Anne Semple

Anne R. Semple (1900–1987) was the fifth poet laureate of the state of Oklahoma, appointed in 1945 by Governor Robert S. Kerr.[1] Semple was the granddaughter of Peter Pitchlynn (Snapping Turtle), who served as chief of the Choctaw nation in the 1860s.[1] Semple earned her Ph.D. from Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, which is now Oklahoma State University, with a dissertation on the history of Oklahoma Presbyterian College.[1]

Bibliography
  • Prairie-Born: A Book of Verse. Dallas: Kaleidograph, 1942.
  • Ties that Bind: The Story of Oklahoma Presbyterian College. 1957

See also

References
  1. Holliday, Shawn (2015). The Oklahoma Poets Laureate: A Sourcebook, History, and Anthology. Mongrel Empire Press. pp. 75–76. ISBN 978-0-9903204-3-2.
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