John Giorno

John Giorno

Acting
Born
December 4, 1936 in New York, New York
Died
October 12, 2019
Age
Died at age 82

Biography

John Giorno was an American poet and performance artist. He founded the not-for-profit production company Giorno Poetry Systems and organized a number of early multimedia poetry experiments and events, including Dial-A-Poem. He became prominent as the subject of Andy Warhol's film Sleep.

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