79, American poet and pacifist, and the father of poet and essayist Kim Stafford September 16 – Oodgeroo Noonuccal, 71, Australian poet, actress, writer, teacher, artist and campaigner for Aboriginal causes September 26 – Nina Berberova, Нина Николаевна Берберова (born 1901), Russian-born poet, novelist, playwright, critic and academic who lived in Europe from 1922 to 1950, then in the United States October 27 – Peter Quennell, 88, English biographer, historian and poet October (exact date not known) – Gu Cheng, Chinese poet, by suicide Exact date not known – Parijat, पारिजात, Bishnu Kumari Waiba, c.56 (born 1937), Nepalese novelist and poet See also Poetry List of years in poetry List of poetry awards Notes 20th-century poetry Poetry