Patricia Frolander
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Patricia Frolander | |
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| Born | 1942 (age 82–83) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
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| Children | 1 son, 2 daughters |
Patricia Frolander (born 1942) is an American poet originally from Boston, Massachusetts.[1] She was poet laureate of Wyoming from November 7, 2011, to June 9, 2013.[2][3]
Frolander began writing poetry in the mid-1990s.[4] She has written five poetry collections,[1] including Grassland Genealogy (2009), Married Into It (2011), and Second Wind (2020). She won the 17th Annual National Senior Poets Laureate Competition in 2009.[5] In 2011, she won the Neltje Blanchan Memorial Writing Award, sponsored by the Wyoming Arts Council.[6]
She owns and lives on their family ranch in Sundance in the Black Hills area of Wyoming,[1] where she has lived since 1969. She has one son, two daughters, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.[7] She was widowed in October 2016.[7]
