Redigerer Lyrikkåret 1985 (avsnitt)

== Dødsfall ==
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!Måned !!Dag !!Navn !!Nasjonalitet !!Yrke !!Alder !!Fødselsår !!Ref.
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|rowspan=3|Januar || 10. || [[André Bjerke]] || {{Flaggnasjonalitet|Norge|1985}} || lyriker, gjendikter, forfatter, manusforfatter, novelleforfatter,<br />sjakkspiller, prosaforfatter og dramatiker ||align=center|66 ||align=center|[[Lyrikkåret 1918|1918]] || <ref>{{SNL|André_Bjerke|André Bjerke}}</ref>
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| 16. || [[Robert Fitzgerald (lyriker)|Robert Fitzgerald]] || {{Flaggnasjonalitet|USA|1985}} || poet og oversetter fra klassiske språk ||align=center|74 ||align=center|[[Lyrikkåret 1910|1910]] || 
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| 30. || [[F.R. Scott]] || {{Flaggnasjonalitet|Canada|1985}} || poet og konstitusjonsekspert ||align=center|85 ||align=center|[[Lyrikkåret 1899|1899]] || <ref>{{SNL|F.R._Scott|F.R. Scott}}</ref>
{{STY}}
|Februar ||4. || [[Inger Hagerup]] || {{Flaggnasjonalitet|Norge|1985}} || [[Lyrikk|lyriker]] og oversetter ||align=center|79 ||align=center|[[Lyrikkåret 1905|1905]] || <ref>{{SNL|Inger_Hagerup|Inger Hagerup}}</ref>
|-
|April
|21. || [[Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen]] || {{Flaggnasjonalitet|Norge|1985}} || forfatter og [[Lyrikk|lyriker]] || align=center|69 || align=center|{{LYÅ|1915}} || <ref>{{SNL|Astrid_Hjertenæs_Andersen|Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen}}</ref>
{{STY}}
|rowspan=2| Desember || 2. || [[Philip Larkin]] || {{Flaggnasjonalitet|Storbritannia|1985}}<br />{{Flaggnasjonalitet|England|1985}} || poet ||align=center|53 ||align=center|[[Lyrikkåret 1922|1922]] || <ref>{{SNL|Philip_Arthur_Larkin|Philip Arthur Larkin}}</ref>
{{STY}}
|7. || [[Robert Graves]] || {{Flaggnasjonalitet|Storbritannia|1985}}<br />{{Flaggnasjonalitet|England|1985}} || forfatter og poet ||align=center|90 ||align=center|[[Lyrikkåret 1895|1895]] || <ref>{{SNL|Robert_Graves|Robert Graves}}</ref>
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* March 30 –  [[J. V. Cunningham]] (born [[1911 in poetry|1911]]), [[American poetry|American]] poet, literary critic and teacher
* April 17 – [[Basil Bunting]], 85 (born [[1900 in poetry|1900]]), [[English poetry|English]] poet
* May 12 – [[Josephine Miles]], 73 (born [[1911 in poetry|1911]]), [[American poetry|American]] poet and literary critic
* May 25 – [[Robert Nathan]], 91, of kidney failure, [[American poetry|American]] novelist and poet
* August 14 – [[Alfred Hayes (writer)|Alfred Hayes]], 74, of meningitis, English-born [[American poetry|American]] writer of the labor song "Joe Hill"
* August 19 – [[Yamazaki Hōdai]] 山崎方代 (born [[1914 in poetry|1914]]), [[Japanese poetry|Japanese]], [[Shōwa period]] ''[[tanka]]'' poet
* September 22 – [[D. J. Opperman]], 70, [[South African poetry|South African]] [[Afrikaans literature|Afrikaans]] poet
* October 26 – [[Kikuko Kawakami]] 川上 喜久子 (born [[1904 in poetry|1904]]), [[Japanese poetry|Japanese]], [[Shōwa period]] novelist, short-story writer and poet, a woman
* October 31 – [[Nikos Engonopoulos]], 81, [[Greek poetry|Greek]] poet
* November 25 – [[Geoffrey Grigson]], 80, [[English poetry|English]] poet
* December 22 – [[Vailoppilli Sreedhara Menon]] (born [[1911 in poetry|1911]]), [[Indian poetry|Indian]], [[Malayalam poetry|Malayalam]]-language poet<ref name=apmila>Paniker, Ayyappa, [https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA411&lpg=PA411&dq=%22Balijepalli+Lakshmikantham%22&source=bl&ots=uno9_V2xCS&sig=XpfTAeXSKMtdI3hUZ2fKJiNptqs&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPA231,M1 "Modern Malayalam Literature"] chapter in George, K. M., editor, ''Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology'', pp 231–255, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, retrieved January 10, 2009</ref>-->