2021 Obituaries For Poets.
Seen in online news stories, if you believe others need to be included please do let me know.
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Etel Adnan obituary | Painting | The Guardian
Kazakhstan’s Poet, Political Dissident Aron Atabek Dies – The Diplomat
Mourid Barghouti: Leading Palestinian poet
Prof. Mutlu Konuk Blasing, renowned poetry critic, dies peacefully at 77 - The Brown Daily Herald
Robert Bly, award-winning American poet dies aged 94 | Books | The Guardian
Jamaican dub poet Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze dies aged 65 | UK news | The Guardian
Farewell to a poet Francisco Brines winner of this year’s Cervantes Prize for Literature
Seamus Deane: Derry-born author and poet dies - BBC News
Stephen Dunn, Poet Who Celebrated the Ordinary, Dies at 82 - The New York Times
Zelda Toll Edelson, editor, painter, and poet, dies at 92 (inquirer.com)
Graeme Edge, poet and last original member of The Moody Blues (inews.co.uk)
Jacky Flurscheim obituary | Poetry | The Guardian
Shankha Ghosh : A poet who could not be compared with any of his contemporaries
by poet K Satchidandan.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti: US poet and publisher
bell hooks, (Gloria Jean Watkins) famed feminist writer, dies at age 69 - CNN
Michael Horovitz obituary | Poetry | The Guardian
Mark Huband, journalist and poet 1963-2021 | Financial Times (ft.com)
Keri Hulme, New Zealand’s first Booker prize-winning writer, dies aged 74 | The Guardian
Brian Johnstone, poet and StAnza festival co-founder
Turkish poet Sezai Karakoç passes away at 88 - Turkey News (hurriyetdailynews.com)
Brendan Kennelly obituary: Gifted poet, academic and storyteller (irishtimes.com)
In Memory of Owen Lowery – The Poetry Book Society
Clare McPhee who published seven collections of poems. Her final book of poems, The Mulberry Tree, is due to be published by Shoestring Press this summer.
Friederike Mayröcker obituary | Register | The Times (full article requires subscription)
Poet Ramesan Nair dead - The Hindu
Tamil Nadu: Scholar, poet, film lyricist Pulavar Pulamaipithan dies - Chennai News - Times of India
Wife devastated as 'legendary' poet, Sandra Richardson, dies in her arms - Liverpool Echo
Raúl Rivero, Disenchanted Poet of the Cuban Revolution, Dies at 75 - The New York Times
Urdu poet Tarannum Riyaz dies of Covid
Anthony Thwaite literary editor of the Listener and the New Statesman, and co-editor of Encounter. He worked as a producer at the BBC, and was a prolific author, reviewer and lecturer, travelling across the world for the British Council.
Al Young, who served for three years as California’s poet laureate