- Poets laureate of the United States
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▪ TablePoets laureate of the United StatesJoseph Auslander (Auslander, Joseph) 1937–411Allen Tate (Tate, Allen) 1943–44Robert Penn Warren (Warren, Robert Penn) 1944–45Louise Bogan (Bogan, Louise) 1945–46Karl Shapiro (Shapiro, Karl) 1946–47Robert Lowell (Lowell, Robert, Jr.) 1947–48Léonie Adams (Adams, Léonie) 1948–49Elizabeth Bishop (Bishop, Elizabeth) 1949–50Conrad Aiken (Aiken, Conrad) 1950–522William Carlos Williams (Williams, William Carlos) —3Randall Jarrell (Jarrell, Randall) 1956–58Robert Frost (Frost, Robert) 1958–59Richard Eberhart (Eberhart, Richard) 1959–61Louis Untermeyer (Untermeyer, Louis) 1961–63Howard Nemerov (Nemerov, Howard) 1963–64Reed Whittemore (Whittemore, Reed) 1964–65Stephen Spender (Spender, Sir Stephen) 1965–66James Dickey (Dickey, James) 1966–68William Jay Smith (Smith, William Jay) 1968–70William Stafford (Stafford, William) 1970–71Josephine Jacobsen (Jacobsen, Josephine) 1971–73Daniel Hoffman (Hoffman, Daniel) 1973–74Stanley Kunitz (Kunitz, Stanley) 1974–76Robert Hayden (Hayden, Robert) 1976–78William Meredith (Meredith, William) 1978–80Maxine Kumin (Kumin, Maxine) 1981–82Anthony Hecht (Hecht, Anthony) 1982–84Robert Fitzgerald (Fitzgerald, Robert) 1984–854Reed Whittemore (Whittemore, Reed) 1984–855Gwendolyn Brooks (Brooks, Gwendolyn) 1985–86Robert Penn Warren (Warren, Robert Penn) 1986–876Richard Wilbur (Wilbur, Richard) 1987–88Howard Nemerov (Nemerov, Howard) 1988–90Mark Strand (Strand, Mark) 1990–91Joseph Brodsky (Brodsky, Joseph) 1991–92Mona Van Duyn (Van Duyn, Mona) 1992–93Rita Dove (Dove, Rita) 1993–95Robert Hass (Hass, Robert) 1995–97Robert Pinsky (Pinsky, Robert) 1997–20007Stanley Kunitz (Kunitz, Stanley) 2000–01Billy Collins 2001–03Louise Glück (Glück, Louise) 2003–04Ted Kooser (Kooser, Ted) 2004–06Donald Hall (Hall, Donald) 2006–07Charles Simic (Simic, Charles) 2007–08Kay Ryan 2008–1Auslander's term was not fixed.2Aiken was the first to serve two consecutive terms.3Williams was appointed in 1952, but he did not serve.4Fitzgerald was ailing when he was appointed. He served in a limited capacity and did not go to the Library of Congress.5Whittemore was interim consultant in poetry.6Warren was the first to be designated Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.7Pinsky was the first to serve three consecutive terms.8Dove, Glück, and Merwin were special bicentennial consultants.See as table:
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