Joseph Pintauro

Joe Pintauro (November 22, 1930 – May 29, 2018) was an American academic, novelist, playwright and poet.

In 1966 Pintauro left the priesthood,[5] finding work as a copy writer and a poet.

Pintauro's first published work was To Believe in God, the first of three books of poetry with artwork by Corita Kent, released in 1968.

[8] Theater awards include: Eugene O’Neill, National Playwrights Conference, Snow Orchid (1980); Eugene O’Neill, National Playwrights Conference, The Dead Boy (1998); The John Steinbeck Literary Award (2005); and Guild Hall of East Hampton, Lifetime Achievement Award in the Literary Arts (2006)[9] In 2018, Pintauro bequeathed his literary archives to the John Jermain Memorial Library.

Pintauro died in Sag Harbor, New York, on May 29, 2018, at the age of 87, of complications from metastatic prostate cancer.