Helen Kolnitz Hyer

Helen Kolnitz Hyer

December 30, 1896 – November 14, 1983
Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina
Place of Death: Beaufort, South Carolina

Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (December 30, 1896 – November 14, 1983) was an American poet. She was named by Governor John C. West as the second South Carolina Poet Laureate from 1974 to 1983.