1938 in Poetry - Births

Births

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

• February 22 – Ishmael Reed, American poet, essayist and novelist
• March 18 – Michael S. Harper, African American
• March 24 – Ian Hamilton (died 2001), English literary critic, reviewer, biographer, poet, magazine editor and publisher
• April 18 – Jwalamukhi జ్వాలాముఖీ, pen name of Veeravalli Raghavacharyulu (died 2008), Indian, Telugu-language poet, novelist, writer and political activist
• May 9 – Charles Simic, American
• May 25 – Raymond Carver (died in 1988), American short-story writer and poet
• June 13 – John Newlove (died in 2003), Canadian
• July 19 – Dom Moraes (died in 2004), Indian writer, poet and columnist

• Also:
  • Betty Adcock, American
  • Tajal Bewas, pen name of Taj Mohammed Samoo, 70 (died 2008), bucolic Sufi poet, novelist, short-story writer, teacher and Pakistani government official
  • Peter Dale, English poet and translator
  • Elke Erb, German
  • Julia Fields, African American
  • Brendan Galvin, American
  • Frances Horovitz English poet, broadcaster and performer of poetry.
  • Keroapetse Kgositsile
  • Deena Linett
  • Leslie Allan Murray
  • Nabaneeta Dev Sen (Bengali) writer and poet
  • Robert Phillips (poet), American poet and academic
  • Tom Raworth, English poet and visual artist; influential figure in the British Poetry Revival movement
  • George Thaniel
  • Askia Muhammad Toure, African American
  • Sansei Yamao (died 2001), Japanese poet and friend of American poet Gary Snyder