poet and spoken word artist Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 22 – Charles Reznikoff, 81 (born 1894), American Objectivist poet March 7 – Tove Ditlevsen, 58 (born 1917), Danish poet and fiction writer, suicide by overdose March 10 – L. E. Sissman, 48 (born 1928), American poet, advertising executive and Quiz Kid, of Hodgkin's disease March 12 – Lloyd Frankenberg, 67 (born 1907), American poet, anthologist and critic, husband of painter Loren Maclver April 9 – Saneatsu Mushanokōji 武者小路 実篤 實篤, sometimes known as "Mushakōji Saneatsu"; other pen-names included "Musha" and "Futo-o", 90 (born 1885), Japanese, late Taishō period and Shōwa period novelist, playwright, poet, artist and philosopher April 28 – Richard Hughes, 76 (born 1900), English poet, fiction writer and screenwriter May 11 – Ogiwara Seisensui 荻原井泉水, pen name of Ogiwara Tōkichi, 91 (born 1884), Japanese haiku poet in the Taishō and Shōwa periods July 11 – León de Greiff, 88 (born 1895), Colombian poet August 19 – Jan Nisar Akhtar, 62 (born 1914), Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms, a lyricist for Bollywood and father of psychiatrist and poet Salman Akhtar August 29 – Kazi Nazrul Islam (also spelled "Kazi Nozrul Islam"), 77 (born 1899), Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher best known as the Bidrohi Kobi ("Rebel Poet"), popular among Bengalis and considered the national poet of Bangladesh September 30 – Paul Dehn, 63 (born 1912), English screenwriter and poet October 15 – James McAuley, 59 (born 1917), Australian poet, academic, journalist and literary critic October 18 – Viswanatha Satyanarayana, 81 (born 1895), Indian poet writing in Telugu; popularly known as the Kavi Samraat ("Emperor of Poetry") October 23 – Anne Elder, 58 (born 1918), Australian ballet dancer and poet, of cardiopulmonary disease December 8 – Henryk Jasiczek, 57 (born 1919), Polish journalist, poet, writer and dissident Full date unknown – Henriette Sauret (born 1890), French poet, political writer, journalist See also Poetry List of poetry awards List of years in poetry Notes Britannica Book of the Year 1977 ("for events of 1976"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica 1977 (source of many items in "Works published" section and rarely in other sections) 20th-century poetry Poetry