Official poets for the state of Texas
The Poet Laureate of Texas is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Texas .[1] [2]
List of Poets Laureate Jack Elliott Myers was poet laureate in 2003 Rosemary Catacalos was poet laureate in 2013 Cyrus Cassells was poet laureate in 2021 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.[citation needed 1934-1936 - Aline T. Michaelis 1936-1939 - Grace Noll Crowell 1939-1941 - Lexie Dean Robertson 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 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 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 2021 - Cyrus Cassells 2022 - Lupe Mendez 2024 – Amanda Johnston [3]
See also
References ^ "Poets Laureate of Texas". Library of Congress. September 13, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2011 . ^ "Texas Poets Laureate". Texas State Library and Archives Commission. April 22, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2020 . ^ Steenbeeke, Kristen (2024-08-13). "Praise Be! Texas Poetry Just Got Funded". Texas Monthly . Retrieved 2024-08-28 .
External links Texas Poets Laureate at Texas State Library and Archives Commission Texas Poet Laureate at Library of Congress
