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.
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Ai Qing
 ChinaChinese poet.
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Robert Wace
 Dive12th century Norman poet
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Trevor Joyce
 Great BritainIrish poet
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Panteleimon Kulish
 UkraineTalented Little Russian poet, publicist and historian
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Bjornstjerne Bjernson
 NorwayNorwegian poet, playwright, novelist and journalist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1903.
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Emma Lazarus
 USAAmerican writer and poet
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Petr Gnedych
Russian writer, playwright, translator, art historian, theatre figure.
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Gai Catullus
 ItalyThe very first Roman poet
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Vilem Zavada
Czech poet
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Boris Kornilov
Russian poet
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Adrien Lambelet
 SwitzerlandRussian poet and translator of Swiss origin, author of the most complete of all available translations of Charles Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil.
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Julian Casal
 CubaCuban poet, the greatest representative of modernism
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Kazimera Illakovich
 PolandPolish poetess
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Vazha-Pshavela
 GeorgiaGeorgian writer and poet of the 19th century
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Teodor Banvil
 FranceFrench writer, poet, theorist of <art for art's sake>
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Antoniu Alves
 BrazilBrazilian poet
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Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder
 GermanyGerman writer, close friend of Ludwig Tieck
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Habriela Mistral
 ChileChilean poetess, Nobel laureate 1945.
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Robert Louell
USA American poet, playwright and literary critic, representative of the confessional movement in poetry.
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Francisco Coloane
Chile Chilean writer
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Jules Laforgue
France French symbolist poet.
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Judith Arundell Wright
 AustraliaAustralian poet
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Iakov Shogolev
Ukraine Little Russian poet
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Vladimir Holan
 CzechCzech poet and translator.
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William Dunbar
Great Britain The greatest Scottish poet of the 16th century.
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Erich Weinert
Germany German poet and translator, public figure
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Silva Kaputikyan
 ArmeniaThe largest Armenian poetess of the 20th century, writer and publicist, academician, winner of numerous international awards.
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Geinrich Bebel
Germany German humanist poet, translator, satirist, teacher.
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Yankev Groper
 IsraelJewish poet
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Petar Hektorovic
 CroatiaCroatian humanist poet
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Gerry Goffin
USA American poet, songwriter
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William Wellington G'oba
 South AfricaSouth African poet, translator and journalist, of Xhosa descent
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Asan-Kaigy
 KazakhstanPoet, philosopher
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Edna St Vincent Millay
USA American poet
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Nezami Ganjavi
 AzerbaijanPersian poet
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Giuliano Cassiani
Italy Italian poet.
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Aristofan
 GreeceAncient Greek playwright, the founder of the entire trend of comic poetry in world literature, `father of comedy
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Konstantin Gamsahurdia
Georgia Georgian classic writer, father of the former President of Georgia.
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Frans Cort
 BelgiumFlemish poet.
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Maya Angelou
USA Poet, memoirist, novelist, educator, playwright, director, actress, historian, filmmaker and civil rights activist
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Esaias Tegner
 SwedenSwedish poet
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Eustache Deschamps
France French poet and versifier of the 14th century
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Lydia Koidula
 EstoniaEstonian poetess, prose writer, founder of Estonian drama
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Robert Calvert
Great Britain Poet, writer, songwriter and vocalist
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Grigor Tutunnik
Ukrainian writer and prose writer. Younger brother of the writer Grigory Tyutyunnik.
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Anna Bijns
 NetherlandsDutch (Flemish) writer.
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Sappho
Greece Ancient Greek poetess
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Ted Hughes
Great Britain English poet.
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Julia Alvarez
 Dominican r.American writer of Dominican descent
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Awhadi Maraghai
Azerbaijan Persian Sufi poet
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