Birth Name:

Dana Gioia

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Dec 24, 1950

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Hawthorne, California, United States

Age:

73

Zodiac Sign:

Capricorn

Astrology Data:

Sun

2°

Cap

27'

About Dana Gioia

Michael Dana Gioia (/ˈdʒɔɪ.ə/; born December 24, 1950) is an American poet and writer. He spent the first fifteen years of his career writing at night while working for General Foods Corporation. After his 1991 essay "Can Poetry Matter?" in addition generated international attention, Gioia quit business to pursue writing full-time. He served as the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) between 2003 and 2009. Gioia has published five books of poetry and three volumes of literary criticism as well as opera libretti, song cycles, translations, and over two dozen literary anthologies.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Conversation with Dana Gioia and Deborah Borda – October 7, 2009

• Directory of official NEA pages at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

• Dana Gioia official page

• Text of 2007 Stanford Commencement address

• National Endowment for the Arts – President Bush Presents National Medal of Arts, Awards Cultural Leaders

• Appearances on C-SPAN

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Dana Gioia: Sun 2 Capricorn, Moon 6 Cancer, Mercury 18 Capricorn, Venus 12 Capricorn, Mars 7 Aquarius, Jupiter 3 Pisces, Saturn 2 Libra, Uranus 7 Cancer, Neptune 19 Libra, Pluto 19 Leo, Sun Sextile Jupiter, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Mercury Square Neptune, Mercury Quincunx Pluto, Sun Square Saturn, Sun Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Mercury Semi Square Jupiter, Venus Opposition Uranus, Mars Quincunx Uranus, Jupiter Quincunx Saturn, Jupiter Trine Uranus, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Saturn Semi Square Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

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