page_title: Pietro di Donato
section_title: Death and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Pietro di Donato / Death and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Dedication ceremony of Pietro di Donato, Plaza in Union City, New Jersey, where di Donato was born and lived, May 22, 2010. Holding up a copy of di Donato’s most acclaimed novel, Christ in Concrete is di Donato’s son Richard. To his right are Commissioner Tilo Rivas and Union City Associate Historian Jane Pedler. At right is Historian Gerard Karabin and Mayor Brian P. Stack. Photo by Luigi Novi. This photo may be used and modified, for any purpose, only if the photographer is visibly credited in each instance in which it is used. (See licensing information below.) For more information on my photos, you can contact me here.
context_page_description: Pietro Di Donato was an American writer and bricklayer best known for his novel, Christ in Concrete, which recounts the life and times of his bricklayer father, Geremio, who was killed in 1923 in a building collapse. The book, which portrayed the world of New York's Italian-American construction workers during The Great Depression, was hailed by critics in the United States and abroad as a metaphor for the immigrant experience in America, and cast di Donato as one of the most celebrated Italian American novelists of the mid-20th century.
context_section_description: Di Donato died of bone cancer January 19, 1992 in Stony Brook, Long Island, with his last unfinished novel, Gospels, unpublished.
  He is the subject of the book Pietro DiDonato, the Master Builder by Matthew Diomede, published by Bucknell University Press in 1995.
  Keeping Pietro di Donato's legacy alive, his son Richard is now maintaining a comprehensive website, detailing events not prior published, at www.PietroDiDonato.com .
  The town of Union City, New Jersey dedicated Pietro di Donato Square on May 22, 2010. The Square, which is located at Bergenline Avenue and 31st Street, where Donato once lived, includes a plaque commemorating his life and work. Di Donato's son, Richard, was present at the ceremony.
caption: Dedication of Pietro di Donato Square in Union City, New Jersey, May 22, 2010. Holding a copy of Christ in Concrete in front of the plaque is di Donato's son, Richard. At right is Union City Mayor Brian P. Stack.
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