1921 in Poetry - Births

Births

Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article (Indian poets listed by first name, when listed alphabetically, whether or not it's a surname):

  • January 7 – Chester Kallman, (died 1975) American poet, librettist, and translator best known for collaborations with Igor Stravinsky
  • January 15 – Raymond Souster, Canadian poet
  • March 1 – Richard Wilbur, American poet
  • April 13 – Max Harris (died 1995), Australian poet, critic, columnist, commentator, publisher and bookseller
  • May 9:
    • Mona Van Duyn, (died 2004), American poet
    • Daniel Berrigan, American poet
  • August 31 – Hayden Carruth (died 2008), American poet and literary critic
  • October 17 – George Mackay Brown, (died 1996), was a Scotts poet, author and dramatist
  • Also:
    • Lex Banning (died 1965), Australianpoet born with cerebral palsy and unable to speak clearly or to write with a pen
    • Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak, Telugu-language poet and story writer
    • Divya Prabha Bharali, Indian, Assamese-language poet; a woman
    • James A. Emanuel, African American poet and scholar
    • Kathan Singh Jamal, Indian, Dogri-Pahadi-language poet
    • Khizar Maghribi, Indian writer of parodies and humorous verse in the Kashmiri language
    • Nan McDonald (died 1974), Australian poet and editor
    • Mangalacharan Chattopadhyay, Indian, Bengali-language Marxist poet
    • Parsram Rohra, (died 1981), Indian, Sindhi-language
    • Marie Ponsot, American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator.
    • Ramkrishna Sharma (died 1986), Indian, Nepali-language critic, essayist, poet and short-story writer called the father of modern literary criticism in Nepali
    • Rasananda Sahu, Indian, Oriya poet and novelist
    • Shambhoo Nath Bhatt Haleem, Indian, Kashmiri-language poet and children's author
    • Sarachchandra Muktibodh (died 1984), Indian, Marathi-language poet and novelist
    • Shiv Kumar, Indian, Indian poetry in English
    • Shrikrishna Powale (died 1974), Indian, Marathi-language poet in the "Sthandil" Cult of Kusumagraj and Kant
    • Sugan Ahuja (died 1966), Indian, Sindhi-language poet and short-story writer
    • Dimitris Tsaloumas, Greek-born Australian poet who moved to Australia in 1952
    • Nanos Valaoritis, Greek poet, novelist and playwright

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