Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article (Indian poets listed by first name, when listed alphabetically, whether or not it is a surname): • January 7 –
Chester Kallman (died
1975),
American poet, librettist and translator best known for collaborations with
Igor Stravinsky • January 15 –
Raymond Souster (died
2012),
Canadian poet • January 31 –
Kurt Marti (died
2017),
Swiss theologian and poet • March 1 –
Richard Wilbur (died
2017),
American poet • April 6 –
Marie Ponsot (died
2019), née Birmingham,
American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher and translator • April 13 –
Max Harris (died
1995),
Australian poet, critic, columnist, commentator, publisher and bookseller • April 24 –
Gabriel Okara (died
2019),
Nigerian poet and novelist • May 9: •
Daniel Berrigan (died
2016),
American Jesuit priest, poet and anti-war activist •
Mona Van Duyn (died
2004),
American poet • June 14 –
John Bradburne (killed
1979),
English poet and missionary • June 15 –
James Emanuel (died
2013), African-
American poet and scholar • June 27 –
Lex Banning (died
1965),
Australian poet born with
cerebral palsy and unable to speak clearly or to write with a pen • June 29 –
Vasko Popa (died
1991), Serbian poet • July 5 –
Nanos Valaoritis (died
2019),
Greek poet, novelist and playwright • August 14 –
Julia Hartwig (died
2017),
Polish poet • August 16 –
Shiv K. Kumar (died
2017),
Indian,
English-language poet, playwright and fiction writer • August 18 –
Frédéric Jacques Temple (died
2020),
French poet and writer • August 21 –
Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak (died
1966),
Telugu-language poet and story writer • August 31 –
Hayden Carruth (died
2008),
American poet and literary critic • September 2 –
Shukrullo (died
2020),
Uzbek poet • October 9 –
Tadeusz Różewicz (died
2014),
Polish poet, dramatist and writer • October 13 –
Dimitris Tsaloumas (died 2016),
Greek-born
Australian poet, resident in Australia from 1952 • October 17 –
George Mackay Brown (died
1996),
Scottish poet, author and dramatist • December 25 –
Nan McDonald (died
1974),
Australian poet and editor • December 26 –
Adebayo Faleti (died
2017),
Nigerian poet, journalist, playwright, actor, broadcaster and translator • Also: •
Divya Prabha Bharali,
Indian,
Assamese-language poet; a woman •
Kathan Singh Jamal,
Indian,
Dogri-Pahadi-language poet •
Khizar Maghribi,
Indian writer of parodies and humorous verse in the
Kashmiri language •
Mangalacharan Chattopadhyay,
Indian,
Bengali-language Marxist poet •
Parsram Rohra (died
1981),
Indian,
Sindhi-language •
Ramkrishna Sharma (died
1986),
Indian,
Nepali-language critic, essayist, poet and short-story writer called the father of modern literary criticism in Nepali •
Rasananda Sahu,
Indian,
Oriya poet and novelist •
Shambhoo Nath Bhatt Haleem,
Indian,
Kashmiri-language poet and children's author •
Sarachchandra Muktibodh (died
1984),
Indian,
Marathi-language poet and novelist •
Shrikrishna Powale (died
1974),
Indian,
Marathi-language poet in the "Sthandil" Cult of Kusumagraj and Kant •
Sugan Ahuja (died
1966),
Indian,
Sindhi-language poet and short-story writer ==Deaths==