List of Polish-language poets

List of poets who have written much of their poetry in the Polish language. See also Discussion Page for additional poets not listed here.

There have been five Polish-language Nobel Prize laureates in literature: Henryk Sienkiewicz, Władysław Reymont, Czesław Miłosz, Wisława Szymborska and Olga Tokarczuk. Two of them have been poets (Miłosz and Szymborska).

A

Franciszka Arnsztajnowa (1865–1942)
Adam Asnyk (1838–1897)

B

Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921–1944)
Józef Baka (1707–1780)
Edward Balcerzan (b. 1937)
Stanisław Baliński (1899–1984)
Marcin Baran (b. 1963)
Stanisław Barańczak (1946–2014), Nike Award winner
Miron Białoszewski (1922–1983)
Zbigniew Bieńkowski (1913–1994)
Biernat of Lublin (1465?– after 1529)
Tadeusz Borowski (1922–1951)
Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński (1874–1941)
Władysław Broniewski (1897–1962)
Jerzy Braun (1907–1975)
Jan Brzechwa (1898–1966)
Teodor Bujnicki (1904–1944)
Andrzej Bursa (1932–1957)

C

Józef Czechowicz (1903–1939)
Tytus Czyżewski (1880–1945)

D

Jacek Dehnel (b. 1980)
Elżbieta Drużbacka (1695 or 1698 – 1765)

E

Leszek Engelking (b. 1955)

F

Jerzy Ficowski, (1924–2006)
Aleksander Fredro (1793–1876)

G

Tadeusz Gajcy (1922–1944)
Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905–1953)
Stefan Garczyński (1690–1756)
Cezary Geroń (1960–1998)
Zuzanna Ginczanka (1917–1944)
Cyprian Godebski (1765–1809)
Stanisław Grochowiak (1934–1976)
Wioletta Grzegorzewska (b. 1974)

H

Julia Hartwig (1921–2017)^[1]
Marian Hemar (1901-1972)
Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998), one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers

I

Maria Ilnicka (1825 or 1827 – 1897)
Wacław Iwaniuk (1912-2001)
Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894–1980)

J

Klemens Janicki (1516–1543)
Bruno Jasieński (1901–1938)
Mieczysław Jastrun (1903–1983)

K

Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986)
Franciszek Karpiński (1741–1825)
Jan Kasprowicz (1860–1936)
Andrzej Tadeusz Kijowski (b. 1954)
Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin (1750–1807)
Jan Kochanowski (1530–1584), considered the "father of Polish poetry" and the greatest Slavic poet prior to the 19th century
Halina Konopacka (1900–1989)
Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910)
Stanisław Korab-Brzozowski, (1876–1901)
Julian Kornhauser (b. 1946)
Apollo Korzeniowski (1820–1869), father of Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad
Urszula Kozioł (b. 1931)
Ignacy Krasicki (1735–1801)
Zygmunt Krasiński (1812–1859), one of the Three Bards of Polish literature
Katarzyna Krenz (b. 1953)
Józef Krupiński (1930–1998)
Ryszard Krynicki (b. 1943)
Andrzej Krzycki (1482–1537)
Paweł Kubisz (1907–1968)
Jalu Kurek (1904–1983)
Mira Kuś (b. 1958)

L

Antoni Lange (1863–1929)
Stanisław Jerzy Lec, (1909–1966)
Joanna Lech (b. 1984)
Jan Lechoń (1899–1956)
Krystyna Lenkowska (b. 1957)
Bolesław Leśmian (1877–1937)
Jerzy Liebert (1904–1931)
Ewa Lipska (b. 1945)
Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski (1641–1702)

Ł

Henryka Łazowertówna (1909–1942)
Józef Łobodowski (1909–1988)

M

Antoni Malczewski (1793–1826)
Marcin Malek (b. 1975)
Jakobe Mansztajn (b. 1982)
Tadeusz Miciński (1873–1918)
Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855), considered Poland's national poet and a leading figure of European romanticism
Grażyna Miller (1957–2009)
Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004), Nobel Prize in Literature
Stanisław Młodożeniec (1895–1959)
Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621–1693)
Zbigniew Morsztyn (1628–1689)

N

Daniel Naborowski (1573–1640)
Adam Naruszewicz (1733–1796)
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz (1758–1841)
Cyprian Kamil Norwid (1821–1883)
Franciszek Nowicki (1864–1935)

O

Antoni Edward Odyniec (1804–1885)
Artur Oppman (1867–1931)
Władysław Orkan (1875–1930)
Agnieszka Osiecka (1936–1997)

P

Leon Pasternak (1910–1969)
Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945)
Jacek Podsiadło (b. 1964)
Wincenty Pol (1807–1872)
Halina Poświatowska (1935–1967)
Wacław Potocki (1621–1696)
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer a.k.a. Kazimierz Tetmajer (1865–1940)
Zenon Przesmycki (1861–1944)
Jeremi Przybora (1915–2004)

R

Mikołaj Rej (1505–1569)
Sydor Rey (1908–1979)
Barbara Rosiek (b. 1959)
Tadeusz Różewicz (1921–2014), Nike Award winner
Tomasz Różycki (b. 1970)
Zygmunt Rumel (1915–1943)
Lucjan Rydel (1870–1918)
Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz (b.1935), Nike Award winner

S

Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595–1640)
Władysław Sebyła (1902–1940)
Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński (1550–1581)
Jan Stanisław Skorupski (b. 1938)
Antoni Słonimski (1895–1976)
Juliusz Słowacki (1809–1849), regarded as of the Three Bards of Polish literature
Edward Stachura (1937–1979)
Anatol Stern (1899–1968)
Leopold Staff (1878–1957)
Anna Stanisławska (1651–1701)
Andrzej Stasiuk (b. 1960)
Anatol Stern (1899–1968)
Marcin Świetlicki (b. 1961)
Anna Świrszczyńska(1909–1984)
Władysław Syrokomla (1823–1862)
Janusz Szpotański (1929–2001)
Włodzimierz Szymanowicz (1946–1967)
Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012), Nobel Prize in Literature
Szymon Szymonowic (1558–1629)

T

Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki (b. 1962), Nike Award winner
Julian Tuwim (1894–1953)
Jan Twardowski (1915–2006)

U

Kornel Ujejski (1823–1897)

W

Aleksander Wat (1900–1967)
Adam Ważyk (1905–1982)
Kazimierz Wierzyński (1894–1969)
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz a.k.a. "Witkacy" (1885–1939)
Stefan Witwicki (1801–1847)
Rafał Wojaczek (1945–1971)
Grażyna Wojcieszko (b. 1957)
Maryla Wolska (1873–1930)
Józef Wybicki (1747–1822), author of the National Anthem of Poland
Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907)

Z

Tymon Zaborowski (1799–1828)
Adam Zagajewski (b. 1945)
Józef Bohdan Zaleski (1802–1886)
Wacław Michał Zaleski (1799–1849)
Kazimiera Zawistowska (1870–1902)
Piotr Zbylitowski (1569–1649)
Emil Zegadłowicz (1888–1941)
Katarzyna Ewa Zdanowicz-Cyganiak (b. 1979)
Narcyza Żmichowska (1819–1876), a precursor of feminism in Poland
Jerzy Żuławski (1874–1915)
Juliusz Żuławski (1910–1999)
Eugeniusz Żytomirski (1911–1975)

References

^ Segel, Harold B (2003). The Columbia Guide to the Literatures of Eastern Europe Since 1945. Columbia University Press. p. 207. ISBN 0231114044.