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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 ...
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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 *1939-1941 -
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 *1957-1959 - Margaret Royalty Edwards *1959-1961 - J. V. Chandler *1961 - Lorena Simon *1962 - Marvin Davis Winsett *1963 - Gwendolyn Bennett Pappas *1964-1965 - Jenny Lind Porter *1966 - Bessie Maas Rowe *1967 - William. E. Bard *1968 - Kathryn Henry Harris *1969-1970 - Anne B. Marely *1970-1971 - Robby K. Mitchell *1971-1972 - Terry Fontenot *1972-1973 - Mrs. Clark Gresham *1973-1974 - Violette Newton *1974-1975 - Lila Todd O'Neil *1975-1976 - Ethel Osborn Hill *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 Vassar Miller (July 19, 1924 – October 31, 1998) was an American writer and poet. She served as Poet Laureate of Texas (1988-1989). Biography Miller was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of real estate investor Jesse G. Miller. She began wri ...
*1993-1995 - Mildred Vorpahl Baass *2000 - James Hoggard *2001 - Walter McDonald *2003 - Jack Elliott Myers *2004 - Cleatus Rattan *2005 - Alan Birkelbach *2006 -
Red Steagall Russell "Red" Steagall (born December 22, 1938) is an American actor, musician, poet, and stage performer, who focuses on American Western and country music genres. Early life and day jobs He was born in Gainesville, Texas, United States. He ...
*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 *2009
Paul Ruffin
*2010 - Karla K. Morton *2011 - David M. Parsons *2012 - Jan Seale *2013 - Rosemary Catacalos *2014 - Dean Young *2015 - Carmen Tafolla *2016 - Laurie Ann Guerrero *2017 - Jenny Browne *2018 - Carol Coffee Reposa *2019 - Carrie Fountain *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 Un ...
*2022 - Lupe Mendez


See also

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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 ...
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List of U.S. states' poets laureate Many of the states in the United States have established the post of poet laureate to which a prominent poet residing in the respective state is appointed. The responsibilities of the state poets laureate are similar to those of the Poet Laureat ...
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United States Poet Laureate The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress—commonly referred to as the United States Poet Laureate—serves as the official poet of the United States. During their term, the poet laureate seeks to raise the national cons ...


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