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birth
Ted Kooser is born in Ames, Iowa on April, 25 1939 -
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high school graduation
ted kooser graduated from Ames High School in 1957 -
college graduation
ted kooser graduates from Iowa State University with a Bachelor in Arts Degree in English and Speech -
ted kooser gets M.A.
ted kooser gets his Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Nebraska -
starts in life insurance
Ted Kooser starts working at the Lincoln Benefit Life Company. He starts writing poems. -
stanley Kunitz Prize
Ted Kooser wins the Stanley Kunitz Prize from Shenandoah. -
retirement
Ted Kooser retires from the Lincoln Benefit Life Company as vice president. -
US Poet Laureate
Ted Kooser is selected by the Library Of Congress to become the 13th Poet Laureate of the U.S. He will serve two terms. -
Pulitzer Prize
One of Ted Kooser's poetry collections, Delights And Shadows, is chosen for the Pulitzer Prize. Earler that week, he had become the 13th U.S. Poet Laureate. -
retirement again
Ted Kooser's second and final term as Poet Laureate. He will go back to his farm home in Garland, Nebraska.
