an introduction by N. C. Kelkar, Marathi-language Padmadhar Chaliha, Svaraj Sangit, Indian, Assamese-language Vallathol Narayana Menon, Magdalana Mariyam, a Malayalam khanda kavya about a repentant Mary consoled by Christ Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Andhra paurusamu, Indian, Telugu-language, written in 1917 but printed in book form this year Other languages Anna Akhmatova, Plantain, Russian August Alle, Carmina Barbata, Estonian J. C. Bloem, Het verlangen, Dutch António Botto, Canções (Songs), Portuguese H. Leivick, The Golem, "dramatic poem in eight scenes", Yiddish Federico García Lorca, Libro de poemas (Book of Poems), Spain Nikolay Gumilyov, The Pillar of Fire, Russian Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Pastorale Austria Bernardo Ortiz de Montellano, Avidez, Mexico Carlos Pellicer, Colores en el mar (Colors in the Sea), Mexico Ramón López Velarde, La suave patria, Mexico Births 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