Diana Goetsch is a name everyone knows in the field of Poetry. She came out as a transgender after more than half her life. Her boldness and daring character made her rise to fame. However, very few people know about her personal life.
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Who Is Diana Goetsch? Wiki, Parents Details
Daina Goetsch is an American poet and the author of eight collections of poems. She celebrates her birthday on 4 July every year. The fifty-eight-year-old author was born in 1963 in Brooklyn, New York, USA which makes her American National. She has faith in Christianity. She was previously known as Douglas Goetsch. Diana is a translady.
Her parents raised her in Northport, Long Island. There is no information about her father, mother, and siblings. She comes from a fundamentalist Christian family. When she first confronted her brother as trans, her brother emailed insulting her.
She graduated from the local high school in Northport, Long Island. Diana attended Wesleyan University and graduated with BA in religion. Moreover, she graduated from New York University with MA in American Civilization. She even attended Vermont College of Fine Arts and graduated with an MFA degree in poetry.
At the age of 58, she looks fit with a height of 5 feet and 9 inches.
Is Diana Goetsch Married?
No, she isn't married yet. However, back in the day, Daina had a girlfriend named Eleanor. Eleanor was a supportive partner to Diana. However, they broke up a month before Diana went to Belgium for surgery. Even though they broke up, Eleanor regularly contacted Diana's surgeon to find out about Daina. the reason behind their breakup was Daina didn't want her girlfriend to go along with her to Belgium.
Daina Goetsch Career & Net Worth Insights
In her past days, Daina Goetsch has taught at Stuyvesant High School, a public school in New York City, for 21 years. Diana is known as a generous and innovative writing teacher. She has taught in various schools, libraries, AIDS centers, juvenile jails, Buddhist retreat spaces, art colonies, and dozens of conferences. Daina has been serving as a faculty in Iowa Summer Writing Conference for 16 years. She has been part of various universities, including the University of Central Oklahoma, Western Kentucky University, and The New School in New York City.
What can I say—it's shiny, gorgeous, and Boris likes it.
— Diana Goetsch (@DianaGoetsch) May 5, 2022
Well done @fsgbooks!
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THIS BODY I WORE is available in bookstores May 24 (available for pre-order just about everywhere). If you're in NYC, come to a debut reading at The Strand on May 25: https://t.co/OSFAlnip0o pic.twitter.com/hc9a7ORf8p
As a poet. Diana has been praised by various big shots in literature. Till now, she has eight published books to her name. Some of her poem collections are In America, Nameless Boy, Nobody's Hell, Whenever You Want, and four others. Her prize-winning poem “Black People Can’t Swim” was featured in Tony Hoagland’s essay.
With more than two decades in teaching and poetry, Diana has been able to earn an estimated net worth of $200,000.