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John Giorno

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Birth Date: 4 Dec 1936

Place of Birth: New York, New York

Personal Name: John Giorno

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.