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The State Poet of New York is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of New York. The position of New York State Poet was established by a special mandate of the New York State Legislature on August 1, 1985. In 1988, New York also established a position for other genres of writing entitled New York State Author. In 2016, Governor Cuomo also named Joseph Tusiani Poet Laureate Emeritus.
List of Poets Laureate
Stanley Kunitz (1987–1989)
Robert Creeley (1989–1991)
Audre Lorde (1991–1993)
Richard Howard (1993–1995)
Jane Cooper (1995–1997)
Sharon Olds (1998–2000)
John Ashbery (2001–2003)
Billy Collins (2004–2006)
Jean Valentine (2008–2010)
Marie Howe (2012–2014)
Yusef Komunyakaa (2015–2017)
Alicia Ostriker (2018–2021)
Willie Perdomo (2020–present)
List of State Authors
Grace Paley (1986–1988)
E. L. Doctorow (1989–1991)
Norman Mailer (1991–1993)
William Gaddis (1993–1995)
Peter Matthiessen (1995–1997)
James Salter (1998–2000)
Kurt Vonnegut (2001–2003)
Russell Banks (2004–2008)
Mary Gordon (2008–2010)
Alison Lurie (2012–2014)
Edmund White (2014–2016)
Colson Whitehead (2018–2021)
Ayad Akhtar (2021–2023)
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Robert Southey
- East Village, Manhattan
- Robert Frost
- Audre Lorde
- Kekaisaran Romawi Suci
- Poets Laureate of New York
- List of U.S. states' poets laureate
- Poet laureate
- Billy Collins
- Alicia Ostriker
- John Ashbery
- National Youth Poet Laureate
- Stanley Kunitz
- Poet Laureate of Virginia
- Jean Valentine
