Famous poets

Oscar Wilde

Irish writer (1854–1900)

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Lord Byron

British poet (1788–1824)

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Dante Alighieri

Italian writer and philosopher (1265–1321)

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Hans Christian Andersen

Danish writer (1805–1875)

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Amber Tamblyn

American actress and writer

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Rumi

Sufi mystic and poet (1207–1273)

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John Milton

English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)

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Sappho

Ancient Greek lyric poet (c. 630–c. 570 BC)

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Selim I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520

Arthur Rimbaud

French poet (1854–1891)

Pablo Neruda

Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician (1904–1973)

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

Charles Baudelaire

French poet and critic (1821–1867)

Hesiod

Ancient Greek poet of the archaic period

Fernando Pessoa

Portuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935)

Colm Tóibín

Irish novelist and writer (born 1955)

Becky Birtha

Becky Birtha is an American poet and children's author who lives in the greater Philadelphia area. She is best known for her poetry and short stories depicting African-American and lesbian relationships, often focusing on topics such as interracial relationships, emotional recovery from a breakup, single parenthood and adoption. Her poetry was featured in the acclaimed 1983 anthology of African-American feminist writing Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology, edited by Barbara Smith and publi...

Friedrich Schiller

German playwright (1759–1805)

Horace

Roman lyric poet (65–8 BC)

Li Bai

Chinese poet (701–762)

Juvenal

Early 2nd century Roman poet

Vikram Seth

Indian novelist and poet

Gary Snyder

American poet (born 1930)

Matsuo Bashō

Japanese poet (1644–1694)