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William Whitehead
William Whitehead 1715-85, English poet and playwright. He wrote several plays based on ancient Greek models, including Creusa, Queen of Athens (1754). Whitehead was appointed poet laureate in 1757. Although his light verse had been admired, the more grandiose works that he was required to write... Read more |
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Mona Van Duyn
Mona Van Duyn Mona Van Duyn (born 1921) was the first woman to be appointed poet laureate of the United States, serving from October 1992 to May 1993. On the occasion of Mona Van Duyn's appointment as poet laureate, the Library of Congress' Information Bulletin (June 29, 1992) described the... Read more |
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Melvin B Tolson
Melvin B(eaunorus) Tolson 1898–1966 Poet playwright, educator Taught While Developing Poetic Style Became Liberian Poet Laureate Received Richly Deserved Public Accolade Selected writings Sources A teacher and coach, Melvin Beaunorus Tolson became best known as a poet. He started... Read more |
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Mark Strand
Mark Strand 1934-, American poet, b. Prince Edward Island, Canada. His poetry is noted for its confrontation with the surreal and irrational. His collections include Sleeping with One Eye Open (1964), Darker (1970), Selected Poems (1980), Blizzard of One (1998; Pulitzer Prize), and New... Read more |
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Thomas Shadwell
Thomas Shadwell 1642?-1692, English dramatist and poet. His plays, written in the tradition of Jonson's comedy of humours, are distinguished for their realistic pictures of London life and for their frank and witty dialogue. They include The Sullen Lovers (1668), Epsom Wells (1672), and The... Read more |
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Nahum Tate
Nahum Tate , 1652-1715, English poet and dramatist, b. Dublin. He wrote several popular adaptations of Shakespeare, the most famous being his King Lear (1681), in which he omitted the part of the fool and had Cordelia survive to marry Edgar. With Dryden he wrote the second part of Absalom and... Read more |
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poet laureate
poet laureate , title conferred in Britain by the monarch on a poet whose duty it is to write commemorative odes and verse. It is an outgrowth of the medieval English custom of having versifiers and minstrels in the king's retinue, and of the later royal patronage of poets, such as Chaucer and ... Read more |
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Alfred Austin
Alfred Austin 1835-1913, English author, b. Leeds. Originally trained for a legal career, he eventually turned to writing and politics. From 1883-95 he edited the National Review. Although in 1896 he succeeded Tennyson as poet laureate, his poetry is negligible, and he was the butt of many... Read more |
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Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren 1905-89, American novelist, poet, and critic, b. Guthrie, Ky., grad. Vanderbilt Univ. 1925; M.A., Univ. of California 1927; B.Litt., Oxford 1930. At Vanderbilt he became associated with John Crowe Ransom and the group of Southern agrarian poets who made the Fugitive (1922-25)... Read more |
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Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes (Edward James Hughes), 1930-98, English poet, b. Mytholmyroyd, Yorkshire. Hughes's best poetry focuses on the unsentimental within nature. His poems are marked by controlled diction and style, which create a sense of order and meaning in violent or passionate natural events, often in the... Read more |
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MARY CROW, POET LAUREATE.(Spotlight)
...Byline: News Staff Writer Mary had a little iamb. Actually...probably helps explain why Mary Crow, mistress of iambs, dactyls...essentials of poesy, is the poet laureate of Colorado. Over the...CAPTION(S): Color Photo Mary ... |
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Something to CROW about/ Colorado's poet laureate works to raise the profile...
Mary Crow, the poet laureate of Colorado, says she sees...cause during her tenure as poet laureate, now in its fourth...Historically, the post of poet laureate has been largely...University. ... |
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Gov. Ritter names new Colorado poet laureate
Gov. Bill Ritter has named David Mason of Colorado Springs the state's seventh poet laureate at a ceremony at the Capitol today. Ritter also plans to honor departing Poet Laureate Mary Crow for her many years of service and ... |
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GOV. RITTER NAMES DAVID MASON OF COLORADO SPRINGS AS THE STATE'S NEW POET...
...only seventh, poet laureate. Mason is an accomplished...Governor also thanked Mary Crow for serving as Colorado...California, to name a poet laureate. Alice...the first Colorado poet ... |
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POETRY IN MOTION MARY CROW TELLS WHY HER CRAFT HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE THE...
...superhighways than sonnets? Today, we talk to Colorado Poet Laureate Mary Crow. Crow is the author of two books and two chapbooks of poetry...University. In a recent, wide-ranging conversation, Crow mused about society's ... |
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GOV. RITTER NAMES DAVID MASON OF COLORADO SPRINGS AS STATE'S NEW POET LAUREATE
...state's newest, and only seventh, poet laureate. Mason is an accomplished poet and co-director of the creative writing...Picketwire". The Governor also thanked Mary Crow for serving as Colorado's sixth poet ... |
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Extra!(News)
...coquitline.org KNOW A POET? TIME TO SHOW...Colorado poet laureate that's up for...Attention: Poet Laureate. Past and current poet laureates: * Nellie Burget...1979*?1988) * Mary ... |
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CHOICE WORDS / LOCAL WRITERS SUGGEST HOT READS.(Books)(Review)
MARY CROW Colorado poet laureate and author of four books of poetry...Vietnam War. He's quite an incredible poet.'' THE AGES OF GAIA: The Biography...reading a lot about Paul Celan, who's a poet. He's the great ... |
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COLORADO STUDENTS CONNECT WITH POETRY
...national award-winning poet and critic, Kent Thompson...Performing Arts, and Mary Crow, Colorado Poet Laureate. Participating students...known contemporary poets. Participating schools...visits by professional ... |
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ARTS WATCH.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)
...Information: (303) 282-9828. LITERARY NOTES Mary Crow, Colorado's poet laureate, will speak at a joint centennial celebration of...American Penwomen and the Denver Women's Press Club. Crow will also sign copies of her seven books during... |
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