Patricia Frolander (born 1942) is an American poet originally from Boston, Massachusetts.[1] She was poet laureate of Wyoming from November 7, 2011, to June 9, 2013.[2][3]

Frolander began writing poetry in the mid-1990s.[4] She has written five poetry collections,[1] including Grassland Genealogy (2009), Married Into It (2011), and Second Wind (2020). She won the 17th Annual National Senior Poets Laureate Competition in 2009.[5] In 2011, she won the Neltje Blanchan Memorial Writing Award, sponsored by the Wyoming Arts Council.[6]

She owns and lives on their family ranch in Sundance in the Black Hills area of Wyoming,[1] where she has lived since 1969. She has one son, two daughters, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.[7] She was widowed in October 2016.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kottmann, Niki (August 9, 2020). "Former poet laureate pens poetry book to send hopeful message amid grief". WyomingNews.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Main Reading Room: Wyoming". loc.gov. Library of Congress. February 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Gov. Mead Appoints Patricia Frolander as Poet Laureate of WY". governor.wy.gov. Office of Governor Matt Mead. November 7, 2011. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013.
  4. ↑ Gray, Kristy (November 8, 2011). "Wyoming Gov. Mead appoints Sundance woman as Wyoming's poet laureate". Casper Star-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 7, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Poem by Pat Frolander Wins National Contest". Wyoming Arts Council. September 3, 2009. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Winners Announced for Blanchan/Doubleday Awards". Wyoming Arts Council. January 6, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Robert Frolander (obituary)". fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com. Retrieved June 7, 2021.


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