United States Poet Laureate
Poeta Laureado dos EUA
Description
O Mais Alto Reconhecimento Poético dos Estados Unidos
Origens e Evolução Histórica
O título de Poeta Laureado dos Estados Unidos, anteriormente conhecido como Poeta Consultor de Poesia, é a mais alta honra poética nos Estados Unidos. A posição foi criada em 1936, inspirada pelo cargo de Poeta Laureado da Grã-Bretanha. O primeiro a ocupar o cargo foi o poeta americano Joseph Auslander, que serviu de 1937 a 1941. No entanto, a posição foi verdadeiramente estabelecida e ganha proeminência com a nomeação de Robert Frost em 1958. A partir de 1985, o título foi oficialmente alterado para Poeta Laureado dos Estados Unidos.
Processo de Seleção e Mandato
O Bibliotecário do Congresso é responsável pela nomeação do Poeta Laureado, com base em recomendações de um conselho consultivo. O laureado serve por um mandato de um ano, geralmente de setembro a maio. Embora não haja critérios formais rígidos, o laureado é tipicamente um poeta americano de renome com uma obra significativa e reconhecida. A seleção visa honrar um poeta cuja obra demonstre excelência literária e que possa servir como um porta-voz para a poesia em todo o país.
Responsabilidades e Projetos Especiais
As responsabilidades do Poeta Laureado incluem a leitura de poemas em eventos especiais, a organização de eventos poéticos e a promoção da poesia em escolas e comunidades. O laureado também pode desenvolver projetos especiais para disseminar a poesia. Por exemplo, a laureada Gwendolyn Brooks iniciou um projeto para levar a poesia a lares de idosos, enquanto Rita Dove liderou um projeto sobre a poesia de Abraham Lincoln.
Importância Cultural e Laureados Notáveis
A importância do prémio reside no seu reconhecimento da excelência poética e no seu papel na elevação do perfil da poesia na vida pública americana. O título confere prestígio ao laureado e ajuda a trazer a atenção do público para a arte da poesia. Ao longo dos anos, muitos dos poetas mais celebrados da América ocuparam este cargo, incluindo Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Penn Warren, Louise Glück, Billy Collins e Ada Limón, a atual Poeta Laureada.
Natureza da Honra e Significado Duradouro
O prémio não é competitivo no sentido tradicional; não há candidaturas abertas nem um júri que vote. A nomeação é feita pelo Bibliotecário do Congresso, o que torna o processo mais semelhante a uma honra concedida do que a um prémio ganho. Esta abordagem garante que a seleção seja baseada na admiração e no reconhecimento da carreira e do impacto do poeta. A longevidade e a continuidade do cargo, apesar das mudanças de Bibliotecários do Congresso e de administradores, atestam a sua importância duradoura na paisagem cultural americana. O Poeta Laureado serve como um farol, iluminando o poder e a beleza da poesia para todos os americanos.
Winners
Redd Foxx
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Robert G. Ingersoll
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Pressbox Maxim
Robert Half
Peter Farquharson
Praveen Vertex
An Ordinary Human Being
Pope Shenouda III
Plontius
President Herbert Hoover
Peter Drucker
Peter Ferdinand Drucker (November 19, 1909 - November 11, 2005) was a writer, management consultant, and self-described "social ecologist"
Robert Francis Kennedy
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Katherine Tynan Hinkson
Salman Rushdie
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Pioneer Motto
Katherine Tynan Hinkson
Plontius
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Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla)
Polly Whitney
Sally Ride
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Predator
Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla)
Pope Julius III
Italian pope 1550-1555 (1487 - 1555)
Anne Elizabeth O'Hare McCormick
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Porterfield
Pindar
Greek lyric poet remembered for his odes (518?-438? BC)
Pink Floyd
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Pilpay
Sally Berger
Sally Poplin
Pliny
Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113) Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
Plutarch
Greek biographer who wrote Parallel Lives (46?-120 AD)
Pope John XXIII
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Sally Koch
Pioneer Motto
Sally Kempton
Sally Forth
Ray Kroc
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Sally Field
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Ray Mancini
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Sally Berger
Polly Whitney
Sallust
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Plautus
comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC) a genus of Alcidae
F. E. Smedley
Ray Knight
Charles Ray Knight (born December 28, 1952, in Albany, Georgia) is a former right-handed Major League Baseball player who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He was primarily a third baseman, although he did see some action at first base, second base, designated hitter, shortstop and in the outfield. He played for the Cincinnati Reds (1974-1981), Houston Astros (1982-1984), New York Mets (1984-1986), Baltimore Orioles (1987), and the Detroit Tigers (1988). He is now a studio analyst for MASN's coverage of the Washington Nationals
Anne Brown
Anne Wiggins Brown (born Annie Wiggins Brown August 9, 1912 - died March 13, 2009) was an African American soprano who created the role of "Bess" in the original production of George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess in 1935
Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle (18 November 1647  - 28 December 1706) was a French philosopher and writer
Claude Monet
Saleh Aburuman
Graduate of Harvard Medical School, Outstanding Neurologist, And a graduate for Social Dynamics in MIT
Pietro Aretino
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Piet Mondrian
Dutch painter whose work (intersecting lines at right angles and planes in primary colors) influenced the development of abstract art (1872-1944)
Sakshi Tanwar
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Pink Floyd
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Saki
British writer of short stories (1870-1916) Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail
