1944 in Poetry - Births

Births

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

• February 9 – Alice Walker, African-American novelist, poet, writer and feminist
• February 19 – Jeffrey Wainwright, English poet and academic
• March 21 – Pedro Pietri, (died in 2004) a Puerto Rican and Nuyorican poet and playwright who co-founded the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
• August 25 – Margaret Gibson (poet) (died 1999), African-American
• August 31 – Lorenzo Thomas, American
• September 24 – Eavan Boland, Irish
• September 25 – bpNichol, Canadian
• October 10 – Linda Rogers, Canadian poet and children's writer
• December 3 – Craig Raine, English poet and critic
• December 10 – Carol Rumens, English poet, writer, literary editor and academic
• December 18 – Michael Davidson, American

• Also:
  • Sandra Alcosser, American
  • Kathryn Stripling Byer, American poet, teacher; North Carolina Poet Laureate, 2005–2009
  • David Constantine, British poet, translator, editor and academic
  • John Donlan, Canadian and editor
  • Paul Duncan
  • William Hathaway (poet), American
  • Susan Ioannou, Canadian
  • Penn Kemp, Canadian poet, novelist, playwright, and sound poet
  • Mary Kinzie, American
  • Lewis MacAdams, American poet, journalist, and activist. Founder of Friends of The Los Angeles River (FoLAR) established in 1985
  • Robert C. Morgan, American art critic, art historian, curator, poet and artist
  • John Reibetanz
  • Jergen Theobaldy, German
  • Sherley Anne Williams, American