Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Ciardi, John
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Ciardi, John, 1916-1986
Other form(s) of name
- John Ciardi
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1916-1986
History
John Ciardi, according to the title of a lecture series on Ciardi, was a "Poet - Translator - Critic - Editor" (the lecture's brochure is included in the correspondence file). He long served as the Poetry Editor for the «Saturday Review» in New York, and in this capacity writes to Merton. He is noted for making poetry accessible to the public.