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.

Serge Venturini
Serge Venturini
France
French poet
Vasiliy Zalozetskiy
Vasiliy Zalozetskiy
Russia
Galician-Russian writer, wrote in Russian.
Nikolay Zerov
Nikolay Zerov
Ukraine
Ukrainian literary critic, poet - master of sonnets
Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong
USA
Vietnamese-American poet, essayist and novelist
Tristan Corbiere
Tristan Corbiere
France
French symbolist poet, representative of the group of "damned poets".
Frederick Rolfe
Frederick Rolfe
Great Britain
English poet, prose writer, translator.
Antonio Gamoneda
Antonio Gamoneda
Italy
Representative of the "fifties generation".
Peter Gulak-Artemovsky
Peter Gulak-Artemovsky
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer, poet, fabulist
Mikel Laboa
Mikel Laboa
Spain
Poet-songwriter
Maurice Careme
Maurice Careme
Belgium
Belgian poet, author of about 60 collections of poems
Michele Cappellari
Michele Cappellari
Italy
Italian poet.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Germany
German poet, novelist and playwright
Mihail Pinchevski
Mihail Pinchevski
Ukraine
Jewish poet, novelist, playwright
Richard Dehmel
Richard Dehmel
Germany
German poet and writer
 Euripides
Euripides
Greece
Athenian tragic poet
Gao Xingjian
Gao Xingjian
China
Chinese novelist, short story writer, playwright and critic. Winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature
Ai Qing
Ai Qing
China
Chinese poet.
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Ireland
Irish writer, author of Gothic prose
Robert Duncan
Robert Duncan
USA
American poet
Pol Verlaine
Pol Verlaine
France
French symbolist poet
Eliza Grinblat
Eliza Grinblat
USA
American Jewish poet and songwriter
Edmund Spencer
Edmund Spencer
Great Britain
English poet, contemporary of Shakespeare
Igor Kruchik
Igor Kruchik
Ukraine
Poet
Sigitas Geda
Sigitas Geda
Lithuania
Lithuanian poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic, translator.
Else Lasker-Schuler
Else Lasker-Schuler
Germany
German poet and writer
Charles Bernstein
Charles Bernstein
USA
American poet, writer, essayist, translator.
Raim Farhadi
Raim Farhadi
Uzbekistan
Uzbek poet, writer, playwright, journalist, translator and artist
Anne Carson
Anne Carson
Canada
Canadian poet, essayist, translator
Igor Zhivagin
Igor Zhivagin
Ukraine
Ukrainian Russian-speaking lyric poet
Shakarim Kudaiberdiev
Shakarim Kudaiberdiev
Kazakhstan
Philosopher, thinker, historian
Karen Kavaleryan
Karen Kavaleryan
Armenia
Famous Russian songwriter, member of the Moscow Writers Union.
Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke
Austria
Austrian poet
Gabriel Gilbert
Gabriel Gilbert
France
French poet
Kazimera Illakovich
Kazimera Illakovich
Poland
Polish poetess
Charles Calverley
Charles Calverley
Great Britain
An English poet nicknamed the "king of parodists"
Nikola Bualo-Depreo
Nikola Bualo-Depreo
France
French poet, classicist theorist
Awhadi Maraghai
Awhadi Maraghai
Azerbaijan
Persian Sufi poet
Sergey Orlov
Sergey Orlov
Russian Soviet poet, war veteran
Don Black
Don Black
Great Britain
English poet
Alisher Navoi
Alisher Navoi
Uzbekistan
Uzbek poet
Salvatore Quazimodo
Salvatore Quazimodo
Italy
Italian poet, Nobel laureate 1959.
Claudio Manuel da Costa
Claudio Manuel da Costa
Brazil
Brazilian poet and patriot
Ruslan Akhtakhanov
Ruslan Akhtakhanov
Russia
Poet and educator
Saint Jami
Saint Jami
Tajik-Persian writer, philosopher, musicologist. Jami is considered the finalist of the classical period of poetry in the Persian language.
Andrey Shiryaev
Andrey Shiryaev
Russian poet and prose writer
Michel Deguy
Michel Deguy
France
French poet, essayist, translator, literary organizer.
Boris Poplavskiy
Boris Poplavskiy
France
Prominent poet and prose writer of the Russian diaspora
Jules Laforgue
Jules Laforgue
France
French symbolist poet.
Heinrich Anacker
Heinrich Anacker
Switzerland
German writer and poet
Antonin Klastersky
Antonin Klastersky
Czech poet