1922), English poet, of cancer September 26 – Lynette Roberts, 86 (born 1909), Welsh poet October 22 – Kingsley Amis, 73 (born 1922), English novelist and poet, after a fall November 5 – Essex Hemphill, 38 (born 1957), African American poet and gay activist, from complications relating to AIDS December 30 – Heiner Müller, 66 (born 1929), German dramatist and poet See also Poetry List of years in poetry List of poetry awards Notes 20th-century poetry Poetry