Gorman, Amanda, 1988-

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Gorman, Amanda, 1988-

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1988-

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1998-03-07

March 7, 1998

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Amanda Gorman is poet and activist. She attended Harvard University. While at Harvard, she became the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate in April 2017, a national program managed by Urban Word NYC in conjunction with the Library of Congress.

Gorman is the founder of the nonprofit organization One Pen One Page, which runs a youth writing and leadership program. In 2017, she became the first youth poet to open the literary season for the Library of Congress. Gorman recited her poem "The Hill We Climb" at Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20, 2021 as the youngest poet to read at a presidential inauguration.

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