Who held a position that now bears the title Poet Laureate, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Randall Jarrell, or both?
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Ann-Marie MacDonald Ann-Marie MacDonald (born October 29, 1958) is a Canadian playwright, novelist, actress and broadcast host who lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The daughter of a member of Canada's military, she was born at an air force base near Baden-Baden, West Germany. She is of Lebanese descent through her mother.
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Randall Jarrell Randall Jarrell (May 6, 1914 – October 14, 1965) was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, novelist, and the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position that now bears the title Poet Laureate.
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John Leax John R. Leax is an American poet, essayist, and fiction writer. He was professor of English and poet-in-residence at Houghton College in Houghton, New York from 1968 until his retirement in 2009. His poems, articles, and fiction have been widely published in periodicals and anthologies.
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New Zealand Poet Laureate The New Zealand Poet Laureate is a poet appointed by the National Library of New Zealand to represent New Zealand's community of poets, to promote and advocate for poetry, and to produce a number of published works during their two-year tenure as laureate.
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Ina Coolbrith Ina Donna Coolbrith (March 10, 1841 – February 29, 1928) was an American poet, writer, librarian, and a prominent figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary community. Called the "Sweet Singer of California", she was the first California Poet Laureate and the first poet laureate of any American state.
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Roy Miki Roy Akira Miki, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born October 10, 1942) is a Canadian poet and scholar.
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Cynthia Macdonald Cynthia Lee Macdonald (February 2, 1928 – August 3, 2015) was an American poet, educator, and psychoanalyst.
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Paul Petrie Paul James Petrie (July 1, 1928 - November 9, 2012) was an American poet and professor emeritus of English and creative writing at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston where he taught for over 30 years. His work has appeared in over 100 literary journals and magazines—including "Poetry", "The New Yorker", "Atlantic Monthly", "New York Times", "The Nation", "The New Republic", "Sewanee Review", "Paris Review", "Massachusetts Review", "The Michigan Quarterly Review" - and has been reprinted in eight anthologies including "The Treasury of American Poetry".
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Tracy K. Smith Tracy K. Smith (born April 16, 1972) is an American poet and educator. She has published three collections of poetry, winning the Pulitzer Prize for her 2011 volume "Life on Mars". About this collection, Joel Brouwer wrote in 2011: "Smith shows herself to be a poet of extraordinary range and ambition...As all the best poetry does, "Life on Mars" first sends us out into the magnificent chill of the imagination and then returns us to ourselves, both changed and consoled." In June 2017, she was selected as the next United States Poet Laureate, to begin her term in the fall.
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Edwin Markham Edwin Markham (born Charles Edward Anson Markham April 23, 1852 – March 7, 1940) was an American poet. From 1923 to 1931 he was Poet Laureate of Oregon.
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William Ross Macdonald William Ross Macdonald, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (December 25, 1891 – May 28, 1976), served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1968 to 1974, and as Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1953.
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Peter Porter Poetry Prize The Peter Porter Poetry Prize is an ongoing international literary award run by the Australian Book Review for outstanding poetry. Established by the "ABR" in 2005, the Prize is named after the late Australian poet Peter Porter. The Porter Prize, awarded annually by the "ABR", is considered 'one of Australia’s most lucrative and respected awards for poetry' and among the country's 'most prestigious prizes for a new poem'. It 'guarantees winners wide exposure through publication in "ABR"' and in 2017 received 'nearly 1000 entries from twenty-two countries'.
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Rod Anderson (writer) Rodney J. Anderson BA (born 15 April 1935) is a Canadian poet, musician and Chartered Accountant. After spending decades living in Toronto, he currently lives in Cobourg, Ontario with his wife, Merike Lugus.
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Karen Snow Karen Snow is an American poet. Her work has appeared in the "Beloit Poetry Journal", "Chowder Review", "Montserrat Review", "Heartland", "Michigan Quarterly Review", "Lake Superior Review", "ANON", "Prairie Schooner", "North American Review". In 1978 she received the Walt Whitman Award.
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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 consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry. 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. The Poet Laureate's office is administered by the Center for the Book.
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Sheryl Noethe Sheryl Noethe is the American state of Montana's poet laureate.
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Kathryn Stripling Byer Kathryn Stripling Byer (November 25, 1944 – June 5, 2017), also called Kay Byer, was an American poet and teacher. She was named by Governor Mike Easley as the fifth North Carolina Poet Laureate from 2005–09. She was the first woman to hold the position.
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Kathleen Flenniken Kathleen Flenniken (born October 30, 1960) is an American writer, poet, editor, and educator. In 2012, she was named the Poet Laureate of Washington. She has been honored with a 2012 Pushcart Prize, as well as fellowships with the Artist Trust (Washington State Arts Commission), and the National Endowment for the Arts. Her collection of poetry titled "Famous", received the 2005 Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry. Her following work, "Plume", was honored with the 2013 Washington State Book Award.
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Anne Stevenson Anne Stevenson (born January 3, 1933) is an American-British poet and writer.
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Robert Dana Robert Dana (June 2, 1929 – February 6, 2010) was an award-winning American poet, who taught writing and English literature at Cornell College and many other schools, revived "The North American Review" and served as its editor during the years 1964–1968, and was the poet laureate for the State of Iowa from 2004 to 2008.
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Mona Van Duyn Mona Jane Van Duyn (May 9, 1921 – December 2, 2004) was an American poet. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1992.
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William Morris Meredith Jr. William Morris Meredith Jr. (January 9, 1919 – May 30, 2007) was an American poet and educator. He was Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1978 to 1980.