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.

Ion Heliade-Radulescu
Romania
RomaniaRomanian poet

Boris Poplavskiy
France
FranceProminent poet and prose writer of the Russian diaspora

Ortensio Paravisino
Spain
SpainSpanish orator and poet

Robert Calvert
Great Britain
Great BritainPoet, writer, songwriter and vocalist

Arkady Shteinberg
Russia
RussiaPoet

Vincent Dunin-Martsinkevich
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian writer and playwright, classic of Belarusian literature.

Wawrzyniec Korwin
Poland
PolandA 16th-century Polish writer known as Novoforensis

Vladimir Burich
Russia
RussiaRussian poet, versifier, translator; theorist and promoter of free verse

Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye
France
FranceFrench poet

Jordje Balashevich
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and HerzegovinaOutstanding Serbian songwriter and singer.

Konrad Fussesbrunnen
Germany
GermanyGerman poet of the heyday of medieval poetry

Elizabeth Bishop
USA
USAAmerican poet

Jumaniyaz Jabbarov
Uzbekistan
UzbekistanPeople's poet of Uzbekistan.

Cecilija Dinere
Latvia
LatviaLatvian writer, poet, prose writer and translator

Jorge Barbosa
Poet and writer from Cape Verde.

Iakov Shogolev
Ukraine
UkraineLittle Russian poet

Nikolay Ribalko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian poet.

Edmond Rostand
France
FranceFrench poet, playwright, author of plays: "Cyrano de Bergerac", "Eaglet", etc.

Luis Antonio de Villena
Spain
SpainSpanish poet, novelist, essayist and translator

Bogdan Kravtsiv
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian literary figure, poet and translator

Vincent Voiture
France
FranceFrench poet, member of the French Academy

Beda Weber
Germany
GermanyGerman spiritual writer and poet

Dilan Tomas
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet.

Vadim Gardner
USA
USARussian poet

Rinat Arkhipov
Tatar and Russian poet

Jacques Carel
France
FranceFrench poet.

Teodor Bujnicki
Poland
PolandPolish poet, satirist and journalist

Peter Balakian
USA
USAAmerican poet, writer and explorer.

Jean Cocteau
France
FranceFrench avant-garde writer, film director, actor and artist.

Maria Kuntsevich
Poland
PolandProse writer, essayist, translator of English, French and Scandinavian literature.

Natalia Arsenyeva
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian poetess.

William Cowper
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet

Masedonio Fernandes
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine poet

Alexander Pope
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet and satirist

Euripides
Greece
GreeceAthenian tragic poet

Robert Henryson
Great Britain
Great BritainOne of the first major Scottish Renaissance poets.

Teodor Banvil
France
FranceFrench writer, poet, theorist of <art for art's sake>

Shalkiiz Tlenshi-Uly
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanPoet

Panteleimon Kulish
Ukraine
UkraineTalented Little Russian poet, publicist and historian

Tomas Lermont
Great Britain
Great BritainThe poet is considered the founder of Scottish literature

Thomas Hardy
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer. His heart was buried in the grave of his first wife and his ashes were placed next to Charles DICKENS in Westminster Abbey.

Christine Lavant
Austria
AustriaAustrian poetess.

Rae Armanyrout
USA
USAAmerican poet

Fridrih Klopstock
Germany
GermanyPoet of the Age of Enlightenment

Johann Hlderlin
Germany
GermanyGerman poet

Nikifor Vasyanka
Chuvash poet

Peter Gulak-Artemovsky
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian writer, poet, fabulist

Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska
Poland
PolandPolish poetess

Max Kalbeck
Germany
GermanyGerman poet, musicologist, music critic

Yakov Lipkin
Poet, prose writer, translator, philosopher