1952 in Poetry - Births

Births

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

• January 2 – Jimmy Santiago Baca, American poet and writer
• January 10 – Dorianne Laux, American poet
• January 17 – Barry Dempster, a Canadian poet and novelist
• January 20 – Roo Borson, pen name of Ruth Elizabeth Borson, American native living in Canada
• January 24 – Alice Fulton, an American poet, author, and MacArthur Foundation fellow
• March 12 – Naomi Shihab Nye, American poet and songwriter born to a Palestinian father and American mother
• April 12 – Gary Soto, Mexican-American poet and author
• June 20 – Vikram Seth, Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist
• June 5 – Mark Jarman, American poet and critic often identified with the "New Narrative" branch of the New Formalism
• August 5 – D. C. Reid, a Canadian poet, novelist and short story writer
• August 28 – Rita Dove, an African American poet and author and former Poet Laureate of the United States
• October 26 – Andrew Motion English poet, novelist, biographer and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
• November 7 – Malca Litovitz, Canadian poet, author and educator
• December 20 – Sky Gilbert, a Canadian poet, writer, actor, academic and drag performer

• Also:
  • Maxine Chernoff — American poet and writer
  • Judith Ortiz Cofer born in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, an author of poetry, short stories, autobiography, essays, and young adult novels
  • Carla Harryman, American poet and playwright
  • Jan Horner
  • Carole Langille
  • Myron Lysenko, Australian
  • Alberto Rios American poet and writer
  • Carolyn Smart, English–Canadian poet and educator
  • Elizabeth Spires, American poet and academic
  • Susan Stewart — American poet, academic and literary critic
  • thalia, Australian