1936 in Poetry - Births

Births

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

• March 24 – John Robert Colombo, Canadian poet, editor and humorist
• March 31 – Marge Piercy, American poet, novelist, and social activist
• April 6 – John Pepper Clark, Nigerian poet and playwright who originally published under the name of "J.P. Clark"
• May 28 – Fred Chappell, American poet, author and academic
• June 24 – J. H. Prynne, British poet, writer, academic, key figure in the British Poetry Revival, and a major contributor to The English Intelligencer
• June 26 – Elisabeth Harvor, Canadian novelist and poet
• June 27 – Lucille Clifton, African-American poet and feminist
• July 9 – June Jordan (died 2002), African-American political activist, writer, poet, and teacher
• November 4 – C. K. Williams, American poet
• November 17:
  • Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet
  • Tarapada Roy (died 2007) Bengali poet, essayist and short-story writer known for his satirical sense of humour
• December 1 — George Bowering, Canadian novelist, poet, historian, and biographer
• December 4 — Ken Smith (poet), (died 2003), English poet, academic and an editor of the quarterly Stand from in 1963 to 1972

• Also:
  • Jayne Cortez, African-American poet
  • Sandra M. Gilbert, American poet, critic and academic
  • Sandra Hochman, American poet
  • Brendan Kennelly, Irish poet and novelist
  • Al Mahmud, Bengali poet
  • Clarence Major, American poet, novelist and painter

• • Christopher Wiseman
  • David Young (writer), editor and co-founder of FIELD Magazine