South Carolina Poet Laureate

The South Carolina Poet Laureate is the poet laureate for the US state of South Carolina. The position is currently held by Marjory Heath Wentworth.[1] Term of office is not set.[2] Laureates are appointed by the Governor of South Carolina.

History

The position was created by a joint resolution of the South Carolina General Assembly in 1934.[2] The term of office is not officially set, but generally it has been a life-time appointment. Governor Richard Wilson Riley changed this some during his term of office, limiting the laureateship to one-year terms.[3]

Responsibilities

The position was not given any clear, specific duties. The honorarium of the position was only $ 1,200 by 1984.[4] However, this honorarium was cut by Governor Mark Sanford in 2003 when Wentworth agreed to serve without the pay.[5]

List of poets laureate

Prior to the official creation of the position in 1934, William Gilmore Simms had been often recognized as South Carolina's poet laureate.[6][7]

The following is a list of official South Carolina poets laureate.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Poet Laureate". State of South Carolina. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "South Carolina". U.S. State Poets Laureate. Library of Congress. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Greenville native tapped as state's poet laureate". The Rock Hill Herald. AP. September 16, 1986. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Wanted: Poet Extraordinaire To Fill S.C. Laureate Post". The Charleston News & Courier. AP. January 2, 1984. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  5. ↑ Stanton, David (June 18, 2003). "Gov. Sanford releases budget vetoes". WIS TV channel 10. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Simms, William Gilmore (1806-1870) (Two items from William Gilmore Simms) Decimalized". The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  7. ↑ Elkins, J. "William Gilmore Simms". Lawyers and Poetry. J. Elkins. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Poet Laureate". South Carolina Arts Commission. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
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