1913 in Poetry - Births

Births

Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:

• January 1 – Norman Rosten (died 1995), American poet, playwright, and novelist
• January 19 – Rex Ingamells (died 1955), Australian
• February 10 – Charles Henri Ford (died 2002), American novelist, poet, filmmaker, photographer, and collage artist
• February 26 – George Barker (died 1991), English poet and author
• February 28 – Virginia Hamilton Adair, (died 2004), American poet
• March 4 – Sadako Kurihara 栗原貞子 (died 2005), poet who survives the Hiroshima nuclear holocaust and became known for her poems about her city
• March 29 – R.S. Thomas (died 2000), Anglo- Welsh poet
• May 6 – Douglas Stewart (died 1985), Australian
• June 24 – Vincent Ferrini,(died 2007), American writer and poet
• July 30 – John Blight (died 1995), Australian
• August 4 – Robert Hayden (died 1980), American poet, essayist, educator and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress
• September 16 – Dinesh Das (died 1985), Indian, Bengali-language
• September 25 – Seaforth Mackenzie (died 1955), Australian
• November 10 – Karl Shapiro died 2000), American
• December 8 – Delmore Schwartz (died 1966), American poet and short-story writer
• December 15 – Muriel Rukeyser (died 1980), American poet and political activist
• December 27 – Elizabeth Smart (died 1986), Canadian poet and novelist

• Also:
  • Appan M. A., Indian, Malayalam-language
  • James Boughton, American poet
  • Flexmore Hudson (died 1988), Australian
  • V. R. Kant (died 1990), Indian, Marathi-language
  • Bhatt Damodar Kesavaji, pen name Sudhansu (died 1983), Indian, Gujarati-language
  • Devandas Kishinani, "Azad", Indian, Sindhi-language
  • Ananta Pattanayak, Indian, Oriya-language
  • Carmelo Arden Quin, (died 2010), Uruguayan poet, political writer, painter, sculptor and co-founder of the international artistic movement “Madi”
  • Bal Krisna Rav (died 1974), Indian, Hindi-language poet, editor and translator; edited the monthly ' 'Kadambini' '
  • Harumal Isardas Sadarangani, "Khadim", Indian, Sindhi-language poet and scholar
  • Upendra Thakur, "Mohan" (died 1980), Indian, Oriya-language