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    Anthony Evan Hecht (1923 - 2004)
    Anthony Hecht was a famous poet and critic who taught at several prestigious institutions, including the University of Rochester, Georgetown, Yale, Harvard, and Smith College. He served as poet laureat...
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    Joy Harjo (1951 - d.)
    Joy Harjo (b. 1951), (Muscogee-Cherokee) Native American poet and jazz musicianJoy Harjo (born Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 9, 1951) is an American poet, musician, and author of Native American Canadian ancest...
  • N. Scott Momaday (1934 - d.)
    Photo: Momaday receiving the National Medal of Arts from George W. Bush in 2007 Navarre Scott Momaday (born February 27, 1934) is a Kiowa novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His novel...
  • Thomas Lomax Hunter III (1875 - 1948)
    Son of Frederick C.S.Hunter,Sr and Susan Rose Hunter. Married Marie Doherty. Lived at "Waverly" Lawyer, poet, columnist for the Free Lance Star and for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. A delegate from K...
  • Stanley Jasspon Kunitz (1905 - 2006)
    --As long as the links work:>One Bio of him here: .>A combination Obit and Bio from the NY Times: >and another article:

Poets Laureate

A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, who is often expected to compose poems for special events and occasions.

The Italians Albertino Mussato (1315) and Francesco Petrarca (1342) were among the first to be crowned poets laureate after the classical age.

In Britain, the term dates from the appointment of Bernard André by Henry VII of England. Today the title may also be conferred by an organisation such as the Poetry Foundation, which has a designated Children's Poet Laureate.

The following national governments continue the poet laureate tradition.

Poets Laureate of the United Kingdom

United States Poet Laureate

List of U.S. states' Poets Laureate
Poets Laureate of England

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