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Dana Gioia
American poet and writer
Michael Dana Gioia (; born December 24, 1950) is an American poet, literary critic, literary translator, and essayist.
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Since the early 1980s, Gioia has been considered part of the highly controversial and counterculturalliterary movements within American poetry known as New Formalism, which advocates the continued writing of poetry in rhyme and meter, and New Narrative, which advocates the telling of non-autobiographical stories.
Gioia has also argued in favor of a return to the past tradition of poetry translators replicating the rhythm and verse structure of the original poem.
Gioia helped renew the popularity of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the rediscovery of Weldon Kees and John Allan Wyeth.
He also co-founded the annual West Chester University Poetry Conference, which has run annually since 1995.
At the request of U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush, Gioia served between 2003 and 2009 as the chairman of the National Endowment for the A