This is a list of Municipal Poets Laureate in Alberta, Canada.

Calgary

Calgary's current poet laureate is Wakefield Brewster (2022-2024). He was preceded in office by Natalie Meisner (2020 – 2022), Sheri-D Wilson (2018-2020), Micheline Maylor (2016 – 2018), Derek Beaulieu (2014 – 2016), and Kris Demeanor (2012 – 2014).[1][2][3][4][5]

Banff

Banff has had three poets laureate, Derek Beaulieu (2022-2023), Amelie Patternson (2017-2018) and Steven Ross Smith (2019-2020) [6]

Edmonton

The current Poet Laureate of Edmonton is Shima Aisha Robinson, with the chosen pen name of Dwennimmen (2023-2025). [7] The previous laureate was Titilope Sonuga (2021-2023).[8] She was preceded in office by Nisha Patel (2019 – 2021), Ahmed “Knowmadic” Ali (2017-2019), Pierrette Requier (2015 – 2017), Mary Pinkoski (2013 – 2015), Anna Marie Sewell (2011 – 2012), Roland Pemberton (2006 – 2011), E.D. Blodgett (2007 – 2009), and Alice Major (2005 – 2007).[9][10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Calgary Poet Laureate". Calgary Arts Development. 18 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Micheline Maylor named Calgary's poet laureate". Calgary Herald. 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  3. ↑ "Calgary's new poet laureate is Micheline Maylor". CBC.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  4. ↑ "The Poets Laureate of Canada". NUVO Magazine. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  5. ↑ "Kris Demeanor named Calgary’s first poet laureate". Calgary Herald, March 18, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Banff Poet Laureate".
  7. ↑ https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/edmonton_archives/poet-laureate
  8. ↑ "Titilope Sonuga named Edmonton's ninth poet laureate". edmontonjournal. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Poet Laureate".
  10. ↑ "Remembering the life of Edward BLODGETT 1935 - 2018".
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