1951 in Poetry - Births

Births

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

• January 29 – Neil Shepard, American poet, essayist, professor of creative writing, and literary magazine editor
• March 12 – Susan Musgrave, Canadian poet and children's author
• March 21 – Lesley Choyce, Canadian novelist, writer, children's book writer, poet, and academic who founded Pottersfield Press and hosts the television program "Choyce Words" and "Off the Page"; born in the United States and immigrated to Canada in 1979
• April 5 – Lillian Allen, Canadian dub poet
• April 21 – Brigit Pegeen Kelly, American poet and academic, daughter of author Robert Glynn Kelly and married to poet Michael Madonick
• May 9:
  • Christopher Dewdney, Canadian poet, writer, artist, creative writing teacher and writer in residence at various universities
  • Jorie Graham, American poet and academic
  • Joy Harjo, Native-American poet, musician, and author
• June 20:
  • Paul Muldoon Irish poet living in the United States
  • Noel Rowe (died 2007), Australian, poet, writer, academic and Roman Catholic priest in the Marist order
• September 13 – Suzanne Lummis, American poet, teacher and co-founder of the Los Angeles Poetry Festival
• October 12 – Peter Goldsworthy, Australian poet, novelist, short-story writer, opera librettist and medical practitioner
• November 13 – Robert Hilles, Canadian poet and novelist
• December 13 – Anne-Marie Alonzo (died 2005), Canadian playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher

• Also:
  • Ralph Angel, American poet and translator
  • Abul Bashar, Bengali poet and writer
  • Robin Becker, American
  • Jenny Boult, also known as "MML Bliss" (died 2005), Australian
  • Peter Boyle, Australian
  • Charles Buckmaster (died 1972), Australian
  • Ron Charach, Canadian
  • Peter Christensen (poet), Canadian
  • Stephen Edgar, Australian poet, editor and indexer
  • James Galvin, American poet, novelist and writer
  • Robert Harris (died 1993), Australian
  • Joy Harjo, American poet, musician, and author
  • Garrett Hongo, American poet and academic, born in Volcano, Hawaii
  • Andrew Hudgins, American poet, essayist and academic
  • Angela Jackson, African American
  • Peter Johnson (poet), American
  • Jill Jones, Australian poet and writer
  • Anne Kellas, South African poet, critic and editor who immigrated to Australia
  • Betsy Struthers, Canadian poet and novelist
  • Pi O, "П O", Australian poet and anarchist
  • Robert Priest, Canadian poet and children's author
  • Ania Walwicz, Australian poet, writer and artist
  • Afaa M. Weaver, American
  • Robert Wrigley, American poet and academic
  • Eddy Yanofsky, American
  • Ray A. Young Bear, American