1956 in Poetry - Births

Births

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

• April 7 – Dionisio D. Martinez, Cuban-born poet who grew up speaking Spanish, raised first in Spain, then in the United States
• October 7 – Diane Ackerman, American poet and naturalist

• Also:
  • Bai Hua (poet), Chinese
  • Henri Cole, American poet
  • Jim Daniels, American poet, writer and academic
  • Annie Finch, American poet, librettist, and theorist
  • Forrest Gander, American poet, essayist and translator
  • Amy Gerstler, American poet
  • Mick Imlah (died 2009), British poet
  • Amir Or, Israeli poet