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78 years old
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Virgo
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Charles Ghigna
Charles Ghigna, also known as Father Goose, is an American poet and author of books for children and adults. He has written more than 5,000 poems and 100 books. Ghigna was born in Bayside, Queens. Her parents moved to Fort Myers, Florida when she was five. Ghigna graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1968 and a Master's in Education in 1970. In 1974, he became a Resident Poet and began teaching creative writing at the Alabama School of Fine Arts. He then worked on the children's television show Cabbages and Kings and in 1979 taught creative writing at Samford University. Ghigna's first book of poems, Back to Earth, was published in 1989. He published his first children's poetry book in 1992, before leaving ASFA the following year and writing for full-time children. Ghigna lives in Homewood, Alabama with his wife, author Debra Ghigna. Their son, Chip Ghigna, is an artist.
BornCharles Ghigna, August 25, 1946, Bayside, Queens, New York City, USA
Pen nameFather Goose
OccupationPoet, children's author
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
GenrePoetry, children's literature
SpouseDebra Ghigna
ChildrenChip Ghigna

About Charles Ghigna

Poet Charles Ghigna was born in New York, United States on August 25, 1946. He's 78 years old today.

Poet and children's book author best known for the Pulitzer Prize-nominated work Returning to Earth. Fury of Motion: Poems for Boys and Tickle Day: Poems from Father Goose are two of his other works.

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Charles Ghigna before becoming famous

Charles Ghigna was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1946 is also the year of Dog (狗) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He went to Florida State and Florida Atlantic Universities.

Achievement of Charles Ghigna

For the Alabama Educational Television channel, he created the Cabbages and Kings children's television series.

Charles Ghigna's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born in New York and spent most of his childhood in Florida. In 1967, he married Nancy Minnicks and had a daughter named Julie Ann.

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Novelist John Updike's work had an impact on him.

John Updike (1932 - 2009) (Novelist)
John Updike (1932 - 2009)

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