List of Polish-language poets

Template:Short description 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. Template:Horizontal TOC

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. "Witkacy" (1885–1939)
• Stefan Witwicki (1801–1847)
• Rafał Wojaczek (1945–1971)
• Grażyna Wojcieszko (born 1957)
• Maryla Wolska (1873–1930)
• Wiktor Woroszylski (1927–1996)
• Piotr Odmieniec Włast (1876–1949)
• Józef Wybicki (1747–1822), author of the National Anthem of Poland
• Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907)

Z

• Tymon Zaborowski (1799–1828)
• Bohdan Zadura (born 1945)
• Adam Zagajewski (1945–2021)
• 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 (born 1979)

Ż

• Narcyza Żmichowska (1819–1876), a precursor of feminism in Poland
• Agnieszka Żuchowska-Arendt (born 1983)
• Jerzy Żuławski (1874–1915)
• Juliusz Żuławski (1910–1999)
• Eugeniusz Żytomirski (1911–1975)

See also

• List of Polish-language authors
• List of Poles