{{Short description|None}} {{dynamic list}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} '''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. {{Horizontal TOC|nonum=y}}
==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)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/columbiaguidetol00sege |url-access=registration |title=The Columbia Guide to the Literatures of Eastern Europe Since 1945 |publisher=Columbia University Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/columbiaguidetol00sege/page/207 207] |last=Segel |first=Harold B |year=2003 |ISBN=0231114044}}</ref> * 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)
== References == {{reflist}}
==See also== *List of Polish-language authors * List of Poles
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