1935 in Poetry - Births

Births

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

• January 16 – Inger Christensen, Danish poet, writer, novelist, essayist and children's book author (died 2009)
• January 18 – Jon Stallworthy, English poet, literary critic and academic
• January 30 – Richard Brautigan, writer and poet (died 1984)
• January 27 – D. M. Thomas, English novelist, poet, and translator from Cornwall
• March 13 – Kofi Awoonor, Ghanaian poet and author whose work combines the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people and contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization
• April 16 — Sarah Kirsch, German
• May 13 – Taku Miki 三木卓 pen name of Tomita Miki, Japanese Showa period poet and novelist in the Han ("Inundation") poetry circle (Surname: Miki)
• May 14 – Roque Dalton, leftist Salvadoran poet and journalist who wrote about death, love, and politics (died 1975)
• June 1 – Clayton Eshleman, American poet, translator, and editor
• June 6 – Joy Kogawa, Canadian poet and novelist
• June 12 – Christoph Meckel, German
• July 29 – Pat Lowther, Canadian poet (murdered by her husband in 1975)
• August 12 – A. B. Spellman, African American poet, music critic, music historian, arts administrator and author
• August 24 – Rosmarie Waldrop, German-born American poet and translator (primary English translator of Edmond Jabès)
• August 25 – Charles Wright, American poet
• September 10 – Mary Oliver, American poet
• September 24 – Robert Kelly, American poet associated with the deep image group
• November 7 – Wahyu Sulaiman Rendra, Indonesian poet, born Willibrordus Surendra Broto Rendra, popularly known as W. S. Rendra and also known as "Si Burung Merak" and "The Peacock" (died 2009)
• November 15 – Gustaf Sobin, American expatriate poet & novelist (died 2005)
• December 1 – George Bowering, Canadian novelist, poet, historian, and biographer
• December 10 – Shūji Terayama 寺山 修司, Japanese avant-garde poet, playwright, writer, film director and photographer (surname: Terayama) (died 1983)
• December 29 – Yevgeny Rein (Евгений Рейн), Russian poet