Poet Laureate of Mississippi | |
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Incumbent since 2021Catherine Pierce | |
Type | Poet Laureate |
Formation | 1963 |
First holder | Maude Willard Leet Prenshaw |
The Poet Laureate of Mississippi is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Mississippi.
# | Poet laureate | Term began | Term ended | Appointed by | Notes |
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1 | Maude Willard Leet Prenshaw | 1963 | 1971 (death) | Gov. Ross Barnett | [1] |
2 | Louise Moss Montgomery | 1973 | January 1978 (death) | Gov. William Waller | [1] |
3 | Winifred Hamrick Farrar | 31 July 1978 | 6 November 2010 (death) | Gov. Cliff Finch | [1] |
4 | Natasha Trethewey | January 2012 | 2016 | Gov. Haley Barbour | [1] |
5 | Beth Ann Fennelly | August 2016 | March 2021 | Gov. Phil Bryant | [2] |
6 | Catherine Pierce | April 2021 | present | Gov. Tate Reeves | [3] |