at the George Gershwin Theatre, Brooklyn College.
Gioseffi won an award from The
Women on War; International Writings from Antiquity to the Present (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1988) won the
Gioseffi has lived the rest of her writing life in Brooklyn Heights, New York City, where she created the First Brooklyn Bridge Poetry Walk [6] – now produced by Poets House every year as a spring fund raiser.[7]
Gioseffi published four more collections of poetry, two novels, and a volume of short fiction, including Blood Autumn: Autunno di sangue, a bilingual edition of new and selected poems. Before retiring from teaching Gioseffi taught at Brooklyn College, Pace University, New York University's Publishing Institute, and The Manhattan's College of Visual Arts, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award in Education from The Association of Italian American Educators in 2003.[8] Gioseffi is the editor of Eco-Poetry.org [9] and PoetsUSA.com.
In the early 1990s, she moved to Byram Township, New Jersey.[3]
Legacy
Gioseffi's books, papers and correspondence are now housed as The Daniela Gioseffi Papers at the
Published & produced works
- Care of the Body, and The Sea Hag in the Cave of Sleep, 1971
- The Sea Hag in the Cave of Sleep
- The Brooklyn Bridge Poetry Walk, 1971
- The Great American Belly..., 1977 (Doubleday: NY, New English Library, London.)
- Eggs in the Lake; Poems, 1977 (Boa Editions; Rochester, NY.)[12]
- Earth Dancing; Mother Nature’s Oldest Rite, non-fiction treatise 1980 (Stackpole Books, PA.)
- Women on War: International Writings for the Nuclear Age, ed., 1988 (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster: NY.)
- Guide to Northwest Jersey Wildlife: Flora and Fauna, 1994,(Skylands Association, NJ.)
- Word Wounds and Water Flowers; Poems, (Bordighera Press, Purdue University, 1995.) [13]
- In Bed with the Exotic Enemy: Stories & Novella, 1995 (Avisson Bks., Greensboro: NC.)
- Going On, Poems, 2000 (Rattapallax Press: New York, NY)
- Women on War: International Writings from Antiquity to the Present, 2003, (Feminist Press,[14] Graduate Center of the City University of New York.)
- Blood Autumn: Autunno di sangue, New & Selected Poems, 2006 (VIA Folios, Bordighera Press, John D. Calandra Institute, Graduate Center, City University of New York.)[15]
- Emily Dickinson: Lover of Science and Scientist in Dark Days of the Republic, essay, Chelsea Literary Review, Number 81, New York City.
- Wild Nights, Wild Nights: The Story of Emily Dickinson's Master Figure: "Neighbor and Friend and Bridegroom," A Biographical Novel, 2010, Plain View Press[16]
- Pioneering Italian American Culture: Escaping la vita della cucina, VIA Folios, Essays & Interviews by & about Daniela Gioseffi, edited with an Introduction by Angelina Oberdan. 2013 Bordighera Press: Calandra Inst. Queens College City U. NY.[17]
- Author and Activist: The Daniela Gioseffi Story, A Biographical Documentary, Produced & Directed by Anton Evangelista
References
- ^ "Women on War | The Feminist Press". www.feministpress.org. Archived from the original on 2011-08-07.
- ^ Daniela Gioseffi, Poets & Writers, updated October 14, 2020. Accessed February 14, 2024. "Born in: Orange, NJ"
- ^ Newspapers.com. "Accustomed to being surrounded by highly literate people after nearly 30 years of living, writing, performing, publishing and teaching in New York City, Daniela Gioseffi was concerned for her intellectual health when she and her husband moved to a rural home after his retirement six years ago.... After graduating from Passaic Valley High School in Little Falls she earned a bachelor's degree at the former Montclair State College and a master of fine arts degree at American University in Washington, D.C."
- ^ "ABA: The American Book Awards / Before Columbus Foundation". www.bookweb.org. Archived from the original on 2007-07-03.
- ^ "ABA: The American Book Awards / Before Columbus Foundation". March 13, 2013. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013.
- ISBN 9780813535876– via Google Books.
- ^ "Poets House - Programs : Coming Up". poetshouse.org. Archived from the original on 2001-01-28.
- ^ "Association of Italian American Educators - Educator of the Year Awards". www.aiae.net. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
- ^ "Home". Ecological Poetry, Literature and Graphics of Climate Crisis.
- ^ "Orbis Titles". orbis.library.yale.edu.
- ^ "DANIELA GIOSEFFI VFA Fabulous Feminist". www.veteranfeministsofamerica.org. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ^ "Daniela Gioseffi: Eggs in the Lake". capa.conncoll.edu.
- ^ "Daniela Gioseffi: Word Wounds and Water Flowers". capa.conncoll.edu.
- ^ "Women on War, Feminist Press". www.feministpress.org. Archived from the original on 2003-03-04.
- ^ "Calandra Italian American Institute". Calandra Italian American Institute.
- ^ "Home Page". Plain View Press.
- ISBN 978-1599540597.
External links
- Daniela Gioseffi at The Poetry Foundation of America
- Daniela Gioseffi at The Academy of American Poets
- Daniela Gioseffi interviews Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet, Galway Kinnell Archived 2020-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
- [hdl:10079/fa/beinecke.gioseffi Daniela Gioseffi Papers.] Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.