Poet Laureate of Oklahoma
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The poet laureate of Oklahoma is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Oklahoma.[1][2]
TypePoet Laureate
Formation1923
First holderViolet McDougal
| Poet Laureate of Oklahoma | |
|---|---|
Incumbent since 2023Jay Snider | |
| Type | Poet Laureate |
| Formation | 1923 |
| First holder | Violet McDougal |
List of poets laureate
- Violet McDougal – 1923–1931
- Paul Kroeger – 1931–1940
- Jennie Harris Oliver – 1940–1942
- Della Ione Young – 1943–1944
- Anne Semple – 1944–1945
- Bess Truitt – 1945–1946
- Delbert Davis – 1963–1965
- Rudolph N. Hill – 1966–1970
- Leslie A. McRill – 1970–1977
- Maggie Culver Fry – 1977–1995
- Carol Hamilton – 1995–1997
- Betty Lou Shipley – 1997–1998
- Joe Kreger – 1998–2001, 2021–2022
- Carl Sennhenn – 2001–2003
- Francine Ringold – 2003–2007
- N. Scott Momaday – 2007–2008
- Jim Weaver McKown Barnes – 2009–2010
- Eddie Wilcoxen – 2011–2012
- Nathan Brown – 2013–2014
- Benjamin Myers – 2014–2015
- Jeanetta Calhoun Mish – 2017–2018 [3]
- Jay Snider – 2023–2024[4][5][6]
Prior to statehood, Freeman Edwin Miller was considered the Oklahoma poet laureate.[7][8]
Julious Caesar Hill was named the Poet Laureate of Oklahoma by the Poet Laureate League of America in 1939.[9]He was the first Black poet laureate in America.[10]
See also
- Poet laureate
- List of U.S. state poets laureate
- United States Poet Laureate
- Julie Ann Ward – Poet Laureate of Norman, Oklahoma.
- Don Blanding – 1937 Poet laureate of Enid, Oklahoma.[11]
