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California State Poet Laureate
Al Young
Adopted on June 30, 1915
Al Young is the current California State Poet Laureate and was born in Mississippi on May 31, 1939. Mr. Young has been a poet, writer, teacher and lecturer throughout his literary career and has lived most of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has authored a number of books including poetry and fiction. Young has also co-edited several works including the recent two volume set, The Literature of California , which was co-edited along with California authors Jack Hicks, James D. Houston, and Maxine Hong Kingston. Mr. Young has been the recipient of numerous literary honors.
The unofficial position of poet laureate was established with the appointment of Ina Donna Coolbrith on June 30, 1915. The official position of Poet Laureate of California was created by Assembly member Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) under Assembly Bill 113, and was signed in 2001 by Governor Gray Davis. While the unofficial position carried a lifetime appointment, current laureates are appointed to two-year terms. After Quincy Troupe resigned from the position in 2002 for falsifying information on his resume, the position remained vacant until the appointment of Al Young by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on May 12, 2005.
Ina D. Coolbrith was named the first State Poet Laureate by the legislature in 1915 to honor her contributions to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Previous Laureates:
Ina Donna Coolbrith (1915-1928)
Henry Meade Bland (1929-1931)
John Steven McGroarty (1933-1944)
Gordon W. Norris (1953-1961)
Charles B. Garrigus (1966-2000)
Quincy Troupe (2002)
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State Symbols
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State symbols represent things that are special to a
particular state.
symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun
Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in
other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token
of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together,
compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century
1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or
convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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