John Ciardi

American poet, professor, translator.

Born June 24th, 1916 in Boston. [ref]

Died March 30th, 1986 at 69 years old in Edison. [ref]

Occupations
children's writer, journalist, linguist, poet, science fiction writer, translator, university teacher, writer
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Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi