1941 in Poetry - Births

Births

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

• February 7 – Kevin Crossley-Holland, English poet and children's author
• February 19 – Stephen Dobyns, American poet and novelist
• March 1 – Robert Hass, American poet
• March 22 – Billy Collins, American poet who served two terms as the 44th Poet Laureate of the United States (2001–2003)
• April 12 – Toi Derricotte, American poet
• May 17 – Lyn Hejinian, American poet essayist, translator and publisher often associated with the Language poets
• May 22 – Simon J. Ortiz
• May 27 – Simon Ortiz Native American poet and writer associated with the Native American Renaissance
• August 4 – Robert Grenier, American poet essayist, and editor often associated with the Language poets
• September 1 – Gwendolyn MacEwen (died 1987), a Canadian novelist and poet
• October 2 – John Sinclair, American poet jailed in 1969 after selling two joints to undercover narcotics officers. In 1971 his case received international attention when John Lennon performed at a benefit concert on his behalf.
• October 13 – John Snow, cricketer and poet
• November 23 – Derek Mahon Irish poet
• November 29 – Lloyd Schwartz
• date not known:
  • David MacLeod Black, South African-born Scots poet
  • Jonathan Holden, American poet and academic
  • Jeremy Hooker, English poet, critic, lecturer and broadcaster
  • Rachel Blau DuPlessis, American poet, essayist, critic and academic
  • Dave Margoshes
  • William Pitt Root, American
  • David Rosenfield
  • Gibbons Ruark, American
  • Stephen Yenser