1930 in Poetry - Births

Births

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

• January 1 – Jean-Pierre Duprey, French poet and sculptor (d. 1959)
• January 23 – Derek Walcott, native of St. Lucia, poet, playwright, writer and visual artist who writes in English
• February 28 – Bruce Dawe, Australian poet
• March 26 – Gregory Corso (died 2001), American
• April 8 – Miller Williams, American poet, translator and editor
• May 8 – Gary Snyder, American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist
• May 11 – Edward Brathwaite, Barbadian writer, poet and dramatist
• May 12 – Mazisi Kunene (died 2006), South African poet
• August 17 – Ted Hughes (died 1998), English poet and children's writer
• September 25 – Shel Silverstein (died 1999), American writer of children's verse
• October 10 – Harold Pinter, (died 2008), English playwright, poet, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, human rights activist, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature
• October 24 – Elaine Feinstein, English poet, novelist, short-story writer, playwright, biographer and translator
• November 16 – Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer and poet

• Also:
  • Adonis or "Adunis", pen name of Ali Ahmad Said Asbar, Syrian-born poet and essayist who has made his career largely in Lebanon and France and who writes in Arabic
  • Alvin Aubert, African American
  • Tony Connor, English poet and playwright
  • Adolph Endler, German
  • Roy Fisher, English poet and jazz pianist
  • Shang Qin, Chinese
  • Jon Silkin (died 1997), British poet.
  • Anthony Thwaite, English poet and writer married to the writer Ann Thwaite