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.

Japanese poet of the 18th century, master of the haiku genre

Irina Ivanchenko

Ukrainian poetess

American poet and critic

Finnish writer and poet.

Elza Rosenberg-Plekshan (Aspazija)

Latvian poetess, playwright, wife of Jan RAINIS

Vladimir Gippius

Russian poet of the Silver Age, literary scholar

Kalman Kalocsay

Poet and translator in Esperanto

William Allingham

19th century English poet.

Mirra Lohvitskaya

A talented poetess (1869-1905), daughter of the famous scientist and lawyer A. V. Lokhvitsky.

Georgian writer and poet of the 19th century

Vladimir Pecherin

Russian religious thinker, poet

Djoomart Bokonbaev

Kyrgyz Soviet poet

Joachim Du Bellay

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German poet, novelist and playwright

Anatoliy Bahuta

Ukrainian poet.

Tajik poet of the beginning of the millennium

Nikolay Vorobyov

Ukrainian poet.

German essayist, short story writer and expressionist poet

Chilean poet, theater director, singer, dancer

Tomas Transtromer

Swedish poet, psychologist and translator, winner of the Neustadt Literary Prize in 1990 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2011.

Veronica Gambara

Italian poet and statesman of the Renaissance

Poet, translator

Portuguese writer

German poetess of Jewish origin

English writer. His heart was buried in the grave of his first wife and his ashes were placed next to Charles DICKENS in Westminster Abbey.

Natalia Arsenyeva

Belarusian poetess.

Belarusian writer

American poet, songwriter

Roman epic poet

Little Russian poet

Robert Henryson

One of the first major Scottish Renaissance poets.

Christine De Pizan

French medieval writer of Italian origin

Yury Andruhovich

Ukrainian poet, prose writer, translator, essayist.

Fransua Arman Sulli-Prudom

French poet, first Nobel laureate in literature

Author of six books of poetry and prose in the Belarusian language

Famous Russian poet, literary critic, essayist

German spiritual writer and poet

Polish-American poet of Lithuanian origin, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1980.

Bantsion Fradkin

Jewish poet, playwright, translator

Georgos Seferis

Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate in Literature 1963

Estonian poetess, prose writer, founder of Estonian drama

Francisco Quevedo

Spanish poet and novelist

Teodor Bujnicki

Polish poet, satirist and journalist

Anne Bradstreet

The first American poetess

One of the early representatives of Persian poetry, a mystic. Much of his biography remains unclear.

Kosta Hetagurov