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. "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

See also

  • List of Polish-language authors
  • List of Poles