Poetry
Discover a world of poetic brilliance with our curated list of celebrated poets. Explore the works of literary giants, from Shakespeare to Maya Angelou, and delve into the minds of those who have shaped the art of verse. Find inspiration, emotion, and timeless expression in the words of these renowned poets.

Pierre de Ronsard
France
FranceFrench poet, chapter of "Pleiades"

Scipione Capece
Italy
ItalyItalian poet and legal adviser.

Meysey Goto
Japan
JapanJapanese writer

Jorge Guillyn
Spain
SpainSpanish poet, one of the representatives of the ultraist trend in poetry.

Francois Villon
France
FranceFrench poet

Charles Baudelaire
France
FranceFrench poet, creator of the sensational book 'Flowers of Evil'

Michael Hofmann
Germany
GermanyPoet and literary translator of German origin

Nil Gilevich
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian poet, literary scholar, folklorist and public figure

Giuseppe Carpani
Italy
ItalyItalian imperial court poet

Jose Santos Chocano
Peru
PeruPeruvian poet, diplomat.

Hans Sachs
Germany
GermanyGerman poet.

Ellie Greenwich
USA
USAMusician, songwriter

George Topyrchanu
Romania
RomaniaRomanian poet, prose writer, memoirist and publicist, corresponding member of the Romanian Academy since 1936.

Nikolay Zerov
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian literary critic, poet - master of sonnets

Danilo Kish
Yugoslav poet, prose writer, playwright, translator of Russian, French and Hungarian literature.

Grigor Tutunnik
Ukrainian writer and prose writer. Younger brother of the writer Grigory Tyutyunnik.

Nezami Ganjavi
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanPersian poet

Saint Jami
Tajik-Persian writer, philosopher, musicologist. Jami is considered the finalist of the classical period of poetry in the Persian language.

Abbas Ibn Al-Ahnaf
Iraq
IraqArab Abbasid lyric poet of the new trend

Stasys Anglickis
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet, translator, teacher.

Ocean Vuong
USA
USAVietnamese-American poet, essayist and novelist

Karen Kavaleryan
Armenia
ArmeniaFamous Russian songwriter, member of the Moscow Writers Union.

Ambrose Philips
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet and politician.

Julia Ward Howe
USA
USAProminent American abolitionist, social activist and poet

Michel Deguy
France
FranceFrench poet, essayist, translator, literary organizer.

Max Kalbeck
Germany
GermanyGerman poet, musicologist, music critic

Fedor Rakushin
Russia
RussiaPoet, member of the USSR Writers Union (1974)

Frederik Mistral
France
FranceProvençal poet

Naevius Gnaeus
Italy
ItalyRoman poet

Irina Ivanchenko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian poetess

Luis de Camoes
Portugal
PortugalPortuguese poet, the greatest representative of Renaissance literature in Portugal in the 16th century, the author of the universally recognized masterpiece of world literature - the national epic poem "The Lusiads", one of the founders of the modern Portuguese language

Olga Fokina
Russia
RussiaSoviet Russian poetess

Justinus Kerner
Germany
GermanyGerman poet and medical writer

Ilyas Dzhansugurov
Kazakh Soviet poet, classic of Kazakh literature

Frances Cornford
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poetess.

John Keats
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet

William Allingham
Great Britain
Great Britain19th century English poet.

Valerius Herberger
Germany
GermanyGerman poet and theologian.

Fransua Arman Sulli-Prudom
France
FranceFrench poet, first Nobel laureate in literature

Elena Ahmatova
Belarus
BelarusPoet

Mirza Asadullah-khan Ghalib
India
IndiaIndian poet

Desanka Maksimovich
Serbian writer

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Germany
GermanyGerman poet, novelist and playwright

Kristijonas Donelaitis
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet, Lutheran pastor. Founder of Lithuanian fiction

Vitezslav Nezval
Czech
CzechCzech poet

Geoffrey Chaucer
Great Britain
Great BritainThe most prominent of the English poets of the Middle Ages, the largest figure in English literature.

Christian Morgenstern
Germany
GermanyGerman poet, writer and translator, classic of German literature of the late 19th - early 20th centuries

Gerts Rivkin
Russia
RussiaJewish poet and prose writer

Kosta Hetagurov
Russia
RussiaOssetian poet

Nurlybek Baimuratov
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakh Soviet akyn, Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR