John Giorno

Known for Acting

John Giorno's portrait

Details

Birthday: December 04, 1936

Deathday: October 12, 2019

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.