Background
Ciardi, John was born on June 24, 1916 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Carmin and Concetta (di Benedictis) Ciardi.
Ciardi, John was born on June 24, 1916 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Carmin and Concetta (di Benedictis) Ciardi.
Student, Bates College, 1936. AB magna cum laude, Tufts University, 1938. Doctor of Literature, Tufts University, 1960.
Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1939. HD, Wayne University, 1963. Doctor of Laws, Ursinus College, 1964.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Kalamazoo College, 1964. Doctor of Humane Letters, Bates College, 1970. Doctor of Humane Letters, Washington University, 1971.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Ohio Wesleyan College, 1971. Doctor of Humane Letters, Kean University, 1975. Doctor of Humane Letters, University Missouri, Kansas City, 1983.
Instructor English, U. Kansas City, 1940-1942, 46; instructor, Harvard, 1946-1948; Briggs Copeland assistant professor, Harvard, 1948-1953; lecturer American poetry, Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, 1951; staff lecturer poetry, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, 1947-1973; director, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, 1955-1972; lecturer English, Rutgers University, 1953-1954; associate Professor of English, Rutgers University, 1954-1956; Professor of English, Rutgers University, 1956-1961.
( Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-qualit...)
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( Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-qualit...)
( Hurling limericks at each other, a dozen at a clip, the...)
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( More zany and good-humored poems from America’s beloved...)
(Hopwood Poetry Award winner for 1939 and his first book.)
(Thoughts of living with people who have hard lives.)
(This book holds a treasure book of poems.)
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(Book by Ciardi, John)
(Book by John Ciardi)
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Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, National Institute Arts and Letters. Member National College English Association (director 1955-1957, president 1958-1959), Northeast College English Association (past director), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Myra Judith Hostetter, July 28, 1946. Children: Myra Judith, John Lyle, Benn.