{{Short description|none}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{French literature}} '''List of poets who have written in the French language''': {{Dynamic list}}
==A== Céline Arnauld (1885-1952) * Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813–1890) * Adam de la Halle (v.1250 – v.1285) * Dominique Aguessy (1937– )<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amina Dominique Aguessy |url=https://aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au/AMINAaguessy2008.html |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au}}</ref> * Pierre Albert-Birot (1876–1967) * Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012) * Pierre Alféri (1963) * Marc Alyn (1937) * Catherine d'Amboise (1475–1550) * Jean Amrouche (1906–1962) * Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918) * Louis Aragon (1897–1982) * Jacques Arnold (1912–1995) * Hans Arp (1887–1966) * Antonin Artaud (1896–1948) * Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552–1630) * Jacques Audiberti (1899–1965) * Pierre Autin-Grenier (1947–2014)
==B== * Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532–1589) * Luisa Ballesteros Rosas (born 1957) * Théodore de Banville (1823–1891) * Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1807–1889) * Henri Auguste Barbier (1805–1882) * Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972) * Linda Maria Baros (1981) * Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590) * Henry Bataille (1872–1922) * Henry Bauchau (1913–2012) * Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867) * Marcel Béalu (1908–1993) * Philippe Beck (1963) * Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) * Joachim du Bellay (1522–1560) * Rémy Belleau (1528–1577) * Charles Beltjens (1832–1890) * Tahar Ben Jelloun (1944) * Isaac de Benserade (1612–1691) * Annie Bentoiu (1927–2015)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JhXmEYWHDHYC&pg=PA30 |title=International Who's Who in Poetry |page=30 |year=2004 |isbn=1857431782|last1=Publications |first1=Europa }}</ref> * Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780–1857) * Christian Bernard (1950) * Béroul (12th century) * Louky Bersianik (1965) * Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841) * Gérard Bessière (1928–2024) * Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003) * Blondel de Nesle (12th–13th centuries) * Christian Bobin (1951–2022) * Jean Bodel (1165–1210) * Étienne de La Boétie (1530–1563) * Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711) * Bonaventure Des Périers (1500–1544) * Yves Bonnefoy (1923–2016) * Pétrus Borel (1809–1859) * Bertran de Born (1150–1215 ?) * Robert de Boron (12th–13th centuries) * Théodore Botrel (1868–1925) * André du Bouchet (1924–2001) * Daniel Boulanger (1922–2014) * Stéphane Bouquet (1967) * Joë Bousquet (1897–1950) * Georges Brassens (1921–1981) * Jacques Brault (1933–2022) * André Breton (1896–1966) * Nicole Brossard (1943) * Aristide Bruant (1851–1925) * Gace Brulé (c.1160 – after 1213) * Andrée Brunin (1937–1993) * Michel Butor (1926–2016)
==C== * Louis Calaferte (1928–1994) * Susana Calandrelli (1901–1978) * Jean-Pierre Calloc'h (1888–1917) * Émile Cammaerts (1878–1953) * Côtis-Capel (1915–1986) * Placide Cappeau (1808–1877) * Adolphe Joseph Carcassonne (1826–1891) * Francis Carco (1886–1958) * Maurice Carême (1899–1978) * Jean Cayrol (1911–2005) * Rose Celli (1895–1982) * Blaise Cendrars (1887–1961) * Aimé Césaire (1913–2008) * Jean Chapelain (1595–1674) * Maurice Chappaz (1916–2009) * René Char (1907–1988) * Alain Chartier (1385–1430) * François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848) * Malcolm de Chazal (1902–1981) * Andrée Chedid (1920–2011) * Charles-Julien Lioult de Chênedollé (1769–1833) * François Cheng (1929) * André Chénier (1762–1794) * Jacques Chessex (1934–2009) * Chrétien de Troyes (c.1135 – c.1183) * Paul Claudel (1868–1955) * William Cliff (1940) * Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) * Gabrielle de Coignard (1550–1586) * Louise Colet (1810–1876) * Danielle Collobert (1940–1978) * Claude Confortès (1928–2016) * Conon de Béthune (c.1150 – 1220) * Benoît Conort (1956) * François Coppée (1842–1908) * Tristan Corbière (1845–1875) * Pierre Corneille (1606–1684) * Charles Cotin (1604–1681) * Gaston Couté (1880–1911) * Watriquet de Couvin (active 1319–1329) * Octave Crémazie (1827–1879) * René Crevel (1900–1935) * Charles Cros (1842–1888)
==D== * Jean Daive (1941) * Léon-Gontran Damas (1914–1978) * René Daumal (1908–1944) * François David (1870–1939) * Anne-Marie de Backer (1908–1987) * Lise Deharme (1898–1979) * Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1880–1945) * Yanette Delétang-Tardif (1902–1976) * Jacques Delille (1738–1813) * René Depestre (1926) * Tristan Derème (1889–1941) * Paul Déroulède (1846–1914) * Maryline Desbiolles (1959) * Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786–1859) * Émile Deschamps (1791–1871) * Eustache Deschamps (1346–1406) * Robert Desnos (1900–1945) * Philippe Desportes (1546–1606) * Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers (1939–2013) * Bruno Destrée (1867–1919) * Léon Deubel (1879–1913) * Souéloum Diagho * Mohammed Dib (1920–2003) * David Diop (1927–1960) * Charles Dobzynski (1929–2014) * Jean Dorat (1508–1588) * Hélène Dorion (1958) * Christian Dotremont (1922–1979) * Minou Drouet (1947) * Caroline Dubois (1960) * Bernard Dubourg (1945–1992) * Georges Duhamel (1884–1966) * Jacques Dupin (1927–2012) * Jean-Pierre Duprey (1930–1959) * Marie Dauguet (1860–1942)
==E== * Paul Éluard (1895–1952) * Claude Esteban (1935–2006)
==F== * Nabile Farès (1940–2016) * Léon-Paul Fargue (1876–1947) * Jean-Pierre Faye (1925–2026) * Léo Ferré (1916–1993) * Jean Follain (1903–1971) * Xavier Forneret (1809–1884) * Paul Fort (1872–1960) * Marie de France (1154–1189) * Martin Le Franc (1410–1461) * Frankétienne (1936–2025) * Pauline Fréchette (1889–1943) * André Frédérique (1915–1957) * Jean Froissart (v.1337-v.1410)
==G== * Pierre Gabriel (1926–1994) * Serge Gainsbourg (1928–1991) * Augièr Galhard (16th-century) * Pierre Gamarra (1919–2009) * Joachim Gasquet (1873–1921) * Armand Gatti (1924–2017) * Théophile Gautier (1811–1872) * Jean Genet (1910–1986) * Amélie Gex (1835–1883) * Henri Ghéon (1875–1644) * Roger Gilbert-Lecomte (1907–1943) * Iwan Gilkin (1858–1924) * Roger Giroux (1925–1974) * Jean-Marie Gleize (1946) * Edouard Glissant (1928–2011) * Guy Goffette (1947–2024) * Claire Goll (1890–1977) * Yvan Goll (1891–1950) * Jean Ogier de Gombauld (1576–1666) * Remy de Gourmont (1858–1915) * Xavier Grall (1930–1981) * Benoît Gréan * Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset (1709–1777) * Jacques Grévin (1538–1570) * Jean Grosjean (1912–2006) * Maurice de Guérin (1810–1839) * Georges Guillain (1876–1961) * Guillaume de Lorris (c.1200 – c.1238) * Pernette du Guillet (1520–1545) * Eugène Guillevic (1907–1997)
==H== * Adam de la Halle (1237–1288) * Anne Hébert (1916–2000) * Markus Hediger (1959) * Bernard Heidsieck (1928–2014) * Georges Henein (1914–1973) * José-Maria de Heredia (1842–1905) * Antoine Héroet (d. 1567) * Emmanuel Hocquard (1940-2019) * Michel Houellebecq (1958) * Victor Hugo (1802–1885) * Marie Huot (1965)
==I== * Jacques Izoard (1936–2008)
==J== * Edmond Jabès (1912–1991) * Philippe Jaccottet (1925–2021) * Max Jacob (1876–1944) * Francis Jammes (1868–1938) * Amadis Jamyn (1538–1592) * Alfred Jarry (1873–1907) * Sandra Jayat (1930–2025) * Georges Jean (1920–2011) * Jean de Meung (1250 – c.1305) * Étienne Jodelle (1532–1573) * Jean Joubert (1928–2015) * Jacques Jouet (1947) * Alain Jouffroy (1928–2015) * Pierre Jean Jouve (1887–1976) * Charles Juliet (1934–2024)
==K== * Gustave Kahn (1859–1936) * Kama Sywor Kamanda (1952) *Abdelkebir Khatibi (1938–2009) * Vénus Khoury-Ghata (1937–2026) * Tristan Klingsor (1874–1966) * Anise Koltz (1928–2023) * Petr Kral (1941–2020) * Seyhan Kurt (1971)
==L== * Abdellatif Laâbi (1942) * Louise Labé (1524–1566) * Pierre Labrie (1972) * Jacques Lacarrière (1925–2005) * Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695) * Jules Laforgue (1860–1887) * Jean Lahor (1840–1909) * Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869) * Bernard de La Monnoye (1641–1728) * Jane de La Vaudère (1857–1908) * Valery Larbaud (1881–1957) * Josaphat-Robert Large (1942–2017) * Rina Lasnier (1910–1997) * Isidore Ducasse, comte de Lautréamont (1846–1870) * Pierre-Antoine Lebrun (1785–1873) * Félix Leclerc (1914–1988) * Leconte de Lisle (1818–1894) * Michel Leiris (1901–1990) * Jean Lemaire de Belges (1473–1520) * Charles Le Quintrec (1926–2008) * Jean-François Leriget de La Faye (1674–1731) * Alain Le Roux (c. 1040 – 1093) * Hervé Le Tellier (1957) * Henry Jean-Marie Levet (1874–1906) * Tristan L'Hermite (1601–1655) * Guillaume de Lorris (1200–1240) * Pierre Louÿs (1870–1925) * Mary Stanley Low (1912–2007) * Ghérasim Luca (1913–1994) * Jean-Pierre Luminet (1951)
==M== *Guillaume de Machaut (1300–1377) *Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949) *François de Malherbe (1555–1628) *Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898) *Pierre de Marbeuf (1595–1645) *Clément Marot (1495–1544) *Jean Marot (1450–1526) *Anne de Marquets (1533–1588) *Fabien Marsaud (born 1977) *Charles Maurras (1868–1952) *Catulle Mendès (1841–1909) *Élisa Mercœur (1809–1835) *Thierry Metz (1956–1997) *Jean de Meun (1240–1304) *Henri Michaux (1899–1984) *Jean Michel (c. 1435–1501) *Jean Moréas (1856–1910) *Hégésippe Moreau (1810–1838) *Camille de Morel *Colin Muset *Alfred de Musset (1810–1857)
==N== *Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549) *Émile Nelligan (1879–1941) *Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855)
==O== *René de Obaldia (1918–2022) *Charles, duc d'Orléans (1394–1465)
==P== *Évariste de Parny (1753–1814) *Charles Péguy (1873–1914) *Benjamin Péret (1899–1959) *Louis Pergaud (1882–1915) *Saint-John Perse (1887–1975) *Christine de Pizan (1364–c. 1430) *Francis Ponge (1899–1988) *Jacques Prévert (1900–1977) *Guiot de Provins *Sully Prudhomme (1839–1907)
==Q== *Raymond Queneau (1903–1976)
==R== *Nicolas Rapin (1535–1608) *Henri de Régnier (1864–1936) *Pierre Reverdy (1889–1960) *Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891) *Jules Romains (1885–1972) *Pierre de Ronsard (1524–1585) *Claude Royet-Journoud (1941) *Jaufré Rudel (1113–1170) *Rutebeuf (1245–1285)
==S== *Janou Saint-Denis (1930–2000) *Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (1912–1943) *Mellin de Saint-Gelais (1491–1558) *Jean François de Saint-Lambert (1716–1803) *Benoît de Sainte-Maure *André Salmon (1881–1969) *Albert Samain (1858–1900) *Henriette Sauret (1890–1976) *Paul Scarron (1610–1660) *Maurice Scève (1501–1564) *Georges Schehadé (1907–1989) *Pierre Seghers (1906–1987) *Léopold Senghor (1906–2001) *Louisa Siefert (1845–1877)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TeAaDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT197 |title=Genius Envy: Women Shaping French Poetic History, 1801–1900 |pages=197–209 |last=Paliyenko |first=Adrianna M |year=2017 |isbn=978-0271079172}}</ref> *Dominique Sorrente (born 1953) *Gabrielle Soumet (1814–1886) *Philippe Soupault (1897–1990) *André Spire (1868–1966) *Jules Supervielle (1884–1960)
==T== *Taillefer (1001–1066) *Jean de La Taille (1535–1608) *Jean Tardieu (1903–1995) *Esther Tellermann (1947) *Thomas of Britain *Khal Torabully (born 1956) *Julien Torma (1902–1933) *Paul-Jean Toulet (1867–1920) *Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972) *Chrétien de Troyes *Doete de Troyes (1220-1265) *Pontus de Tyard (1521–1605) *Tristan Tzara (1896–1963)
==V== *Paul Valéry (1871–1945) *Jean-Pierre Vallotton (born 1955) *Léonise Valois (1868–1936)<ref>{{cite DCB |title=Valois, Léonise |last=Warren |first=Louise |volume=16 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/valois_leonise_16E.html}}</ref> *Jean Venturini (1919–1940) *Serge Venturini (born 1955) *Emile Verhaeren (1855–1916) *Paul Verlaine (1844–1896) *Francis Viélé-Griffin (1864–1937) *Boris Vian (1920–1959) *Claude Vigée (1921–2020) *Alfred de Vigny (1797–1863) *François Villon (1431–1463) *Roger Vitrac (1899–1952) *Vincent Voiture (1597–1648) *Voltaire (1694–1778)
==See also== *Other French poets in the French Wikipedia *French literature *Francophone literature *List of French-language authors *List of French novelists *List of French people *Lists of Canadians
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