UM's Donald Hall is named Poet Laureate
by sernabad
Donald Hall, former professor of English at The University of Michigan from 1957-1975, will become the nation's 14th poet laureate.
James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress, will bestow the appointment on Prof. Hall, who succeeds Ted Kooser.
Hall, 77, as well known for his clean spare poetry and prose as for his passionate outspoken defense of government arts grants, now lives in New Hampshire.
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Donald Hall was born in 1928
Donald Hall was born in 1928 and is 78 years old.
Thanks for catching the
Thanks for catching the typo. It's been corrected.