Robert Pinsky
U.S. Poet Laureate · 1997-2000 · as printed by the Library of Congress
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Robert Pinsky, born in Long Branch, New Jersey, in 1940, served from 1997 to 2000, including a third term the Librarian requested for the Library's Bicentennial. In 1997 he launched a project to celebrate, document and encourage public appreciation of poetry, and the Library lists The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems 1966-1996 among his books.
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Appointment and term
U.S. Poet Laureate, 1997-2000
Robert Pinsky served a third term by special request of the Librarian during the Library's Bicentennial
Life
Robert Pinsky was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, in 1940.
Books and honors
The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems 1966-1996 (1996)
Laureate projects
In 1997, Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky launched this project as a way to celebrate, document, and encourage a public appreciation of poetry
Source
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