Printable view of Jane Piirto

Listed as:

Fiction Writer, Poet

Public address:

Ashland, OH

Ohio US

Email:

jpiirto@ashland.edu

Bio:

I have published an award-winning novel, a collected works of essays, poems, and short stories, a collection of poetry, and several chapbooks. In the 1970s I had a small press which published illustrated poetry postcards and poetry chapbooks, Piirto Press. I have also written ten scholarly books and am known in the area of the psychology of creativity and talent development, as well as in teacher education and qualitative, arts-based research.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Born in:

Negaunee

Raised in:

Ishpeming, MI

Michigan

Prizes won:

Carpenter Press Tenth Anniversary First Novel Award; Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship in Poetry; Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship in Fiction, Lifetime Achievement Award from Mensa Research and Education Foundation, Distinguished Scholar from National Association for Gifted Children

Identifies as:

European American

Prefers to work with:

Teachers