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Robert Hayden

Robert Hayden
Robert Hayden, American poet and educator (d. 1980)

Robert Hayden was an American poet, essayist, and educator. He served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1976 to 1978, a role today known as US Poet Laureate. He was the first African American writer to hold the office.

4 August 1913

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