Della Ione Young

Della Iona Cann Young (1872-1948) was Oklahoma's fourth poet laureate, appointed in 1943 by Governor Robert S. Kerr.[1]

Young was born Della Iona Cann in Holton, Kansas and married Andrew Clyde Young in 1906.[2] At the time of her appointment as poet laureate, Young had published only two poems, and she never published a volume of poetry.[1]

Most of Young's career was spent as an educator in Western Oklahoma.[1]

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References
  1. Holliday, Shawn (2015). The Oklahoma Poets Laureate: A Sourcebook, History, and Anthology. Norman, OK: Mongrel Empire Press. p. 69. ISBN 9780990320432.
  2. "Della Iona Cann Young". Find a Grave.


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