Ice: Selected Poems 1962-1987 Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Richard Howard Births March 9 – Chen Chen, Chinese-born American poet June 19 – Chris Tse, Canadian spoken word poet and hip hop artist June 21 – Jackie Hill-Perry, born Jackie Hill, American poet and hip hop artist Matt Abbott, English poet and performer Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 4 – Srikrishna Alanahalli, 41 (born 1947), Indian Kannada-language novelist and poet January 13 – Sterling Allen Brown, 87 (born 1901), African-American poet, teacher and writer on folklore and of literary criticism January 22 – M. Govindan, 69 (born 1919), Indian, Malayalam-language poet February 28 – Richard Armour, 82, American poet and writer, of Parkinson's disease May 14 – Bhupi Sherchan, 53 (born 1935) Nepali poet June 19 – Betti Alver, 82 (born 1906), Estonian poet August 25 – Hans Børli, 70, Norwegian poet, novelist, and writer September 15 – Robert Penn Warren (born 1905), poet and writer, former U.S. Poet Laureate, of cancer October 12 – N. V. Krishna Warrier, 78 (born 1911), Indian, Malayalam-language poet, critic and scholar, introduced new types of long narrative poems and satires, editor of weekly Mathrubhumi'', director of Kerala Bhasa Institute October 24 – Doris Huestis Speirs (born 1894), Canadian painter, ornithologist and poet December 4 – May Swenson, American poet and playwright December 22 – Samuel Beckett, Irish poet, playwright and novelist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1969 See also Poetry List of years in poetry List of poetry awards References 20th-century poetry Poetry