Literature: American Poets Laureate

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The official title of this honor is Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. The Consultant position has been awarded since 1937, but the title of Poet Laureate was not created until 1986. The position is awarded annually by the Library of Congress.

*Laureate-ship*	*Poet*	*Dates*	*Major Works*
1986– 87	Robert Penn Warren	1905– 1989	Promises: Poems, 1954–56; Now and Then: Poems, 1976–1978
1987– 88	Richard Wilbur	1921–	Poems (1957); New and Collected Poems (1988)
1988– 90	Howard Nemerov	1920– 1991	Guide to the Ruins (1950); Collected Poems (1977)
1990– 91	Mark Strand	1934–	Selected Poems (1980); Blizzard of One (1998)
1991– 92	Joseph Brodsky	1940– 1996	A Part of Speech (1980); Watermark (1993)
1992– 93	Mona Van Duyn	1921–	To See, To Take (1970); Near Changes (1990)
1993– 95	Rita Dove	1952–	The Yellow House on the Corner (1980); Museum (1983)
1995– 97	Robert Haas	1941–	Praise (1980); Human Wishes (1990)
1997– 2000	Robert Pinsky	1940–	Sadness and Happiness (1975); An Explanation of America (1979)
2000– 2001	Stanley Kunitz	1905–	Selected Poems (1958); The Poems of Stanley Kunitz, 1928–1978