Patricia Frolander

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. 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. "Robert Frolander (obituary)". fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com. Retrieved June 7, 2021.


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