Deaths
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- January 3 – G. S. Fraser (born 1915), Scotts poet and critic,
- February 12 – Muriel Rukeyser, 66 (born 1913), American, of a heart attack
- February 25 – Robert Hayden, 66, poet, essayist, and educator, of a heart ailment
- March 25 – James Wright, 52, of cancer
- March 31 – Vladimir Holan, 74, Czech
- April 21 – Sohrab Sepehri (born 1928), Persian poet and painter
- April 30 – Luis Muñoz Marín (born 1898), Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician
- June 20 – Amy Key Clarke (born 1892), English mystical poet
- July 9 – Vinicius de Moraes (born 1913), Brazilian writer, poet and diplomat
- July 25 – Vladimir Vysotsky (born 1938), Russian singer-songwriter, poet, actor
- August 9 – Denis Glover (born 1911) New Zealand poet and publisher
- September 2 – Frederick T. Macartney (born 1887), Australian
- October 18 – Martin Haley (born 1905), Australian poet, essayist, translator and schoolteacher
- October 25 – Sahir Ludhianvi (born 1921), Urdu/Hindustani poet and Hindi film lyricist
- November 21 – A.J.M. Smith (born 1902), Canadian poet
- November 28 – Julia Reynolds (poet), 98
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