A Brief Biographical

Sketch

Anthony St. John was born 7 October 1944 in

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. His father’s parents
were born in The Old Soviet Union; his mother’s mother
was born in Ireland and her husband was born in
France.

Mr St. John studied in three universities: St.

Bonaventure University (1962-66); the University of
Miami (1972-73); and, the University of Florida (1973-
75). He specialised in Philosophy, British Literature,
and Northamerican Literature.

He toiled for William F. Buckley, Jr’s National Review

(1961-62) as a circulation and correspondence
assistant.

Mr St. John is a graduate of the United States Army

Artillery & Missile School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma (1966),
and served as an instructor in a missile/rocket training
battalion, United States Army Training Center, Fort Sill
(Little John, Honest John, Sergeant, Pershing, Lance
missiles and rockets). He was stationed in South
Vietnam (August 1967-August 1968) where he attained
the rank of first lieutenant. He was an artillery forward
observer (Fourth Division), then performed the duties of
artillery liaison officer (Americal Division) at battalion
and brigade levels.

He was a social worker for Florida’s Division of Family

Services, and was useful in the ghetto of northwest Fort
Lauderdale (1969-71).

Mr St. John reported for The Hollywood Herald (1972-

73); The Miami Herald, a Knight-Ridder company (1973-
74); and, The Gainesville Sun, a The New York Times
Company company (1974-75). He was a copy editor for
The Daily Journal, Caracas, Venezuela’s English-written
news digest (1977).

In Venezuela, trying to win the hand of a woman he

loved, he associated himself with the Acción
Democratica political party, lended a hand (media
consultant) at the Ministerio de Informacion y Turismo,
and re-scrawled political speeches of President Carlos
Andrés Pérez during his corrupt presidency (1977).
After the Acción Democratica presidential loss, he
taught English (Certificate of Proficiency) at the British
Institute in Caracas. However, this appointment must
be taken cum grano salis because the directress of The
Tute, an Irish woman, absconded with the association's
funds causing the closure of the centre of British culture
and leaving, forever, her good judgement in dubiety.
Mr St. John is the author of the unpublished The Hippie
Lieutenant (a trilogy about his experiences in Vietnam);
Politically Philosophical and Philosophically Political
Writings: A Book of Essays ; Men Without Honor,
Women Without Love (a trilogy set in Caracas); Poetry
by Me, Anthony; A Book of Aphorisms and Quotations
by Anthony St. John; A Book of Vietnam “War” Poetry;
One-pagers on Form-giving Cause as Contrasted with
Potential Existence; Pages on Form-giving Cause as
Contrasted with Potential Existence; Why I Live Beyond
the United States of America; Pinning Hope on a
Contemporary Style Intended to Cultivate Gracious
Behaviour, et alia.

Please visit www.anthonystjohn.blogspot.com for other

writings. Also, one may visit www.barganews.com for a
larger selection.

He renounced his United States’ citizenship 27 March

1994 (“Why I Sat under an Olive Tree in Calenzano,
Italy, 27 March 1994, Set to Flames My United States’
Passport, Dried My Eyes, and then Returned Home to
Write a Letter Renouncing My United States’
Citizenship”).

Mr St. John is a student of English, French, Italian, and

Spanish, and studied Latin for six years in his youth.

He is an Italianist trying to understand the political,

social and economic realities of Italy.

He is particularly proud of the results of an Inkblot

(Rorschach) Test taken on www.emode.com: “Anthony,
your subconscious is driven most by PEACE. You have
a deeply-rooted desire to make peace in the world.
Whether through subtle interactions with loved ones, or
through getting involved in social causes, it is
important to you to be able to influence the world in a
positive way. You have a deep respect for humankind.
You care about the future of the world, even beyond
your own involvement in it, and you inspire others to
feel the same way. Your innate drive toward PEACE
guides you in daily life towards decisions that are
respectful toward yourself and others. Your psyche is
very rich; the more you learn about it, the more you will
understand who you really are. People who have
unconscious minds driven by PEACE tend to be
independent thinkers who often prefer to live by their
own high personal standards and moral code.”

In 1971, he was interviewed by “The King of

Interviewers,” Larry King, in the radio studios of WIOD
in Miami, Florida.

Mr St. John likes reading, navigating on the Internet,

walking, riding trains, looking at beautiful women,
listening to short-wave radio broadcasts in English,
French, and Spanish, is a registered fan of Roger
Federer, has not driven an automobile since leaving the
United States for good (31 December 1976), celebrates
Ludwig van Beethoven (16 December 1770) and David
Hume’s (26 April 1771) birthdays every year, enjoys
Cuban cigars and Dunhill 965 pipe mixture, drinks—
moderately—fine Chianti wines, and particularly finds
pleasure satirizing European “political” leaders—those
Italian, in front row.

He lived in the United States for thirty-two years, in

Venezuela for more than seven years, and has been a
resident of Italy since 1 May 1983.
He considers Bertrand Russell to be his “intellectual
father,” and Jean-Paul Sartre his “spiritual father.”

He is a keen admirer of C. K. Scott Moncrieff’s

translation of Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things
Past and the majestic prose of Edward W Said.

Mr St. John is an atheist and a mitigated Marxist. To

those who question his atheism, he says this: If a god
(“god” spelt backwards is “dog!”) exists who is all-
perfect, all-powerful, all-good, all-intelligent, and all-
knowing, how could he have created two imbeciles like
you and like me! To those who question his mitigated
Marxism, he says this: Please read Marx by Peter
Singer, Past Masters series, Oxford University Press,
1980.

© Updated: 9 June 2009

Anthony St. John

Casella Postale 38
50041 CALENZANO FI
Italia
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