1927 PHOTOGRAPH of ROSA ZAGNONI MARINONI the POET LAUREATE OF ARKANSAS
1927 PHOTOGRAPH of ROSA ZAGNONI MARINONI the POET LAUREATE OF ARKANSAS
1927 PHOTOGRAPH of ROSA ZAGNONI MARINONI, a prolific Italian-American poet who became the first POET LAUREATE OF ARKANSAS in 1953 and retained the title until her death in 1970. In 1969 Arkansas governor Winthrop Rockefeller proclaimed October 15 as Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni Day. In 1990 her home was added to the National Register of Historic Places. A rather incredible woman poet who is now mostly forgotten, but hopefully not in Arkansas.
Photograph, 6.5x8.5 inches. A publicity photograph taken by Underwood & Underwood Photography Studio. On the backside of the photo is pasted on information about Marinoni, with a notice that credit needs to be given to the photographer, Underwood & Underwood. The backside also has a few related stamps and marks.
GOOD MINUS condition, a number of light creases and signs of handling, still solid, bright and clear, with great information on the backside.
RARE 1927 PHOTOGRAPH of a LITERARY FEMALE ICON of ARKANSAS.
About ROSA ZAGNONI MARINONI (from Wikipedia):
******Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni, b.1888 d.1970, was an Italian-American poet. Marinoni had more than 1,000 of her short stories published in 70 magazines and her poems were published in more than 900 U.S. and international publications. Arkansas governor Benjamin Travis Laney named October 15, 1948, the state's first annual Poetry Day due to her efforts. Her home was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Marinoni founded a northwest Arkansas chapter of the National League of American Pen Women. In 1928, the Arkansas Federation of Women's Clubs gave Marinoni the organization's title of poet laureate and in 1953, she was named the state's poet laureate by the Arkansas General Assembly. Due to Marinoni promoting poetry throughout the state, Arkansas governor Benjamin Travis Laney proclaimed October 15, 1948 as the state's first annual Poetry Day. Arkansas governor Winthrop Rockefeller proclaimed October 15 as Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni Day in 1969. She also published around 19 books. Marinoni died on March 26, 1970, and was buried at Saint Joseph Cemetery in Fayetteville.******