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A depiction of Torquato Tasso from a German encyclopedia, 1905. Note the laurel crown.. A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) [1] [2] [3] is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions.
In English, the word laureate has come to signify eminence or association with literary awards or military glory. It is also used for recipients of the Nobel Prize , the Gandhi Peace Award , the Student Peace Prize , and for former music directors of orchestras who retain some level of involvement.
The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, commonly referred to as the United States Poet Laureate, serves as the official poet of the United States. During their term, the poet laureate seeks to raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry.
The current poet laureate of Alabama is Ashley M. Jones. Alabama has had an official poet laureate since 1930. The Alabama Writer's Cooperative (formerly the Alabama Writers' Conclave), described as "a voluntary organization of Alabama historians, playwrights, fiction writers, poets, and newspaper writers" first recommended in 1930 Samuel Minturn Peck to Governor Bibb Graves.
Laureate Country Language(s) Citation Genre(s) 1901: Sully Prudhomme (1839–1907) France: French "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect" [8] poetry, essay 1902: Theodor Mommsen (1817–1903) Germany: German
The national poet as culture hero is a long-standing symbol, to be distinguished from successive holders of a bureaucratically-appointed poet-laureate office. The idea and honoring of national poets emerged primarily during Romanticism , as a figure that helped consolidation of the nation states , as it provided validation of their ethno ...
Feb. 3—Many poets teach inside lecture halls or college classrooms. Tommy Archuleta has a different venue. Archuleta, appointed Wednesday as the city of Santa Fe's new poet laureate, is a mental ...
Laureate Born Died Field Citation Citizens: 1963: Giorgos [Seferiadis] Seferis: 13 May 1900 in Urla, İzmir, Ottoman Empire 20 September 1971 in Athens, Greece Literature "for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture." [1] 1979: Odysseas [Alepoudellis] Elytis: 2 November 1911 in Heraklion, Crete ...