The Poet Laureate of Texas is the

poet laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ...

for the U.S. state of

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

List of Poets Laureate

*1932-1934 - Judd Mortimer Lewis * 1935 Pearle Moore Stevens - On April 8, 1935, the State of Texas honored her by declaring her "Poet Laureate of Texas" and declaring her book of poetry "The Shadows of Dawn" as Book Of The Year. *1934-1936 - Aline T. Michaelis *1936-1939 -

Grace Noll Crowell Grace Noll Crowell (October 31, 1877 - March 31, 1969) was an American poet, author of 36 books of inspirational verse and approximately 5,000 poems.Lexie Dean Robertson Lexie Dean Robertson (July 25, 1893 – February 16, 1954) was a teacher and award-winning Poet Laureate of Texas from 1939 to 1941. Biography She grew up in Canton, Texas, the daughter of teachers, and married a fellow student at North Texas ...

*1941-1943 - Nancy Richey Ranson *1943-1945 - Dollilee Davis Smith *1945-1947 - David Riley Russell *1947-1949 - Aline B. Carter *1949-1951 - Carlos Ashley *1951-1953 - Arthur M. Sampley *1953-1955 - Mildred Lindsey Raiborn *1955-1957 -

Pierre Bernard Hill Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

*1957-1959 - Margaret Royalty Edwards *1959-1961 - J. V. Chandler *1961 - Lorena Simon *1962 - Marvin Davis Winsett *1963 -

Gwendolyn Bennett Pappas Gwendolyn is a feminine given name, a variant spelling of '' Gwendolen'' (perhaps influenced by names such as ''Carolyn'', ''Evelyn'' and '' Marilyn''). This has been the most popular spelling in the United States. Notable people called Gwendoly ...

*1964-1965 -

Jenny Lind Porter Jenny may refer to: * Jenny (given name), a popular feminine name and list of real and fictional people * Jenny (surname), a family name Animals * Jenny (donkey), a female donkey * Jenny (gorilla), the oldest gorilla in captivity at the time of ...

*1966 -

Bessie Maas Rowe Bessie is a feminine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Elizabeth, Beatrice and other names since the 16th century. It is sometimes a name in its own right. Notable people with the name include: People *Bessie Abott (1878-191 ...

*1967 - William. E. Bard *1968 -

Kathryn Henry Harris Kathryn is a feminine given name and comes from the Greek meaning for 'pure'. It is a variant of Katherine. It may refer to: In television and film: * Kathryn Beaumont (born 1938), English voice actress and school teacher best known for her Dis ...

*1969-1970 - Anne B. Marely *1970-1971 - Robby K. Mitchell *1971-1972 - Terry Fontenot *1972-1973 - Mrs. Clark Gresham *1973-1974 -

Violette Newton Violette is a female given name and a surname which may refer to: Given name * Violette Cordery (1900–1983), British racing driver * Violette Huck (born 1988), French tennis player * Violette Lecoq (1912–2003), French nurse, illustrator an ...

*1974-1975 -

Lila Todd O'Neil Lila or LILA may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Lila'' (album), debut album by American country music singer Lila McCann * ''Lila'' (movie), a 1968 sexploitation film * The Meaning of Lila, a comic strip written by John Forgetta and L. A. ...

*1975-1976 -

Ethel Osborn Hill Ethel (also '' æthel'') is an Old English word meaning "noble", today often used as a feminine given name. Etymology and historic usage The word means ''æthel'' "noble". It is frequently attested as the first element in Anglo-Saxon names, ...

*1976-1977 - Florice Stripling Jeffers *1977-1978 - Ruth Carruth *1978-1979 - Patsy Stodghill *1979-1980 - Dorothy B. Elfstroman *1980-1981 - Weems S. Dykes *1982-1983 - William D. Barney *1987-1988 - Ruth E. Reuther *1988-1989 - Vassar Miller *1993-1995 - Mildred Vorpahl Baass *2000 - James Hoggard *2001 - Walter McDonald *2003 - Jack Elliott Myers *2004 - Cleatus Rattan *2005 - Alan Birkelbach *2006 - Red Steagall *2007 -

Steven Fromholz Steven John Fromholz (June 8, 1945 – January 19, 2014) was an American singer-songwriter who was selected as the Poet Laureate of Texas for 2007. Biography Steven Fromholz was born in Temple, Texas, United States, and graduated from high sch ...

*2008 -

Larry D. Thomas Larry D. Thomas (born 1947) is an American poet. He was the 2008 Texas Poet Laureate, and in 2009 was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters. Early life and education Thomas was born in Haskell, Texas in 1947. He attended the Universit ...

*2009
Paul Ruffin
*2010 - Karla K. Morton *2011 - David M. Parsons *2012 - Jan Seale *2013 -

Rosemary Catacalos Rosemary Catacalos (1943/1944 – June 17, 2022) was the 2013–2014 Texas Poet Laureate. A writer of Mexican and Greek ancestry, Catacalos was the first Latina named to the State post. Early life Catacalos was born in St Petersburg, Florid ...

*2014 - Dean Young *2015 -

Carmen Tafolla Carmen Tafolla (born 29 July 1951) is an internationally acclaimedy Gibson, Eliza Rodriguez. "Tafolla, Carmen." In ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States.'' (Oxford University Press, 2005). Chicana writer from San A ...

*2016 -

Laurie Ann Guerrero Laurie Ann Guerrero is a Chicana poet from San Antonio, Texas. She was the poet laureate of San Antonio from 2014 to 2016 and the Poet Laureate of Texas from 2016 to 2017. In the fall semester of 2017, she became the first writer-in-residence ...

*2017 - Jenny Browne *2018 - Carol Coffee Reposa *2019 -

Carrie Fountain Carrie Fountain is an American poet and writer of young adult fiction. She served as 2019 Poet Laureate of Texas. She is from Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers, and received ''Swink Magazines Award for E ...

*2020 -

Emmy Pérez Emmy Pérez is a Chicanx poet and writer originally from Santa Ana, California, United States. She was a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship in 2017. She has lived in the borderlands of Texas since 2000, where she has ...

*2021 -

Cyrus Cassells Cyrus Cassells (born 1957) is an American poet and professor. Life and work Cassells was born in Dover, Delaware, grew up in the Mojave Desert north of Los Angeles, and began writing poetry in high school. He graduated in 1979 from Stanford Univ ...

*2022 - Lupe Mendez

References

External links

Texas Poets Laureate at Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas Poet Laureate at Library of Congress
Texas culture American Poets Laureate {{texas-stub

List of Poets Laureate

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