Patricia Frolander Explained

Patricia Frolander (born 1942) is an American poet originally from Boston, Massachusetts.[1] She was poet laureate of Wyoming from November 7, 2011, to June 9, 2013.[2] [3]

Frolander began writing poetry in the mid-1990s.[4] She has written five poetry collections, including Grassland Genealogy (2009), Married Into It (2011), and Second Wind (2020). She won the 17th Annual National Senior Poets Laureate Competition in 2009.[5] In 2011, she won the Neltje Blanchan Memorial Writing Award, sponsored by the Wyoming Arts Council.[6]

She owns and lives on their family ranch in Sundance in the Black Hills area of Wyoming, where she has lived since 1969. She has one son, two daughters, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.[7] She was widowed in October 2016.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kottmann. Niki. August 9, 2020. Former poet laureate pens poetry book to send hopeful message amid grief. WyomingNews.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20210305232721/https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/todo/former-poet-laureate-pens-poetry-book-to-send-hopeful-message-amid-grief/article_3d891cfa-d96b-5dd5-89ee-4837e80761ff.html. March 5, 2021. dead.
  2. Web site: Library of Congress. Main Reading Room: Wyoming. February 23, 2018. loc.gov.
  3. Web site: Gov. Mead Appoints Patricia Frolander as Poet Laureate of WY. governor.wy.gov. Office of Governor Matt Mead. November 7, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130414050910/http://governor.wy.gov/media/pressReleases/Pages/GovernorMeadAppointsPatriciaFrolanderasPoetLaureateofWyoming.aspx. April 14, 2013. dead.
  4. Web site: Wyoming Gov. Mead appoints Sundance woman as Wyoming's poet laureate. Gray. Kristy. November 8, 2011. Casper Star-Tribune. https://web.archive.org/web/20210607175718/https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming-gov-mead-appoints-sundance-woman-as-wyomings-poet-laureate/article_a9c15bfe-3e1d-58f4-ae6a-72aa7639b317.html. June 7, 2021. live.
  5. Web site: Poem by Pat Frolander Wins National Contest. September 3, 2009. Wyoming Arts Council. June 7, 2021.
  6. Web site: Winners Announced for Blanchan/Doubleday Awards. January 6, 2011. Wyoming Arts Council. June 7, 2021.
  7. Web site: Robert Frolander (obituary). June 7, 2021. fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com.

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