Per Højholt Japan: Sakutaro Hagiwara Prize in Poetry: Masao Tsuji for Haikai Tsuji shu'' ("Poems of Haikai Tsuji") Spain: Cervantes Prize: José García Nieto Turkey: President's Award: Cahit Külebi Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 28 – Joseph Brodsky, 55 (born 1940), a Russian-American poet and essayist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature (1987) and was chosen Poet Laureate of the United States (1991–1992), of a heart attack February 11 – Amelia Rosselli, 66 (born 1950), Italian poet and ethnomusicologist, from suicide, on the same date Sylvia Plath killed herself. March 18 – Odysseus Elytis, Greek April 13 – George Mackay Brown, 74, Scottish poet, author and dramatist May 8 – Larry Levis, 49, American poet, of a heart attack May 11 – Sam Ragan (born 1915), American poet, journalist; North Carolina Poet Laureate, 1982–1996 August 18 – Geoffrey Dearmer, 103, British poet September 25 – Mina Loy, 83, artist, poet, Futurist, actor November 24 – Sorley MacLean, 85, Scottish December 10 – Dorothy Porter, 54, Australian poet December 14 – Gaston Miron, 68 Canada Date not known: Haermann Kesten (born 1900), German Tom Rawling (born 1916), English poet and angler Constance Urdang, American poet and novelist, wife of Donald Finkel See also Poetry List of years in poetry List of poetry awards References 20th-century poetry Poetry