1980 25 Feb
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Robert Hayden, much-honoured American poet, passed away in Ann Arbor, Michigan. [BW18:717]
For his obituary see BW18:715–17.
See also Hatcher, From The Auroral Darkness: The Life and Poetry of Robert Hayden.
See Bahá'í World 1994-95 pg249 for an article by Anne Boyles entitled "The Language of the Heart: Arts in the Bahá'í World Community" for mention of Robert Hayden.
See The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature entry about Robert Hayden.
In 1976, Mr. Hayden was named Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a post which was later renamed Poet Laureate of the United States. He was the first African-American to hold the position. He taught at Fisk University in Nashville for 23 years and then at the University of Michigan from 1969 until his death in 1980 at age 66. In 2012 the US Postal Service issued a series of stamps commemorating poets which included Mr Hayden. [BWNS915]
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