Carol Hamilton (born 1935) was the Oklahoma Poet Laureate from 1995 to 1997.[1][2]

Biography

Carol Jean Hamilton was born in 1935 in Enid, Oklahoma. Her mother, Ruby Barber, was also a poet and a professor at Rose State College and Midwest City High School.[3] Hamilton graduated Midwest City High School in 1953, received her bachelor's degree from Phillips University in 1956, and later a master's degree from the University of Central Oklahoma.[4][2] She taught at Midwest City Del City schools, Rose State College, and the University of Central Oklahoma.[4] She helped found the Woody Guthrie Poets in 2004.[2]

Her book Once the Dust published by Broncho Press was a 1992 Oklahoma Book Award winner.[4] She won the 1987 and 1992 Byline Literary award for "The Summary" and "In the Distance," respectively.[5] She was nominated five times for a Pushcart Prize.[6] Her work has been published in many journals, including Christian Science Monitor, Christian Century, Arizona Quarterly,[3] Quartet, The Prairie Poet, Encounter, Audit, Discourse, Quoin, New Campus Review, Roanoke Review, and Cimarron Review.[7] Her poem "Patterns" appears in the 1983 anthology Peace: A Poetry Anthology created as a fundraiser for the Benedictine Peace House.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Patricia Yarbrough, "Poets Laureate," The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, www.okhistory.org (accessed August 11, 2018). http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=PO002
  2. 1 2 3 Holliday, Shawn, "1995-1997 Carol Jean Hamilton," The Oklahoma Poets Laureate pgs. 165-168
  3. 1 2 Brandenburg, John (8 June 1989). "Convention of state poetry societies to be held in city". The Daily Oklahoman. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "Home".
  5. ↑ "Spotlight on You". The Daily Oklahoman. 3 March 1993. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Poetry reading is set in Norman on Sunday", The Oklahoman, May 17, 2012 https://newsok.com/article/3676005/poetry-reading-is-set-in-norman-on-sunday
  7. ↑ Brandenburg, John (17 September 1972). "Enid native will read poems here". The Daily Oklahoman. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "State poets for peace plan Sunday reading in city". The Daily Oklahoman. 4 November 1983. Retrieved 30 October 2023.


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