Ioanna Warwick

Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Email:

ivy333@cox.net

Phone:

619-421-7140

Bio:

I teach workshops on various aspects of the poetry craft, e.g. lyricism, or certain themes, e.g. the changing image of the Underworld.

I have given lectures on The Odyssey, D.H. Lawrence, the Ozymandias theme, "Dante in Auschwitz," the rise of modern poetry, and more.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Born in:

Grudziadz, (Pomerania, Poland)

Poland

Raised in:

Warsaw, Poland

Poland

Prizes won:

New Letters Poetry Award; Felix Pollak Poetry Prize; First Prize, Writers-at-Work; First Prize, The Rainmaker Awards; Winner, Sow's Ear Press Chapbook Competition; First Prize, Sow's Ear Press Poetry Contest; Reader's Digest Foundation Distinguished Writers' Fellowship at Yaddo; J,F. West Poetry Award (Charlotte Review); Finalist, Pablo Neruda Prize, Nimrod; First Prize, Half-Tones to Jubilee; Pushcart nomination, and more.

What I'm reading now:

In Their Own Ink by Stuart Dybek

My Alexandria by Mark Doty

Trapeze by Deborah Digges

Visions from San Francisco Bay by Czeslaw Milosz

God: A Biography by Jack Miles

Identifies as:

Polish American

Prefers to work with:

Any