List of Slovak poets
The following is a list of the most important poets of Slovak literature.
For a list of Slovak authors of prose and drama, please see Slovak prose.
Renaissance (1500–1650)
- Martin Rakovský (1535–1579)
- Ján Silván (1493–1573)
- Pavel Kyrmezer (died 1589)
- Vavrinec Benedikt z Nedožier (Laurentio Benedictino Nudozierino) (1555–1615)
- Ján Filický (c. 1585 – 1623)
- Ján Bocatius (1569–1621)
- Jakub Jakobeus (1591–1645) – born in Bohemia
- Martin Bošňák (died 1566)
- Štefan Komodický (16th century)
- Eliáš Láni (1570–1618)
- Daniel Pribiš (1580–1645)
Baroque (1650–1780)
- Juraj Tranovský or Tranoscius (1592–1637)
- Benedikt Szőllősi (1609–1656)
- Daniel Sinapius-Horčička (1640–1688)
- Jób Trusius (died 1678)
- Ján Sekáč (died 1818)
- Dionýz Kubík (1749–1811)
- Štefan Ferdinand Selecký (1675–?)
- Peter Benický (1606–1664)
- Hugolín Gavlovič (1712–1787)
- Štefan Pilárik I (1615–1693)
Classicism (1780–1840)
Romantism (1840–1850)
Between romantism and realism (1850–1875)
- Ľudovít Kubáni (1830–1869)
Realism (1875–1905)
- Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský (1847–1916)
- Pavol Országh-Hviezdoslav (1849–1921)
- Ľudmila Podjavorinská (1872–1951)
- Martin Kukučín (1860–1928)
- Janko Jesenský (1874–1945)
- Božena Slančíková-Timrava (1867–1957)
- Jozef Gregor Tajovský (1874–1940)
- Elena Maróthy Šoltésová (1855–1939)
- Terézia Vansová (1857–1942)
Modernism (1905–1918)
Between the World Wars (1918–1948)
- Štefan Krčméry (1892–1955)
- Martin Rázus (1888–1937)
- Emil Boleslav Lukáč (1900–1979)
- Ján Smrek (1898–1982)
- Ján Poničan (1902–1978)
- Fraňo Kráľ (1903–1955)
- Laco Novomeský (1904–1976)
- Jozef Kubík (1905–2002)
Surrealism
- Rudolf Fabry (1915–1982)
- Vladimír Reisel (1919–2007)
- Július Lenko (1914–2000)
- Štefan Žáry (1918–2007)
- Ján Brezina (1917–1997)
- Pavel Bunčák (1915–2000)
- Ján Rak (1916–1969)
Catholic Modernism
- Rudolf Dilong (1905–1986)
- Jan Doransky (1911–1973)
- Pavol Gašparovič Hlbina (1908–1977)
- Janko Silan (1914–1984)
- Karol Strmeň (1921–1994)
- Ján Haranta (1909–1983)
- Svetoslav Veigl (born 1915)
- Pavol Ušák-Oliva (1914–1941)
- Mikuláš Šprinc (1914–1986)
- Gorazd Zvonický (1913–1995)
Post-war period (1948–1960s)
- Ján Kostra (1910–1975)
- Pavol Horov (1914–1975)
- Andrej Plávka (1907–1982)
- Ivan Kupec (1922–1997)
Contemporary (since the 1960s)
Contemporary poetry (since 1995)
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