Rudolph N. Hill

Rudolph Nelson Hill (1903-1980) was the eighth poet laureate of Oklahoma, appointed by Governor Henry Bellmon, in 1966.[1] Born in Missouri, Hill was raised in central Oklahoma and lived most of his life in Wewoka.[1] Hill was educated at The University of Oklahoma and worked as a lawyer.[2] In 1970, Hill was a named a Poet Laureate Emeritus by Governor Dewey Bartlett.[1]

Bibliography

Red Ship Wings: Poems. Wewoka, OK: Lasiter, 1929

Whipping-Tree and Wagon-Trails Farewell; America Forever: Poems, 1942

Star of Peace on Trail of Cibola. San Antonio: Nay.or, 1954

Westward Wind and 20th Century Singing Words: Poems, 1959.

Curtain Calls before Curfew, 1962.

Frontiers of Soonerland in Song and Story. Oklahoma City: Adman, 1965.

From Country Lanes to Space Age Dawn. San Antonio: Naylor, 1968.

See also

References
  1. Holliday, Shawn (2015). The Oklahoma Poets Laureate: A Sourcebook, History, and Anthology. Norman, OK: Mongrel Empire Press. pp. 113–115. ISBN 9780990320432.
  2. "Hill, Rudolph N." Strangers to Us All: Lawyers and Poetry.


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