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Poet Laureate
The Oxford Companion to American Literature
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1995
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Poet Laureate, salaried post authorized by the U.S. Senate in 1985 as an adjunct to the Consultant for Poetry in the Library of Congress. No ceremonial verse is required. Honorees include R.P. Warren (1986), Richard Wilbur (1987), Howard Nemerov (1988), Mark Strand (1990), Joseph Brodsky (1991), Mona Van Duyn (1992), and Rita Dove (1993).
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SEARCH ON FOR NEXT QUEENS POET LAUREATE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...Schulman. Aspiring Poet Laureates must have lived in Queens...qualify, would-be laureates must have written poetry...of Queens. Bilingual poets who can read their work...are welcome to apply. Poets must send no more than...chosen by the Queens Poet Laureate Coordinating ...
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Analysis: Growing number of cities appoint poet laureates
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 9/3/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...number of cities appoint poet laureates Host: NOAH ADAMS Time...leaders have appointed poets to mark the great events...country. Institutional poets are mostly a new phenomenon...The first official US poet laureate, Robert Penn Warren...
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 "The Journal (Newcastle, England)")
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culture: Laureate quest is poetry in motion; Who wants to be Poet Laureate? Northumberland's William Radice tells David Whetstone why he should be a contender.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 2/11/2009; 700+ words
; ...refined, with poets reading in front...moment when a new Poet Laureate has to be appointed...Whereas a lot of poets don't relish...that the post of Poet Laureate has become a silly...impossible for any poet to find ground...suggesting that the Poet Laureate ...
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Davis Announces Poet Laureate
Newspaper article from: Precinct Reporter; 6/20/2002; 655 words
; ...California's first official Poet Laureate. "Beyond his many awards...appointment position for the Poet Laureate. Former State Poet Laureates served in an unofficial capacity...Garrigus, the former Poet Laureate, was anointed in 1966 and...
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BOROUGH PRESIDENT APPOINTS JULIO MARZAN AS QUEENS' FOURTH POET LAUREATE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...release: Queens' newest Poet Laureate is an award...the mantle of Poet Laureate of America's most...Marshall. "The Poet Laureate term dates at least...of our previous poet laureates and the entire panel...selecting a Queens Poet Laureate was made in 1996 ...
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Yale University professor named Poet Laureate of Connecticut.
M2 Presswire; 9/28/2006; 700+ words
; ...In announcing the new laureate, An-Ming Truxes...s most distinguished poets." John Hollander will...He succeeds current poet laureate Marilyn Nelson, who...Previous Connecticut poet laureates include Leo Connellan...receiving the Yale Younger Poets Prize in 1958 for his...
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STATE DEPT.: POET LAUREATES OF TWO NATIONS REACH ACROSS ATLANTIC
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/11/2007; 700+ words
; ...KelleherUSINFO Staff Writer U.S. poet laureate Donald Hall and British poet laureate Andrew Motion read together...marvelous thing" that the two poets are "talking together and...together." Even though the poet laureates had not met until just days...
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 "Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)")
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New poet laureate has a passion.
Newspaper article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA); 6/29/2007; 700+ words
; ...Pleasanton, as the city's new poet laureate. "The (poet laureate selection) committee was totally...will soon take over from poet laureate Cynthia Bryant, whose term ended in April. Poet laureates serve two-year appointments...
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COLLECTION FROM ILLINOIS' FIRST POET LAUREATE DONATED TO LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/20/2007; 700+ words
; ...materials from Illinois' first Poet Laureate, Howard B. Austin...be the state's first Poet Laureate, a position he held until...people have held the Poet Laureate position in Illinois - Austin...1962, Illinois' First Poet Laureate (2007) by Howard's ...
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STATE'S POET LAUREATES FEATURED AT CHESAPEAKE POETRY FESTIVAL.(CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 3/2/2003; 700+ words
; ...fortunate to have two laureates of the state this...year's featured poets are George Garrett, current Poet Laureate of Virginia and...Simpson, 2000-2002 Poet Laureate of Virginia...of the quality of poets annually associated...Most of our poets have ...
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poet laureate
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
poet laureate Title conferred by the British monarch on a poet whose duty is then to write commemorative verse on important occasions. Poet laureates include Robert Southey (1813–43), Wordsworth...
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Poet Laureate
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
POET LAUREATE POET LAUREATE...Library of Congress, the laureate's duties also include...poetry reading. The poet laureate also customarily introduces...nation's first poet laureate; other notable laureates have included Allen Tate...
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Poets Laureate and Prizes
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Poets Laureate and Prizes Poets Laureate Ben Jonson 1619–37 Sir William D'Avenant 1638–? Official Holders John Dryden 1668–89 Thomas Shadwell 1689–92 Nahum Tate 1692–1715 Nicholas Rowe...
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poets laureate
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
poets laureate 1 post not officially established until 1668 ; the previous laureates had included Ben Jonson 2 Appointed after Thomas Gray declined 3 Appointed after Samuel 1668 John Dryden 1 1689 Thomas Shadwell...
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laureate
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...person who is honored with an award for outstanding creative or intellectual achievement: a Nobel laureate. ∎ short for poet laureate . • adj. poetic/literary wreathed with laurel as a mark of honor. ∎...
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