1977 in Poetry - Deaths

Deaths

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

  • April 11 — Jacques Prévert, French
  • September 12 — Robert Lowell, 60, American, from a heart attack;
  • December 18 — Louis Untermeyer, 92, American author, poet, anthologist, and editor
  • December 30 — Katherine C. Biddle, 87
  • Also:
    • Elizabeth Daryush, daughter of Robert Bridges (born 1885), English poet
    • Gitaujali Badruddin

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