Poet Laureate of Illinois

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poet laureate position state government office

The Poet Laureate of Illinois is the official state poet position, held by distinguished poets such as Gwendolyn Brooks to promote poetry and literary arts throughout Illinois.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Illinois Poet Laureate	1
Poet Laureate of California	1
Poet Laureate of Illinois canonical	1
Poet Laureate of Illinois (via Gwendolyn Brooks)	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	poet laureate position ⓘ state government office ⓘ
aimsTo	increase public engagement with poetry ⓘ preserve Illinois literary heritage ⓘ support Illinois poets ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Illinois ⓘ
appointedBy	Governor of Illinois ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
domain	arts and culture ⓘ
fieldOfWork	literature ⓘ poetry ⓘ
hasDuties	encourage appreciation of literary arts ⓘ engage communities through readings and events ⓘ promote poetry in Illinois ⓘ support poetry education ⓘ
hasGenderRequirement	no formal gender requirement ⓘ
hasNotableOfficeHolder	Angela Jackson ⓘ Carl Sandburg ⓘ Gwendolyn Brooks ⓘ
hasRepresentation	literary festivals ⓘ public readings ⓘ school visits ⓘ
hasTitle	Poet Laureate of Illinois self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Illinois Poet Laureate
inception	1936 ⓘ
isPartOf	Government of Illinois ⓘ
isSimilarTo	Poet Laureate of Illinois self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Poet Laureate of California Poet Laureate of New York ⓘ Poet Laureate of the United States ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Illinois ⓘ
officeCreatedBy	Illinois ⓘ surface form: State of Illinois
officeType	honorary position ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Angela Jackson ⓘ Carl Sandburg ⓘ Gwendolyn Brooks ⓘ Howard Austin ⓘ John Knoepfle NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Stein ⓘ
scope	statewide ⓘ
selectionCriteria	connection to Illinois ⓘ distinguished contribution to poetry ⓘ
sponsoredBy	Illinois ⓘ surface form: State of Illinois
workLocation	Chicago ⓘ surface form: Chicago, Illinois Springfield, Illinois ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gwendolyn Brooks → positionHeld → Poet Laureate of Illinois ⓘ

Poet Laureate of Illinois → hasTitle → Poet Laureate of Illinois self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Illinois Poet Laureate

Poet Laureate of Illinois → isSimilarTo → Poet Laureate of Illinois self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poet Laureate of California

Englewood High School → hasAlumniDistinction → Poet Laureate of Illinois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poet Laureate of Illinois (via Gwendolyn Brooks)