List of Polish-language poets

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

Three 19th-century poets have historically been recognized as the national poets of Polish Romantic literature, dubbed the Three Bards. There have been five Polish-language Nobel Prize in Literature laureates, of which Czesław Miłosz and Wisława Szymborska were poets.

A

Franciszka Arnsztajnowa (1865–1942)

Adam Asnyk (1838–1897)

B

Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921–1944)

Józef Baka (1707–1780)

Edward Balcerzan (born 1937)

Stanisław Baliński (1899–1984)

Marcin Baran (born 1963)

Stanisław Barańczak (1946–2014), Nike Award winner

Aleksander Baumgardten (1908–1980)

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)

Andrzej Braun (1923–2008)

Jerzy Braun (1907–1975)

Ernest Bryll (1935–2024)

Jan Brzechwa (1898–1966)

Teodor Bujnicki (1904–1944)

Andrzej Bursa (1932–1957)

C

Józef Czechowicz (1903–1939)

Stanisław Czycz (1929–1996)

Tytus Czyżewski (1880–1945)

D

Jacek Dehnel (born 1980)

Elżbieta Drużbacka (1695 or 1698 – 1765)

E

Leszek Engelking (1955–2022)

F

Jerzy Ficowski (1924–2006)

Kornel Filipowicz (1913–1990)

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)

Wiktor Gomulicki (1848–1919)

Stanisław Grochowiak (1934–1976)

Karol Gwóźdź (born 1987)

Wioletta Grzegorzewska (born 1974)

H

Jerzy Harasymowicz (1933–1999)

Julia Hartwig (1921–2017)

Marian Hemar (1901–1972)

Zbigniew Herbert (1924–1998), one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers

Tadeusz Hollender (1910–1943)

Urszula Honek (born 1987)

Witold Hulewicz (1895–1941)

I

Maria Ilnicka (1825 or 1827–1897)

Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna (1892–1983)

Wacław Iwaniuk (1912–2001)

Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894–1980)

J

Stanisław Kalina Jaglarz (born 1991)

Klemens Janicki (1516–1543)

Jerzy Jarniewicz (born 1958)

Bruno Jasieński (1901–1938)

Jakub Jasiński (1761–1794)

Mieczysław Jastrun (1903–1983)

K

Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986)

Jaś Kapela (born 1984)

Franciszek Karpiński (1741–1825)

Jan Kasprowicz (1860–1936)

Maria Kazecka (1880–1938)

Andrzej Tadeusz Kijowski (born 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)

Jakub Kornhauser (born 1984)

Julian Kornhauser (born 1946)

Apollo Korzeniowski (1820–1869), father of Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad

Urszula Kozioł (1931–2025)

Ignacy Krasicki (1735–1801)

Zygmunt Krasiński (1812–1859), one of the Three Bards of Polish literature

Katarzyna Krenz (born 1953)

Józef Krupiński (1930–1998)

Ryszard Krynicki (born 1943)

Andrzej Krzycki (1482–1537)

Paweł Kubisz (1907–1968)

Jalu Kurek (1904–1983)

Mira Kuś (born 1958)

L

Antoni Lange (1863–1929)

Lâm Quang Mỹ (1944–2023)

Małgorzata Lebda (born 1985)

Stanisław Jerzy Lec, (1909–1966)

Joanna Lech (born 1984)

Jan Lechoń (1899–1956)

Krystyna Lenkowska (born 1957)

Bolesław Leśmian (1877–1937)

Jerzy Liebert (1904–1931)

Ewa Lipska (born 1945)

Jarosław Lipszyc (born 1975)

Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski (1641–1702)

Ł

Henryka Łazowertówna (1909–1942)

Józef Łobodowski (1909–1988)

Nasim Łuczaj

M

Bronisław Maj (born 1953)

Antoni Malczewski (1793–1826)

Marcin Malek (born 1975)

Andrzej Mandalian (1926–2011)

Jakobe Mansztajn (born 1982)

Filip Matwiejczuk (born 1996)

Tadeusz Miciński (1873–1918)

Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855), considered Poland's national poet and a leading figure of European romanticism

Piotr Mierzwa (born 1980)

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)

Bronka Nowicka (born 1974)

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 (born 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 (1959–2020)

Tadeusz Różewicz (1921–2014), Nike Award winner

Tomasz Różycki (born 1970)

Zyta Rudzka (born 1964)

Zygmunt Rumel (1915–1943)

Robert Rybicki (born 1976)

Lucjan Rydel (1870–1918)

Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz (1935–2022), Nike Award winner

S

Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595–1640)

Władysław Sebyła (1902–1940)

Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński (1550–1581)

Jan Stanisław Skorupski (born 1938)

Antoni Słonimski (1895–1976)

Juliusz Słowacki (1809–1849), regarded as of the Three Bards of Polish literature

Michał Sobol (born 1970)

Stanisław Stabro (born 1948)

Edward Stachura (1937–1979)

Leopold Staff (1878–1957)

Anna Stanisławska (1651–1701)

Andrzej Stasiuk (born 1960)

Anatol Stern (1899–1968)

Przemysław Suchanecki

Marcin Świetlicki (born 1961)

Anna Świrszczyńska (1909–1984)

Władysław Syrokomla (1823–1862)

Lola Szereszewska (1895–1943)

Władysław Szlengel (1912–1943)

Janusz Szpotański (1929–2001)

Janusz Szuber (1947–2020)

Włodzimierz Szymanowicz (1946–1967)

Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012), Nobel Prize in Literature

Szymon Szymonowic (1558–1629)

Ś

Tadeusz Śliwiak (1928–1994)

Marcin Świetlicki (born 1961)

T

Ignacy Tański (1761–1805)

Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki (born 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)

Adam Wiedemann (born 1967)

Kazimierz Wierzyński (1894–1969)

Witold Wirpsza (1918–1985)

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz a.k.a.