Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- February 9 - Allen Tate, 79, American poet, of emphysema
- October 6 - Elizabeth Bishop, 68, American poet, from an aneurism
- December 7 — Nicolas Born, (born 1937), German
- Also:
- I. A. Richards, influential literary critic and rhetorician.
- Ernst Meister (born 1911), German
Read more about this topic: 1979 In Poetry
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