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.

Lorenzo Medichi
Italy
ItalyItalian writer and politician, ruler of Florence from 1469. Patron of artists and writers. He wrote brilliantly in a variety of manners and genres

Carl Adam Kaltenbrunner
Austria
AustriaAustrian national poet.

Gulnazar Keldiev
Tajikistan
TajikistanPeople's poet of Tajikistan, member of the Union of Journalists of Tajikistan, member of the Union of Writers of Tajikistan.

Naftaly Hertzs-Imber
USA
USAPoet

Lucius Accius
Italy
ItalyAncient Roman tragic poet

Henriette Roland Holst
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch poet, writer and politician

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

Bingo Gazingo
USA
USAAmerican poet

Ai Qing
China
ChinaChinese poet.

Silva Kaputikyan
Armenia
ArmeniaThe largest Armenian poetess of the 20th century, writer and publicist, academician, winner of numerous international awards.

Jan Kohanovskiy
Poland
PolandPolish poet of the Renaissance.

Sylvia Plath
USA
USAAmerican poet and writer

Imants Ziedonis
Latvia
LatviaLatvian poet

Heinrich Seidel
Germany
GermanyGerman poet, copper engraver, engineer by profession

Jac Delille
France
FranceFrench poet

Lev Losev
USA
USAFamous Russian poet, literary critic, essayist

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

Salah Abd Al-Sabur
Egypt
EgyptEgyptian poet, playwright, literary critic, one of the founders of modern Arabic poetry, graduate of Cairo University, publisher of the magazine "Al-Katib"

Tatiana Galushko
Russia
RussiaPoetess

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

William Alexander
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish nobleman, poet

Jonas Aystis
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet.

Semen Sborzunov
Russia
RussiaSoviet and Russian writer.

Hermann Kletke
Germany
GermanyGerman poet

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Germany
GermanyGerman poet, novelist and playwright

William Wellington G'oba
South Africa
South AfricaSouth African poet, translator and journalist, of Xhosa descent

Ted Berrigan
USA
USAAmerican poet.

Victor Korzh
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian poet, literary scholar

Boleslaw Lesmian
Poland
PolandPolish poet of Jewish origin

Cesare Caporali
Italy
ItalyItalian poet

Eleonor Roosevelt
USA
USADiplomat, wife of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Lidia Alexeeva
Latvia
LatviaRussian poetess and translator.

Abdurrahman Momand
Afghanistan
AfghanistanOne of the most popular and perhaps the most famous Afghan Sufi poet.

Sergio Badilla Castillo
Chile
ChileChilean poet.

Victor Daley
Australia
AustraliaAustralian romantic poet

Yunna Moritz
Russia
RussiaPoetess

Geinrich Bebel
Germany
GermanyGerman humanist poet, translator, satirist, teacher.

Nikolay Rubtsov
Russia
RussiaPoet

Srul Goichberg
USA
USAAmerican Jewish poet

Yona Wallach
Israel
IsraelIsraeli poet who wrote in Hebrew.

Haroldo De Campos
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian poet, translator and translation theorist

Iosif Brodskiy
USA
USAPoet, Nobel laureate

Samuel Wolf
Hungary
HungaryHungarian poet of the 16th century

Andre Breton
France
FranceFrench poet, one of the founders of surrealism

Ilarie Voronca
Romania
RomaniaRomanian and French poet.

Claudio Manuel da Costa
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian poet and patriot

Angelo Poliziano
Italy
ItalyPoet, humanist, court poet, friend of Lorenzo de' Medici, teacher of his sons.

Wilgelm Zorgenfrei
Poet

John Keats
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet

Petros Duryan
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian poet.