News at Eleven: Saskatchewan-born writer Fred Wah

has been appointed as the new parliamentary poet laureate.

Wah is the fifth poet to hold the office.

He replaces Pierre DesRuisseaux, whose two-year term expired earlier this year.

The post was created in 2001, with a mandate to write poetry, especially for use in Parliament on important occasions, to sponsor poetry readings and advise the parliamentary library.

from Winnipeg Free Press: Saskatchewan writer Fred Wah named parliamentary poet laureate
then The Parliamentary Poet Laureate: Current Poet Laureate: Fred Wah, 2011-2013

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