1955 in Poetry - Births

Births

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

• February 2 – Leszek Engelking, Polish poet
• April 17 – Erin Mouré, Canadian poet
• April 22 – Marie Uguay (died 1981), French-Canadian
• May 13 – Mark Abley, Canadian poet, journalist, editor and non-fiction writer
• October 19 – Jason Shinder, (died 2008), American poet, editor, anthologist and teacher who founded the Y.M.C.A. National Writer’s Voice program, one of the country’s largest networks of literary-arts centers, at one time an assistant to Allen Ginsberg
• December 23 – Carol Ann Duffy, British poet

• Also:
  • Marilyn Chin, American
  • Chris Edwards, Australian
  • Jennifer Harrison, Australian psychiatrist, poet and photographer
  • Margaret Lindsay Holton
  • Kim Morrissey, Canadian poet and playwright
  • Patricia Smith poet, "spoken-word performer", playwright, author, writing teacher
  • Yang Lian 杨炼, Chinese poet associated with the Misty Poets
  • William Wall, Irish novelist, poet and short story writer
  • Les Wicks, Australian
  • Wang Xiaoni, Chinese
  • Dean Young, American
  • Ouyang Yu, Australian poet, novelist, writer, translator and academic
  • Lisa Zeidner, American