translator November 4 – W. Dabney Stuart, American poet November 9 Roger McGough, English poet S. Abdul Rahman (died 2017), Tamil poet November 11 – Alicia Ostriker, American poet and academic November 19 – Meg Campbell (died 2007), New Zealand poet and wife of Alistair Campbell December 1 – Eugene B. Redmond, African-American poet December 31 – Nicolas Born (died 1979), German poet Also: Vénus Khoury-Ghata, Lebanese-born French poet, novelist and beauty queen Parijat, पारिजात, Bishnu Kumari Waiba (died 1993), Nepalese novelist and poet John Riley (died 1978), English poet associated with the British Poetry Revival Deaths Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: March 8 – Albert Verwey (born 1865), Dutch poet June 22 – Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (born 1901?), Malagasy poet writing in French; suicide July 18 – Julian Bell (born 1908), English poet, and a member of a family whose notable members include his parents, Clive and Vanessa Bell; his aunt, Virginia Woolf; his younger brother, writer Quentin Bell; and his half-sister, writer and painter Angelica Garnett; killed in the Spanish Civil War August 11 – Edith Wharton (born 1862), American novelist, short story writer, designer and poet September 8 – Anna Hempstead Branch (born 1875), American poet October 22 – Chūya Nakahara 中原 中也 (born 1907), early Shōwa period Japanese poet (surname: Nakahara) December 26 – Ivor Gurney (born 1890), English composer and poet; tuberculosis while suffering delusional insanity December 29 – Don Marquis (born 1878), American poet, artist, newspaper columnist, humorist, playwright and author best known for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel" Also – Constance Woodrow (born 1899), English-born Canadian poet See also Poetry List of poetry awards List of years in poetry Notes 20th-century poetry