List of Slovak poets
The following is a list of notable Slovak poets.
Renaissance (1500–1650)
- Martin Rakovský (1535–1579)
- Vavrinec Benedikt z Nedožier (Laurentius Benedictus Nudozierinus) (1555–1615)
Baroque (1650–1780)
- Juraj Tranovský or Tranoscius (1592–1637)
- Daniel Sinapius-Horčička (1640–1688)
- Hugolín Gavlovič (1712–1787)
Classicism (1780–1840)
- Pavel Jozef Šafárik (1795–1861)
- Ján Kollár (1793–1852)
- Ján Hollý (1785–1849)
Romanticism (1840–1850)
- Ľudovít Štúr (1815–1856)
- Samo Chalupka (1812–1883)
- Andrej Sládkovič (1820–1872)
- Janko Kráľ (1822–1876)
- Ján Botto (1829–1881)
- Janko Matúška (1821–1877)
- Michal Miloslav Hodža (1811–1870)
Realism (1875–1905)
- Pavol Országh-Hviezdoslav (1849–1921)
- Martin Kukučín (1860–1928)
- Janko Jesenský (1874–1945)
- Ľudmila Podjavorinská (1872–1951)[1]
Modernism (1905–1918)
- Ivan Krasko (1876–1958)
- Janko Jesenský (1874–1945)
- Martin Orgoník-Kunovský (1887–1916)
Between the World Wars (1918–1948)
- Štefan Krčméry (1892–1955)
- Martin Rázus (1888–1937)
- Ján Poničan (1902–1978)
- Peter Jilemnický (1901–1949)
- Laco Novomeský (1904–1976)
- Fraňo Kráľ (1903–1955)
- Maša Haľamová (1908–1995)
Surrealism
- Štefan Žáry (1918–2007)
- Ján Brezina (1917–1997)
Contemporary (since the 1960s)
- Krista Bendová (1923 –1988)
- Miroslav Válek (1927–1991)
- Milan Rúfus (1928–2009)
- Ľubomír Feldek (born 1936)
- Milan Richter (born 1948)
- Jana Kantorová-Báliková (born 1950)
- Juraj Kuniak (born 1955)
- Dana Podracká (born 1954)[2]
- Viera Prokešová (1957–2008)[3]
- Pavol Hudák (1959–2011)
- Eva Kováčová (1951–2010)
Contemporary poetry (since 1995)
- Radovan Brenkus (born 1974)
- Radoslav Rochallyi (born 1980)
See also
References
- ^ "Slovak Literature in the Age of Realism". Literárne informačné centrum.
- ^ "Dana Podracká". The Centre for Information on Literature.
- ^ "Viera Prokešová". The Centre for Information on Literature.
