About John Giorno
John Giorno John Giorno

Birthday

1936-12-04

Place of Birth

New York, New York

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.