W. S. Di Piero

W. S. Di Piero is a poet, translator, essayist, and art critic. He is the author of numerous books of poetry including Nitro Nights (2011), When Can I See You Again? (2010), Chinese Apples: New and Selected Poems (2007), Brother Fire (2004), and Skirts and Slacks (2001). His books of translation include Euripedes's Ion (1996); The Ellipse: Selected Poems of Leonardo Sinisgalli (1983); This Strange Joy: Selected Poems of Sandro Penna (1982), for which he won the Academy of American Poets' first Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize; and Giacomo Leopardi's Pensieri (1981). His essay collections include Shooting the Works: On Poetry and Pictures (1996), Out of Eden: Essays on Modern Art (1991), and Memory and Enthusiasm: Essays, 1975-1985 (1989). Di Piero has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts grant, a Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Award, and a Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. He lives in San Francisco.