List of Poets Laureate of Louisiana explained

The Poet Laureate of Louisiana is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Louisiana. Poets Laureate are selected by the governor for two years and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities manages the program.^{[1] [2]}

List of Poets Laureate

• Emma Wilson Emery (1942–1970)
• Ethel Green Russell (1970–1973)
• Dr. George William Noel Cooper (1973–1976)
• Henry Thomas Voltz (1976–1980)
• Jean McGivney Boese (1980–1988)
• Pinkie Gordon Lane (1988–1992)
• Sylvia Davison Lott Buckley (1992–1996)
• Jean McGivney Boese (1996–2004)
• Brenda Marie Osbey (2005–2007)
• Darrell Bourque (2007–2008; 2009–2011)^[3]
• Julie Kane (2011–2013)
• Ava Leavell Haymon (2013–2015)^[4]
• Peter Cooley (2015–2017)^[5]
• Jack Bedell (2017–2019)
• John Warner Smith (2019–2021)^[6]
• Mona Lisa Saloy (2021–2023)
• Alison Pelegrin (2023–Present)^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Louisiana Poet Laureate . Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities . 5 August 2022.
2. Web site: Louisiana . The Library of Congress . 30 July 2022.
3. Web site: Bourque removed from position as state Poet Laureate. Mary. Tutwiler. July 3, 2008. theind.com.
4. News: Our Views: Haymon good pick for job . 22 August 2013 . The Advocate . 2 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185748/http://theadvocate.com/news/opinion/6347880-123/our-views-haymon-good-pick . 29 October 2013 .
5. News: Nola.com editors. Tulane professor Peter Cooley is Louisiana's next poet laureate. August 15, 2015. The Times-Picayune. August 15, 2015.
6. Web site: John Warner Smith Named Louisiana Poet Laureate. Capitol News. Bureau. The Advocate. 9 August 2019 .
7. Web site: Announcing Louisiana's Next Poet Laureate . 2 August 2023 .