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Coleman Barks
American poet
dead
no longer with us. rest easy.
- born
- 1937
- died
- 2026
- age at death
- 89
- known for
- linguist, poet, translator
1937 – 2026
where this comes from
wikidata records a date of death for Coleman Barks in 2026, which is how we know. your browser re-checks this against wikidata on every visit, so it’s current even if the page itself was cached a while ago.
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