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Sonia Raiziss
in France, 1966
Born	(1906-10-13)October 13, 1906
Died	March 19, 1994(1994-03-19) (aged 87)
Occupation	Editor, poet
Nationality	American
Genre	poetry

Sonia Raiziss Giop (October 13, 1906 – March 19, 1994) was an American poet, critic, and translator.

Life and career

Raiziss was born in Germany and immigrated to the U.S. as a child. She was raised in Philadelphia, where her father biochemist George W. Raiziss, taught at the University of Philadelphia. She saw her earliest poems published while she was still in high school. Raiziss went on to earn undergraduate and doctoral degrees at the University of Philadelphia and also studied at Columbia University. While studying at the Sorbonne, she published her first poetry collection, Through a Glass Darkly.

was an editor of Chelsea (magazine), from 1960 to 1994, with Ursule Molinaro, featuring poems and prose by Denise Levertov, Sylvia Plath, Umberto Eco, Raymond Carver, and Grace Paley. She corresponded with Laura Riding, and David Finkel.

Her work appeared in American prefaces, The Atlantic, Beloit Poetry Journal. Granite, The Prairie Schooner, Plainsong, Virginia Quarterly Review, Yale Poetry Review.

As a member of the League of American Writers, she served on its Keep America Out of War Committee in January 1940 during the period of the Hitler-Stalin pact.

She lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She married Alfredo Giop de Palchi. She adopted a son, Peter St. Mu Raiziss of Sacramento, California. Sonia died in Manhattan.

Philanthropy

Her Sonia Raiziss Giop Charitable Foundation (Alfredo de Palchi trustee) continues to fund the Jane Austen Essay Contest, Bordighera Poetry Prize, and the Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards.

Awards

• 1937 Guggenheim Fellowship

Works

Poetry

• "Jobhunter" (PDF). Beloit Poetry Journal. 1: 12–13. Winter 1950–1951.
• "The Unripe Dead", Verse Daily, 2006
• Through a Glass Darkly. Book Club Associates. 1932.
• Bucks County Blues. New Rivers Press. 1977. ISBN 978-0-912284-90-3.

Translation

• Alfredo de Palchi (Fall 1963). "Arizona" (PDF). Beloit Poetry Journal. 14: 9–10.
• "The Scorpion's Dark Dance" (1993), Alfredo de Palchi.

Criticism

• "Metaphysical Passion: Seven Modern American Poets and the 17th-Century Tradition," 1952 University of Philadelphia and reissued by Greenwood Press in 1970.

References

1. "Sonia Raiziss". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
2. ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (April 9, 1994). "Sonia Raiziss, A Poet, Critic And Editor, 85". The New York Times. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
3. ^ Bruce Benderson (March 22, 2002). "Ursule Molinaro". The Review of Contemporary Fiction.
4. Albert Gelpi, Robert J. Bertholf (2006). Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov: the poetry of politics, the politics of poetry. Stanford University Press. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-0-8047-5131-5.
5. Guide to the Guide to the Laura (Riding) Jackson and Schuyler B. Jackson collection, 1924–1991. Rmc.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved on October 20, 2011.
6. Finding-Aid for the Donald Finkel Papers (WTU00045) Archived June 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Library.wustl.edu. Retrieved on October 20, 2011.
7. American prefaces – University of Iowa – Google Books. Books.google.com (February 3, 2009). Retrieved on October 20, 2011.
8. The Atlantic – Cairns Collection of American Women Writers – Google Books. Books.google.com (December 3, 2008). Retrieved on October 20, 2011.
9. Beloit Poetry Journal – Author Index. BPJ. Retrieved on October 20, 2011.
10. Granite – Google Books. Books.google.com (April 29, 2008). Retrieved on October 20, 2011.
11. The Prairie Schooner – Google Books. Books.google.com (May 24, 2007). Retrieved on October 20, 2011.
12. Plainsong – Google Books. Books.google.com (June 20, 2008). Retrieved on October 20, 2011.
13. The Virginia quarterly review – University of Virginia – Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved on October 20, 2011.
14. Yale poetry review – Google Books. Books.google.com (July 17, 2007). Retrieved on October 20, 2011.
15. Franklin Folsom, Days of Anger, Days of Hope, University Press of Colorado, 1994, ISBN 0-87081-332-3
16. Sonia Raiziss Giop Charitable Foundation. www.implu.com (December 1, 2010). Retrieved on October 20, 2011.
17. Gioseffi, Daniela (February 2001). "Alfredo de Palchi". The Cortland Review (15). Archived from the original on February 16, 2001. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
18. The Jane Austen Society of North America – Essay Contest. Jasna.org (August 17, 2011). Retrieved on October 20, 2011.

External links

• Alfredo de Palchi and Sona Raiziss Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

• 1906 births
• 1994 deaths
• Poets from Philadelphia
• Emigrants from the German Empire to the United States
• American women poets
• 20th-century American poets
• Columbia University alumni
• Thomas Jefferson University alumni
• University of Paris alumni
• 20th-century American women writers