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Michael Dana Gioia ( / ˈdʒɔɪ.ə /; born December 24, 1950) is an American poet, literary critic, literary translator, and essayist.
Composer Lori Laitman's setting of Dana Gioia's love poem, "The Apple Orchard," has become a popular song for tenors. Artist Ian Beck has just made a short, half-live, half-animated film version.
He is the Judge Widney Professor of Poetry and Public Culture at the University of Southern California and lives in both Los Angeles and Sonoma County. In 2015, Gioia was named Poet Laureate of California.
Dana Gioia is an internationally acclaimed poet and writer. Former California Poet Laureate and Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Gioia was born in Los Angeles of Italian and Mexican descent.
Dana Gioia (born December 24, 1950, Hawthorne, California, U.S.) is an American poet, poetry and music critic, and former corporate vice president of General Foods known best for his critical essay “Can Poetry Matter?” and for his arts activism.
Poems. Scroll down for links to poems from earlier publications. Here, Dana Gioia recites several poems from 99 Poems: New and Selected:
Gioia is the author of several poetry collections, including 99 Poems: New & Selected (Graywolf Press, 2016); Interrogations at Noon (Graywolf Press, 2001), winner of the American Book Award; The Gods of Winter (Graywolf Press, 1991); and Daily Horoscope (Graywolf Press, 1986).
