Dead Poets Society

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Tony Hoagland, the author of eight books of poetry and two essay collections, has died.  He was 64.

 

https://www.pw.org/content/tony_hoagland_has_died_patricia_spears_jones_on_black_feminist_poets_and_more

 

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Shirley Toulson

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/16/shirley-toulson-obituary

 

And as if that were not enough, an obit in Private Eye .....

 

In Memoriam

Shirley Toulson, aged 94

 

So.  Farewell

Then Shirley Toulson,

Poet and historian.

 

Although not famous,

You have now joined

Private Eye's 94 Club,

To stand alongside

Such celebrated writers

As George Bernard Shaw,

W.F. Deedes,

P.D. James and

Egon "Toast" Ronay.            

 

You were best known

For your many books

About walking the

Ancient roads of

Britain.

 

And now, alas,

All too soon,

You have reached

The end of

The road.

 

E.J. Thribb

(fellow poet, aged 17½)

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I liked the Eye's tribute poem to Charlie Kennedy:

 

A man of great
Spirit. Though
Alas in the end
Too much of it.

[charon 4,943]

 

Tom Leonard at 74

 

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17315177.tributes-paid-to-the-poet-and-writer-tom-leonard-who-has-died-aged-74/

 

[alt obits guy 3,372]

On 14/02/2012 at 19:29, DevonDeathTrip said:

Revered American poet Mary Oliver has been "diagnosed with a very serious illness"

Mary Oliver dead (nearly seven years after the diagnosis noted in the original post.)

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/17/577380646/beloved-poet-mary-oliver-who-believed-poetry-mustn-t-be-fancy-dies-at-83?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20190117

 

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And a year after his death, Skold becomes a published poet, so it is fitting that it is mentioned in this thread.

 

https://www.macon.com/entertainment/celebrities/article224833675.html

 

[alt obits guy 3,372]

Padraic Fiacc, an acclaimed poet and member of the Irish Arts Academy, has died.  He was 94.

 

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/president-pays-tribute-to-poet-padraic-fiacc-who-has-died-aged-94-1.3766688

 

[alt obits guy 3,372]

Peter Meilleur, an experimental poet who wrote books under the pen name Childe Roland, has died.  He was 75.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/12/peter-meilleur-obituary

 

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9 minutes ago, alt obits guy said:

Peter Meilleur, an experimental poet who wrote books under the pen name Childe Roland, has died.  He was 75.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/12/peter-meilleur-obituary

 

Wasn't he also the original drummer for the band Les Coléoptères?  

[alt obits guy 3,372]

8 minutes ago, Cat O'Falk said:

Wasn't he also the original drummer for the band Les Coléoptères?  

Oui, je crois que you are correct.  Took a few searches before I pieced it all together.  Maybe he was also a Paperback Writer? 

[alt obits guy 3,372]

Patrick Lane, who won the Governor General's Literary Award for poetry in 1978 and made an officer of the Order of Canada in 2014, has died.  He was 79.

 

https://www.cbc.ca/books/patrick-lane-award-winning-canadian-poet-and-novelist-dead-at-79-1.5047773

 

[charon 4,943]

W.S. Merwin today, has gone away.

 

 

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Australian Poet Les Murray dies at 80 years:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-29/les-murray-australian-poet-dies-aged-80/11055966

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US poet and 20/20 dumpee by me Marie Ponsot being reported dead on the Twittership aged 98:  

 

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Indian pioneer poet Attoor Ravi Varma passes away at 88 years

https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/pioneer-poet-attoor-ravi-varma-passes-away-1.3989045

[Wickerman 76]

The British poet Al Alvarez has died aged 90. He was featured in the Penguin Modern Poets series 1, volume 18 alongside Roy Fuller (dead) and Anthony Thwaite (living) - I have the sense of a PMP survivor game here, any suggestions?

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2 hours ago, Wickerman said:

The British poet Al Alvarez has died aged 90. He was featured in the Penguin Modern Poets series 1, volume 18 alongside Roy Fuller (dead) and Anthony Thwaite (living) - I have the sense of a PMP survivor game here, any suggestions?

Al Alvarez Guardian obit

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Poet, professor, and literary critic John Irwin dead at 79 years:

https://hub.jhu.edu/2019/12/20/john-irwin-799-em1-art0-dtd-news/

He published a 1976 poetry collection entitled The Heisenberg Variations and taught at Johns Hopkins University.

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I've heard through friends that the Scottish poet Roddy Lumsden died a day or two ago, aged 53, having been in hospice care. He also had a panelist on BBC Radio 4's 'Round Britain Quiz'.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Lisel Mueller whose best-known works include The Need to Hold Still and The Private Life died at 96 years. The former work received the National Book Award for Poetry in 1981.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/22/21148773/lisel-mueller-obituary-chicago-pulitzer-winner

 

 

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Nicaraguan priest, politician and poet Ernesto Cardenal, who founded the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands. died at 95 years

https://www.registercitizen.com/news/world/article/Ernesto-Cardenal-Nicaraguan-poet-and-priest-15097110.php

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Irish poet Eavan Boland, known for In a Time of Violence, In Her Own Image, Night Feed, and other works focusing on the lives of women, died at 75 years:

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/poet-eavan-boland-passes-away-aged-75-996378.html

Her numerous literary honors include the 1976 Jacob's Award and the 2007 James Boatwright III Prize.

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Danish poet and politician Yahya Hasan, most well known for his bestselling eponymous poetry collection released in 2013, died at only 24 years.

https://www.bt.dk/samfund/yahya-hassan-er-doed

He was a former member of the political party "Nationalpartiet" and was recognized for his outspoken criticism of Islam.

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Swedish poet and author Kristina Lugn, known for such poetry collections as The Dog Hour and If You Hear A Gun Shot and for such plays as Silver Star and The Inconsolable, died at 71 years:

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/forfattaren-kristina-lugn-ar-dod

She also served as director of a Stockholm theater company called Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra.

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Estonian poet, playwright, and literary critic of the twentieth century Ain Kaleep died at 94 years:

https://www.delfi.ee/news/paevauudised/eesti/94-aastasena-suri-ain-kaalep?id=90135721