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7.1-43. Poet laureate. The honorary position of Poet Laureate of Virginia is hereby created. Beginning in 1998, the Governor may appoint a poet laureate from a list of nominees submitted by the Poetry Society of Virginia. Each poet laureate shall serve a term of two years with no restrictions on reappointment. (1997, c. 299.) [1]
Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda [1] (born 1946) was named Poet Laureate of Virginia [2] by the Governor, Tim Kaine, on June 26, 2006.She succeeded Rita Dove and served in this position from June 2006 – July 2008.
In July 2020, then Governor Ralph Northam appointed Luisa A. Igloria the 20th Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia (2020–22); she is the 4th poet of color to receive this distinction. The Academy of American Poets awarded her 1 of 23 Poet Laureate Fellowships in 2021.
Claudia Emerson (January 13, 1957 – December 4, 2014) [1] was an American poet. She won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her collection Late Wife, [2] [3] and was named the Poet Laureate of Virginia by Governor Tim Kaine in 2008. [4]
The Utah State Poet Laureate Program was established in 1997. As a joint project of the Governor's Office and the Utah Arts Council Literature Program, the Governor appoints the Utah Poet Laureate for a five-year term. [220] [221] Previous poets laureate: David Lee (1997–2003) [221] Ken Brewer (2003–2006) [221] Katharine Coles (2006–2012 ...
Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is pushing to become the first woman and first Black woman to be Virginia's governor
She has previously run for Congress and governor of Virginia and was censured by the Virginia Senate in 2021 for voicing support for Jan. 6 protesters. Many others have also announced they’re ...
In May 1993 she was named United States Poet Laureate [7] by the Librarian of Congress, an office she held until 1995. At the age of 40, Dove was the youngest person in the position and the first African American since the title was changed to Poet Laureate ( Robert Hayden had served as the first non-white Consultant in Poetry from 1976 to 1978 ...