1912 in Poetry - Births

Births

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

• January 1 – Nikiforos Vrettakos (died 1991), Greek
• February 11 – Roy Fuller English poet/novelist (died 1991)
• February 27 – Lawrence Durrell, English novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer (died 1990)
• May 3 – May Sarton, American (died 1995) American poet, novelist, and memoirist
• May 8 – George Woodcock (died 1995), Canadian poet, biographer, academic and prominent anarchist
• June 12 – Roland Robinson (died 1992), Australian
• June 13 – Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (died 1943), Canadian poet, considered "Quebec's first truly modern poet"
• June 16 – John Enoch Powell, Poet and MP from 1950 to 1987.
• July 14 – Northrop Frye, Canadian critic
• September 10 – William Everson (also known as "Brother Antoninus") (died 1994), American poet, author, literary critic, and small-press printer
• September 12 – J. F. Hendry, Scots poet who lived in Canada later in life
• September 13 – F. T. Prince (died 2003) South African–British poet and academic
• September 16 – John Jefferson Bray (died 1995), Australian
• December 9 – Denis Glover (died 1980) New Zealand poet and publisher
• December 11 – Micky Burn (died 2010), English writer, journalist, World War II commando and prize-winning poet
• Also:
  • Kenneth Allott (died 1973) Anglo-Irish poet and academic
  • Faiz Ahmad Faiz (died 1984), Indian, Urdu-language poet, teacher, army officer, journalist, trade unionist and broadcaster
  • Ali Jafri, Indian, Urdu-language poet
  • P. R. Kaikini, Indian, writing Indian poetry in English
  • Nityananda Mahapatra, Indian, Oriya-language novelist, short-story writer, poet and politician
  • Miraji (died 1949), Indian, Urdu-language
  • Prahlad Parekh (died 1962),, Indian, Gujarati-language
  • Bharati Sarabhai, Indian English- and Gujarati-language playwright, including verse drama
  • Konduru Viraraghavacaryulu, Indian, Tegulu-language poet, novelist and scholar