id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9688 Poet laureate - Wikipedia .html text/html 5464 728 72 Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) of Arezzo, both now part of Italy, were the first to be crowned poets laureate after the classical age, respectively in 1315 and 1342.[4] In Britain, the term dates from the appointment of Bernard André by Henry VII of England. Main article: New Zealand Poet Laureate Main article: United States Poet Laureate Collins wrote "The Names" which he read on September 6, 2002, which is available in streaming audio and video.[34] The original intent of the $35,000 stipend was to provide the Poet Laureate with a full income so that they could devote their time entirely to writing poetry. Dr. Amit Majmudar of Dublin, Ohio was named the first state Poet Laureate by Gov. John Kasich, for a two-year term beginning January 1, 2016. The state of Utah has appointed a Poet Laureate since 1997. ^ http://www.pikespeakpoetlaureate.org/current_poet.html Archived March 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Pikes Peak Poet Laureate ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9688.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9688.txt