Juan Felipe Herrera
U.S. Poet Laureate · 2015-2017 · as printed by the Library of Congress
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Juan Felipe Herrera, born in Fowler, California, in 1948, served as Poet Laureate of California from 2012 to 2015 and as U.S. Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017. In 2015 he set up La Casa de Colores, described as a house for all voices, with an epic crowdsourced poem on monthly themes, and in 2016 and 2017 he made a bilingual illustrated poem with the artist Juana Medina.
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Appointment and term
U.S. Poet Laureate, 2015-2017
Life
Juan Felipe Herrera was born in Fowler, California, in 1948.
Herrera served as the Poet Laureate of California from 2012-2015.
Books and honors
Half the World in Light: New and Selected Poems (2008), winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the International Latino Book Award
Laureate projects
In 2015, Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera established La Casa de Colores as “a house for all voices” with two features: La Familia, an epic crowdsourced poem, with monthly themes; and El Jardín
Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and artist Juana Medina created this bilingual, illustrated poem in 2016-2017
Source
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