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.

Kazakh Soviet poet

Mirra Lohvitskaya

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

An outstanding Persian Sufi poet

Eduard Mezhelaitis

People's Poet of Lithuania, Hero of Socialist Labor, Lenin Prize laureate

Jewish poet. Wrote in Yiddish.

Olga Arkhangelskaya

Blogger and poetess

Gamarnis-Beyim Abrakhanova

Azerbaijani poetess

Visente Alejksandre-i-Merlo

Spanish poet, Nobel Prize for Literature, 1977

Jacques de Cassan

French writer of the 17th century

Moldavian Soviet poet.

Ada Vladimirova

Russian poetess, translator

Natalia Astafieva

Russian and Polish poet, translator.

Attar Faridaddin

Persian Sufi poet, author of numerous poems and verses

Alexander Koniskiy

Ukrainian poet, prose writer

Lawrence Brezove

Czech writer and chronicler of the Hussite Wars

French theologian and poet

William Allingham

19th century English poet.

Thomas Chatterton

Kristijonas Donelaitis

Lithuanian poet, Lutheran pastor. Founder of Lithuanian fiction

Simon Osiashvili

Poet, songwriter

Ion Heliade-Radulescu

Boris Poplavskiy

Prominent poet and prose writer of the Russian diaspora

Ortensio Paravisino

Spanish orator and poet

Poet, writer, songwriter and vocalist

Arkady Shteinberg

Vincent Dunin-Martsinkevich

Belarusian writer and playwright, classic of Belarusian literature.

Wawrzyniec Korwin

A 16th-century Polish writer known as Novoforensis

Vladimir Burich

Russian poet, versifier, translator; theorist and promoter of free verse

Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye

Jordje Balashevich

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Outstanding Serbian songwriter and singer.

Konrad Fussesbrunnen

German poet of the heyday of medieval poetry

Elizabeth Bishop

Jumaniyaz Jabbarov

People's poet of Uzbekistan.

Cecilija Dinere

Latvian writer, poet, prose writer and translator

Poet and writer from Cape Verde.

Little Russian poet

Nikolay Ribalko

Ukrainian poet.

French poet, playwright, author of plays: "Cyrano de Bergerac", "Eaglet", etc.

Luis Antonio de Villena

Spanish poet, novelist, essayist and translator

Bogdan Kravtsiv

Ukrainian literary figure, poet and translator

Vincent Voiture

French poet, member of the French Academy

German spiritual writer and poet

Elza Rosenberg-Plekshan (Aspazija)

Latvian poetess, playwright, wife of Jan RAINIS

Tatar and Russian poet

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