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John Ciardi

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. He is the author of more than forty volumes of poetry, among them The Collected Poems of John Ciardi (University of Arkansas Press, 1997); The Birds of Pompeii (University of Arkansas Press, 1985); The Little That Is All (Rutgers University Press, 1974); Person to Person (Rutgers University Press, 1964); and Other Skies (Little, Brown and Company, 1947). Ciardi is perhaps best known for How Does a Poem Mean? (Houghton Mifflin, 1959), which became a standard text for college and high school poetry courses. He also translated an acclaimed edition of Dante’s The Divine Comedy.

Ciardi was a regular commentator on National Public Radio (NPR) and served as editor of the Saturday Review for many years. He began his career teaching English at the University of Kansas City, and, after serving a three-ye

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John Anthony Ciardi (1916-86), A1938, H1960, was a widely recognized critic, etymologist, poet, and translator whose works affected the literary experiences of millions of American children and adults.

Born in Boston's North End, Ciardi spent his youth in Medford, Massachusetts, in a home on South Street, overlooking the Mystic River. He began his college career in the prelaw program at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, but transferred during his sophomore year. As an undergraduate at Tufts, he began to write under the tutelage of the poet John Holmes. He particpated in few campus activities, mainly writing for Tuftonian, a literary magazine, and acting for Pen, Paint, and Pretzels. With Holmes's urging, Ciardi submitted a collection of his work for consideration of the Hopwood Prize, which had been won the previous year by playwright Arthur Miller. Ciardi won, gaining national attention before he completed college.

After graduating from Tufts in 1938, he attended the University of Michigan, receiving his M.A. in 1939, and served from 1942-45 in the U.S. Army

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Biographical History

John Anthony Ciardi (1916-1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. He is best known for his poetry, including a well-received translation of Dante's Divine Comedy and several volumes of children's poetry; other works include Person to Person, You Know Who, In the Stoneworks, and How Does a Poem Mean?

Born in Boston, Ciardi attended Tufts College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1938; D. Lit, 1960) and the University of Michigan (M.A., 1939).

Ciardi taught at Harvard College and Rutgers University, and was poetry editor of the Saturday Review from 1956 to 1972. He received several awards for his poetry, including the Prix de Rome of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1956 and honorary degrees from Wayne University, Ursinus College and Kalamazoo College. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Institute of Arts and Letters.

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The John Ciardi Papers contain correspondence and published material. All papers are date