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Poet Laureate of Kentucky is a title awarded to a Kentucky poet by the state's Art Council. In 2013, the position was occupied by Frank X Walker, the first African-American to be so honored. [1] [2] The Poet Laureate position was established 1926 by an act of the Kentucky General Assembly. James T. Cotton Noe was the first laureate.
Pages in category "Poets Laureate of Kentucky" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
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.
Former Kentucky Poet Laureate Frank X Walker can’t count the number of times he’s passed the green fields and white fences of Camp Nelson. As a Danville native, he drove by the Jessamine ...
Poets Laureate of Kentucky (10 P) Pages in category "Poets from Kentucky" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect ...
Poet Laureate of Kentucky Silas House recites a poem during the second inauguration of Gov. Andy Beshear at the capitol in Frankfort, Ky, December 12, 2023. (Silas Walker/swalker@herald-leader.com)
Though current Kentucky Poet Laureate House is predominantly viewed as a novelist, he has also worked extensively as a music journalist, penning press kit bios for the likes of Jason Isbell, Kris ...
Poet, periodical literature contributor, wrote novelettes Born and died in Paducah [16] Jesse Stuart (1907–1984) Novelist, poet, short-story writer Born in Greenup County, poet laureate of Kentucky 1954 Allen Tate (1899–1979) Poet, novelist, literary critic [17] Born in Winchester [17] Helen Thomas (1920–2013)