Edgar L. Biamonte received his BA in English from Queens College, Flushing, New York, in 1961 and his MS in education from Elmira College Graduate School, Elmira, New York, in 1968...view moreEdgar L. Biamonte received his BA in English from Queens College, Flushing, New York, in 1961 and his MS in education from Elmira College Graduate School, Elmira, New York, in 1968. He taught English for twenty-three years in Elmira, including poetry and creative writing from 1962 to 1985 and retired in 1986.
He has completed four novels, a collection of short stories entitled Pieces of Wellington and Mayfield, and Window of Eternity, a life/death book published by Ashley Books in 1984.
More than 100 of his 321 poems were published between 1968 and 1986. Many won or placed in various contests.
He is also an accomplished jazz pianist and composer and still plays professionally. While in the 686th Air Force Band (1950–54), he toured with Frank Sinatra, Rhonda Fleming, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, and Ava Gardner during the winter of 1952. Visit edgarbiamonte.com.view less