(Indian Parsi writing in Gujarati) Dimbeshwar Neog, , Assamese-language Keshavkumar, also known as P. K. Atre, , Marathi satirical and humorous poems Rabindranath Thakur, , Bengali, includes love poems Sita Nath Brahma Chaudhury, , Assamese Syed jalal, , work of Urdu criticism; a study of four Urdu poets: Nazir Ahmad, Shibli, Azad, and Hali D. T. Tatacharya, , satirical Sanskrit poem Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Choudhury, , Telugu epic in four cantos Spanish language Rafael Alberti, ("Sailor on Land"); Spain Rafael Méndez Dorich, (Buenos Aires), Peruvian poet published in Argentina José Gorostiza, ("Songs to Sing on Boats"), Mexico Salvador Novo, ("20 Poems"), Mexico Miguel de Unamuno, ("From Fuerteventura to Paris"), Spain Other languages Sophus Claussen, , including ("Revolt of the Atoms"), Denmark Uri Zvi Greenberg, ("A Great Fear and the Moon"), Hebrew language, Mandatory Palestine Lionel Léveillé, , French language, Canada Eugenio Montale, ("Cuttlefish Bones"), first edition; second edition, 1928, with six new poems and an introduction by Alfredo Gargiulo; third edition, 1931, Lanciano: Carabba; Italy Awards and honors Dial Award: E.E. Cummings Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Edwin Arlington Robinson, The Man Who Died Twice Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 14 – Yukio Mishima , pen name of Kimitake Hiraoka (died 1970), Japanese author, poet and playwright (Surname of this pen name: Mishima) January 20 – Jamiluddin Aali (died 2015), Indian-born Urdu poet, critic, playwright, essayist, columnist and scholar February 8 – Francis Webb (died 1973) Australian poet February 20 – Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim, Lithuanian-born Yiddish poet and teacher February 22 – Gerald Stern, American February 27 – Kenneth Koch (died 2002) American poet, playwright, professor and prominent poet of the "New York School" of poetry March 10 – Manolis Anagnostakis (died 2005) Greek poet and critic March 13 – Inge Müller (died 1966) East German March 14 – John Wain (died 1994) English poet, novelist and critic associated with the literary group The Movement. March 25 – Theodore Enslin (died 2011), American April 18 – Bob Kaufman (died 1986), American Beat poet and surrealist June 6 – Maxine Kumin (died 2014), American poet and author; Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1981–1982 July 4 – Ciril Zlobec (died 2018), Slovene poet and politician August 1 – Ernst Jandl (died 2000), Austrian poet, author and translator August 12 – Donald Justice (died 2004), American poet and writing teacher August 16