New Hampshire

Current Laureate:
Walter E. Butts

Start of Term:
March 3, 2009

Position History:
Position established June 19, 1967; codified in Revised Statutes Annotated, Sec. 3-A:1-3. The poet is appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, from a list submitted by the Poetry Society of New Hampshire. The term of office is five years. Cynthia Huntington, who began her term in March 2004, resigned in 2005 after she moved to Vermont.

Previous Laureates:
Paul Scott Mowrer (September 1968-1971)
Eleanor Vinton (August 1972-December 1978)
Richard Eberhart (January 1979-January 1984)
Donald Hall (June, 1984-January 1989)
Maxine Kumin (March 1989-March 1994)
Jane Kenyon (January 1995-March 1999)
Donald Hall (December 1995-March 1999)
Marie Harris (October, 1999-March 2004)
Cynthia Huntington (March 22, 2004-December 2005)
Patricia Fargnoli (January 2006-March 2009)

Further Resources:

• Publications by Walter E. Butts in the Library's online catalog.
• "New Hampshire's Poets Laureate," Book Notes (New Hampshire Center for the Book), April 2006, v. 2, supplement.

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