Gascoyne (born 1915), English poet associated with the Surrealist movement December 8 – Agha Shahid Ali (born 1949), Kashmiri-born English-language American poet December 20 – Léopold Sédar Senghor (born 1906), first President of Senegal, poet and writer December 27 – Ian Hamilton (born 1938), British poet, critic and magazine publisher Date not known – Bill Sewell (born 1951), New Zealand poet, German literary scholar and lawyer 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