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American Poet Laureate Establishment: 35th Anniversary

December 20th, 2023

A bill empowering the Librarian of Congress to name, annually, a poet laureate in poetry was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on December 20, 1985. The first poet laureate of the US was Robert Penn Warren.

Source: poets.org/united-states-poet-laureate

 
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