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Robert Hayden (August 4, 1913 – February 25, 1980) was an American poet, essayist, and educator. He served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1976 to 1978, a role today known as US Poet Laureate. [ 1 ]
Municipal Poets Laureate in the United States (6 C, 50 P) A. Poets Laureate of Alabama (7 P) ... Robert Hass; Robert Hayden; Anthony Hecht; Juan Felipe Herrera ...
Free Press Flashback explores the work of Robert Hayden, the celebrated poet who grew up in Detroit's Paradise Valley.
The position was modeled on the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. Begun in 1937, and formerly known as the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, the present title was devised and authorized by an Act of Congress in 1985. Appointed by the Librarian of Congress, the poet laureate's office is administered by the Center for the Book ...
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.
The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The position of U.S. poet laureate has been historically vague. Here’s what the poet is actually required to do, the office’s history and who has served in the role. ... 800-290-4726 more ways ...
Robert Hass (born 1941), US poet; former Poet Laureate; Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1856–1920), emir of the Dervish movement, of which Diiriye Guure was sultan [1] Olav H. Hauge (1908–1994), Norwegian poet; Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946), German dramatist, poet and novelist; Nobel Prize in Literature, 1912; Stephen Hawes (died 1523), English ...