Daniela Gioseffi is an American Book Award winning author of 18 books of poetry & prose. She edits www.Eco-Poetry.org/ including the finest poets of our time. Her latest book of poems is WAGING BEAUTY as the Polar Bear Dreams of Ice, http://amzn.to/2q0I89H. Her 6th book of poetry BLOOD AUTUMN; Autuonno di sangue, in bilingual edition received The John Ciardi Award for Lifetime Achievement in Poetry, 2008, and her first EGGS IN THE LAKE (Boa Editions) contained poems which won a NY State Council for the Arts Award in Poetry. She has read her work at colleges, universities, theatres, and cultural venues throughout the USA & Europe, to enthusiastic audiences. Daniela is a skilled performer as well as widely published poet, novelist, essayist and literary critic. Daniela appears on nationally syndicated radio shows, The Poet & the Poem, of the Library of Congress, sponsored by The National Endowment for the Arts https://www.loc.gov/poetry/media/avfiles... She's also read her work on NPR's "All Things Considered", BBC, CBS, Pacifica Radio and other TV & radio stations throughout the USA & abroad. She's won grant awards from The NY State Council for the Arts in both poetry & fiction, and appeared at most major poetry venues including national and international book fairs: The Peoples Poetry Gathering of Poets House in Manhattan, Barcelona Book Fair, Miama Book Fair, NY & Brooklyn Book Fairs, and at the United Nations, as a featured reader/speaker. Her latest novel, The Story of Emily Dickinson's "Master" with a non-fiction essay upon which it's based; "Lover of Science & Scientist in Dark Days of the Republic," has won sterling reviews for its revelatory disclosures and scholarly non-fiction essay. The Dickinson book The Story of Emily Dickinsonn's 'Master" is now in an e-book available on line for all e-readers. Daniela has taught Creative Writing & World Literature throughout the Met. Area. She created The First Brooklyn Bridge Poetry Walk in 1972 written of in A Cultural History of the Brooklyn Bridge, by Richard Haws, and featuring famous musician David Amram as well as accomplished poets. Daniela has had plays produced Off-off B'way and is featured on several video readings and interviews on Youtube channel at "Daniela Gioseffi" and on her new website www.DanielaGioseffi.com
Her latest book published in 2020 is #MeToo, Anch'io https://amzn.to/2BpmE12
Throughout her venerable career as a multicultural pioneer, poet & prose author, as well as editor of prize winning anthologies of world literature, she has championed a multi-cultural canon. As a perfromer of multi-media poetry, she has appeared at The Brooklyn Museum, Mecca Milwaukee, The Academy of American Poets, The Poetry Society of America, Poets House, NY, the Geraldine R. Dodge National Poetry Festival, and The United Nations, as well as on college and university campuses throughout the USA and Europe. She always receives a big round-up applause for her readings and performances, and began her career as an intern journalist devoted to Civil Rights in the days of the Freedom Rides. She's been an Equity actress in classical theatre and toured with the National Players, as well as been a professional, mainstream jazz singer, and taught as a Poet-in-Residence at many institutions of learning. One of her latest seminars was given at Poets House, NY and titled Transcendtalism in American Poetry from Dickinson and Whitman to the Present. It was attended by a packed and enthusiastic audience. She has taught workshops titled "How to Avoid Rhetoric in Writing Ecological Poetry to Inspire your Audience and Humanize Your Themes," and is available to do so at a nominal fee, tailored to your needs, because of her interest in teaching such a workshop. She has recently appeared at Hofstra U., St. John's U., Seaton Hall U., CUNY Calandra Institute, The Maya Daren Theatre, screening Author and Activist and giving readings for and discussions with the audience.
