Oklahoma
Current Laureate:
Nathan Brown
Start of Term:
January 2013
Position History:
Position established June 21, 1923 (Statutes, 1995 Supplement,
Sec. 98.4). Full text of law follows:
§25-98.4. State Poet Laureate.
There is hereby designated the honorary position of State Poet Laureate. The
State Poet Laureate shall be appointed by the Governor from lists provided
by poetry societies and organizations and such person shall have this honorary
position for a period of two (2) years. Each appointment shall be made by January
1 of every odd year beginning January 1, 1995. The person appointed to the
honorary position of State Poet Laureate shall not be considered a state official
or a state employee for such person's service in the honorary position of State
Poet Laureate. The State Poet Laureate shall not be prohibited because of said
appointed position from:
1. Running for and being elected to any office in the state or a political
subdivision of the state; or
2. Being employed as a classified or unclassified employee of the state or
a political subdivision of the state.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 53, § 1.
Previous Laureates:
Violet McDougal (1923-1930)
Paul Kroeger (1931-1940)
Jennie Harris Oliver (1940-1943)
Della I. Young (1943-1944)
Anne Ruth Semple (1944-1945)
Bess Truitt (1945-1946) (No other poets laureate were named until 1963, so
she is generally considered the state's poet laureate until then.)
Delbert Davis (1963-1966)
Rudolph N. Hill (1966-1970)
Leslie A. McRill (1970-1977)
Maggie Culver Fry (1977-1995)
Carol Hamilton (1995-1997)
Betty Shipley (1997-1998)
Joe Kreger (1998-2001)
Carl Sennhenn (2001-2003)
Francine Ringold (2003-2007)
N. Scott Momaday (July 12, 2007-Jan. 1, 2009) (Official title: Oklahoma Centennial State Poet Laureate)
Jim Barnes (January 15, 2009- December 31, 2010)
Eddie Wilcoxen (JJanuary 2011-December 31, 2012)
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