1911), Australian poet, founding editor of Meanjin July 6 – Kathleen Raine (born 1908), English poet and literary scholar July 8 – Subhash Mukhopadhyay (born 1919), Bengali poet July 9 – Josephine Jacobsen (born 1908), American poet, short story writer and critic July 15 – Roberto Bolaño, 50 (born 1953), Chilean fiction writer, poet and essayist, liver disease August 7 – F. T. Prince (born 1912), South African-English poet and academic September 3 – Alan Dugan (born 1923), American poet October 26 – Heinz Piontek (born 1925), German writer November 3 – Rasul Gamzatov, 80 (born 1923), Avarian/Soviet/Russian poet, "People's poet of Dagestan" November 27 – Talal al-Rasheed, 41?, Saudi poet December 12 – Fadwa Tuqan, 86 (born 1917), Palestinian poet December 23 – John Newlove (born 1923), Canadian poet See also Poetry List of years in poetry List of poetry awards Notes "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto 2000s in poetry Poetry