Deaths
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- January 2 — Dumitru Radu Popescu (b. 1935), Romanian poet [8]
- January 7 —Henri Heurtebise (b. 1936), French poet and editor [9]
- ??? — Richard Kell (b. 1927), Irish poet, composer, teacher, and reviewer [10]
- March 10 —David Bottoms (b. 1949), American poet [11]
- April — R. H. W. Dillard (b. 1937), American poet, critic, and writing professor [12]
- April 9 — Huub Oosterhuis (b. 1933), Dutch theologian and poet [13]
- April 21 — John Tranter (b. 1943), Australian poet, publisher and editor [14]
- May 19 — Pete Brown (b. 1940), American poet and songwriter [15]
- May 22 — Andrew Burke (b. 1944), Australian poet [16]
- June 7 —Saskia Hamilton (b. 1967), American poet, professor, and vice provost [17]
- June 30 — Ron Pretty (b. 1940), Australian poet [18]
- July 7 —Ahmed Ilias (b. 1934), Bangladeshi poet [19]
- August 11 — Kenneth White (b. 1936), Scottish poet [20]
- November 18 — Nan Witcomb (b. 1927/1928, Australian poet and radio broadcaster [21]
- December 28 — Abubakar Siddique (b. 1934), Pakistani poet and professor [22]
