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Bookmark or Share- John Ciardi - WikipediaJohn Anthony Ciardi ( / ˈtʃɑːrdi / CHAR-dee; Italian: [ˈtʃardi]; June 24, 1916 – March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. While primarily known as a poet and translator of Dante 's Divine Comedy, he also wrote several volumes of children's poetry, pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a ...
- About John Ciardi | Academy of American PoetsJohn Ciardi. 1916 –. 1986. Read poems by this poet. John Anthony Ciardi was born on June 24, 1916, in Boston, the child of Italian immigrants. He attended Bates College and Tufts College (now, University) and received his master’s degree from the University of Michigan in 1939.
- JOHN CIARDI, POET, ESSAYIST AND TRANSLATOR, 69John Ciardi, the poet and professor who was internationally acclaimed for his translation of Dante's ''Inferno,'' died Sunday at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, N.J., after...
- About the Teeth of Sharks by John Ciardi | Poetry FoundationAbout the Teeth of Sharks. By John Ciardi. The thing about a shark is—teeth, One row above, one row beneath. Now take a close look. Do you find. It has another row behind? Still closer—here, I’ll hold your hat: Has it a third row behind that? Now look in and...Look out! Oh my, I’ll never know now! Well, goodbye.
- John Ciardi | American Poet, Critic & Translator | BritannicaNotable Works: “Inferno”. “Paradiso”. “Purgatorio”. John Ciardi (born June 24, 1916, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died March 30, 1986, Edison, New Jersey) was an American poet, critic, and translator who helped make poetry accessible to both adults and children.
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