Holub, a book of poetry? Czechoslovakia: Czech Julian Przyboś, Poems and Notes (posthumous), Poland Jan Skacel, a book of poetry? Czechoslovakia: Czech Nichita Stănescu, selected poems Romania Ion Alexandru, selected poems Romania Awards and honors Nobel Prize for Literature: Eugenio Montale, Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator English language Canada See 1975 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards United Kingdom Cholmondeley Award: Jenny Joseph, Norman MacCaig, John Ormond Eric Gregory Award: John Birtwhistle, Duncan Bush, Val Warner, Philip Holmes, Peter Cash, Alasdair Paterson United States Bollingen Prize: Archie Randolph Ammons National Book Award for Poetry: Marilyn Hacker, Presentation Piece Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Gary Snyder, Turtle Island Walt Whitman Award: Reg Saner, Climbing into the Roots Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Robert Hayden Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize: Cid Corman, O/I (Judge: Hayden Carruth) French language France Prix Appolinaire: Charles Le Quintrec, jeunesse de Dieu Grand Prix de poésie of the French Academy: Gabriel Audisio, Racine de tout Spanish language Casa de las Américas prizes: Omar Lara (Chile), ¡Oh buenas maneras! Manuel Orestes Nieto (Panama), Dar la cara Other A Soviet state prizes for poetry: K. Kuliyev, The Book of the Earth L. Martynov, Hyperboles Births August 20 – Matthew and Michael Dickman, American poets December 21 – Srijato (Srijato Bandopadhyay), Bengali poet Nick Laird, Northern Ireland-born poet and novelist Tony Tost, American poet Razvan Tupa, Romanian poet Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 15 – Sydney Goodsir Smith, 59 (born 1915), New Zealand–Scots poet, artist, dramatist and novelist who wrote poetry in literary Scots often referred to as Lallans; a major figure of the Scottish Renaissance January 18 – Chester Kallman, 53 (born 1921), American-born poet and librettist January 21 – Mascha Kaléko, 67 (born 1907), German-language poet February 5 – Janko Glazer, 81 (born 1893), Slovenian poet, literary historian, librarian and editor February 10 – Nikos Kavvadias, 65 (born 1910), Russian-born Greek poet and sailor February 14 – Sir Julian Sorell Huxley (born 1887), English evolutionary biologist, humanist and internationalist March 2 – Helen Cruickshank (born 1886), Scottish poet, suffragette and nationalist March 3 – Sir T. H. Parry-Williams (born 1887), Welsh poet, translator and academic March 22 – Stanley Young, 69 (born 1906), American poet, playwright, publisher and literary reviewer April 23 – Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, 35 (born 1940) German poet,