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(1936-2019) Poet. John Giorno was born in New York City, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

John Giorno

Locations

Nassau

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

As a child, Mr. Giorno lived in Roslyn Heights, on Long Island, New York.

Unknown

OTHER

Mr. Giorno was a graduate of James Madison High School in Brooklyn, New York.

1936

BIRTH

John Giorno was born in New York City, on December 4, 1936.

1958

OTHER

Mr. Giorno graduated from Columbia University in 1958.

1967

LITWORK

Poems by John Giorno
Mother Press

Collection of poetry.

1973

LITWORK

Cancer In My Left Ball: Poems, 1970-1972
Something Else Press
0871101009 ISBN-13: 978-0871101006
Collection of poems.

1993

LITWORK

You Got to Burn to Shine: New and Selected Writings
Serpent's Tail
1852423218 ISBN-13: 978-1852423216
Collection of poetry.

2008

LITWORK

Subduing Demons in America: Selected Poems 1962-2007
Soft Skull Press
1593762046 ISBN-13: 978-1593762049
Collection of poetry.

2019

DEATH

John Giorno died at his home in Lower Manhattan, New York, on October 11, 2019.

2020

LITWORK

Great Demon Kings: A Memoir of Art, Sex, Death, Poetry, and Enlightenment
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374166307 ISBN-13: 978-0374166304
Memoir.

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