Ted Kooser
U.S. Poet Laureate · 2004-2006 · as printed by the Library of Congress
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Ted Kooser, born in Ames, Iowa, studied at Iowa State and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 2004 to 2006. His project, American Life in Poetry, founded in 2004, gave newspapers and online periodicals a free weekly column featuring a contemporary American poem. Delights & Shadows (2004) won the Pulitzer Prize.
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Appointment and term
U.S. Poet Laureate, 2004-2006
Life
Ted Kooser (1939- ) was born in Ames, Iowa, and received his bachelor’s degree from Iowa State and his master’s in English from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Books and honors
He is the author of more than 10 collections of poetry, including Kindest Regards (2018) and Delights & Shadows (2004), which won the Pulitzer Prize.
Laureate projects
Poet Laureate Ted Kooser founded this project in 2004 to create a space and a presence for poetry in American culture.
American Life in Poetry provided newspapers and online periodicals with a free weekly column by Kooser that featured a poem from a contemporary American poet.
Source
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