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Pennacook Pennacook
Pennacook , group of Native North Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages ). Although of the Eastern Woodlands cultural area (see under Natives, North American ), they depended to a large extent on seafood. In the early 17th... Read more
Abnaki Abnaki
Abnaki or Abenaki , Native North Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages ). The name Abnaki was given to them by the French; properly it should be Wabanaki, a word that refers to morning and the east and may be... Read more
Mahican Mahican
Mahican , confederacy of Native North Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages ). The Mahican were of the Eastern Woodlands culture area. In the early 17th cent. they occupied both banks of the upper Hudson River extending north... Read more
poet laureate 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
Ulrich von Hutten Ulrich von Hutten
Ulrich von Hutten , 1488-1523, German humanist and poet, partisan of the Reformation, an outstanding figure in German political history. Hutten's career as poet was launched by his participation in the famous Episculae obscurorum virorum (1515), which supported the cause of Reuchlin . In 1517 he... Read more
William Whitehead 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 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
Melvin B Tolson 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
Mark Strand 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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