The poet laureate of Delaware is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Delaware. Poets are appointed to the position by the governor. Nnamdi Chukwuocha and Albert Mills—twin brothers who are known as the "Twin Poets"—were appointed 17th poets laureate of the state of Delaware on December 13, 2015.[1] According to the Library of Congress, they are the first co-laureates appointed by a state and the first siblings to share the position.[2][3][4][5]

List of poets laureate

# Poet laureate Term Appointed by Notes
1Edna Deemer Leach1947–49Bacon[4][5]
2Jeannette Slocum Edwards1950–53Carvel[4] [5]
3Frances Shannon Flowers (McNeal)1954Boggs[4][5]
4Katherine King Johnson1955Boggs[4][5]
5David Hudson1956–60Boggs[4][5]
6Alison Kimball Bradford1961Buckson[4][5]
7Margaret Eleanor Weaver1962Carvel[4][5]
8Mother Aloysius Peach1963–64Carvel[4][5]
9Percival R. Roberts III1965–66Terry[4][5]
10Joyce Carlson1967–68Terry[4][5]
11Antonia Bissell Laird1969–70Peterson[4][5]
12Harry Eisenberg1971Peterson[4][5]
13David Hudson1975–76Tribbitt[4][5]
14e. j. lanyon1979–81du Pont[4][5]
15Fleda Brown2001–07Minner[4][5]
16JoAnn Balingit2008–2015Minner[4][5]
17Nnamdi Chukwuocha
Albert Mills		2015–Markell[1][5]


See also

References

  1. 1 2 Yasiejko, Christopher (December 13, 2015). "Delaware Poets Laureate: For Twin Poets, a lifetime of using art to reach Delawareans leads to a national first". Delaware Division of the Arts. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  2. ↑ "An afternoon with the Delaware Poets Laureate set April 23". Cape Gazette. April 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Governor Markell Appoints 17th Poets Laureate for the State of Delaware". State of Delaware News. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Collecting Delaware Books - Delaware's Poets Laureate". jnjreid.com. Retrieved Jan 2, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Poets Laureate of Delaware". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2 August 2022.


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