Poets Laureate of Oklahoma

The Poet Laureate of Oklahoma is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Oklahoma.[1][2]

List of Poets Laureate

  • Violet McDougal - 1923–1931
  • Paul Kroeger - 1931–1940
  • Jennie Harris Oliver - 1940–1942
  • Della Ione Young - 1943–1944
  • Anne Semple - 1944–1945
  • Bess Truitt - 1945–1946
  • Delbert Davis - 1963–1965
  • Rudolph N. Hill - 1966–1970
  • Leslie A. McRill - 1970–1977
  • Maggie Culver Fry - 1977–1995
  • Carol Hamilton - 1995–1997
  • Betty Lou Shipley - 1997–1998
  • Joe Kreger - 1998–2001
  • Carl Sennhenn - 2001–2003
  • Francine Ringold - 2003–2007
  • N. Scott Momaday - 2007–2008
  • James Weaver McDown Barnes - 2009–2010
  • Eddie Wilcoxen - 2011–2012
  • Nathan Brown - 2013-2014
  • Benjamin Myers - 2014-2015
  • Jeanetta Calhoun Mish - 2017-2018 [3]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/poets/oklahoma.html
  2. ↑ Patricia Yarbrough, "Poets Laureate," The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, www.okhistory.org (accessed June 19, 2017). http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=PO002
  3. ↑ http://www.arts.ok.gov/Our_Programs/State_Poet_Laureate.html
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