Slovak poetry

The following is a list of the most important poets of Slovak literature, for a list of Slovak authors of prose and drama see Slovak prose:

Table of contents

1 Middle Ages (800 – 1500)
2 Renaissance (1500-1650)
3 Baroque (1650-1780)
4 Classicism (1780-1840)
5 Romantism (1840-1850)
6 Between Romantism and Realism (1850-1875)
7 Realism (1875-1905)
8 Modernism (1905-1918)
9 Between the World Wars (1918-1948)

9.1 Surrealism
9.2 Catholic Modernism

10 Literature after World War II (1948-1960's)
11 Current literature (since the 1960's )

Middle Ages (800 – 1500)

Constantine (827-869) – born in Thessaloniki

Maurus (?-1070)

Leonard z Uničova; (15th century)

Renaissance (1500-1650)

Martin Rakovský (1535-1579)

Ján Silván (1493-1573)

Pavel Kyrmezer (?-1589)

Vavrinec Benedikt z Nedožier; (Laurentio Benedictino Nudozierino) (1555-1615)

Ján Filický (?-1623)

Ján Bocatius (1569-1621)

Jakub Jakobeus (1591-1645) – born in Bohemia

Martin Bošňák; (?-1566)

Štefan Komodický; (16th century)

Eliáš Láni; (1570-1618)

Daniel Pribiš (1580-1645)

Baroque (1650-1780)

Juraj Tranovský (1592-1637)

Benedikt Szőllősi; (1609-1656)

Daniel Sinapius Horčička I; (1640-1688)

Jób Trusius (17th century)

Ján Sekáč (?-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)

Augustín Doležal; (1737-1802)

Bohuslav Tablic (1769-1832)

Pavel Jozef Šafárik; (1795-1861)

Ján Kollár (1793-1852)

Ján Hollý (1785-1849)

Karol Kuzmány (1806-1866)

Romantism (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)

Samo Vozár (1823-1850)

Michal Miloslav Hodža; (1811-1870)

Viliam Paulíny-Tóth (1826-1877)

Between Romantism and Realism (1850-1875)

Ľudovít Kubáni; (1830-1869)

Realism (1875-1905)

Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský (1847-1916)

Pavol Országh-Hviezdoslav (1849-1921) – the greatest Slovak poet

Ľudmila Podjavorinská; (1842-1951)

Modernism (1905-1918)

Ivan Krasko (1876-1958)

Janko Jesenský (1874-1945)

Vladimír Roy (1885-1936)

Ivan Gall (1885-1955)

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)

Surrealism

Rudolf Fabry (1915-1982)

Vladimír Reisel (1919-?)

Július Lenko (1914-?)

Štefan Žáry; (1918-?)

Ján Brezina (1917-?)

Pavel Bunčák; (1915-?)

Ján Rak (1916-1969)

Catholic Modernism

Rudolf Dilong (1905-1986)

Pavol Gašparovič Hlbina; (1908-1977)

Janko Silan (1914-1984)

Karol Strmeň (1921-1994)

Ján Haranta (1909-1983)

Svetoslav Veigl (1915-?)

Pavol Ušák-Oliva;

Mikuláš Šprinc;

Gorazd Zvonický

Literature after World War II (1948-1960's)

Ján Kostra (1910-1975)

Pavol Horov (1914-1975)

Andrej Plávka (1907-1982)

Ivan Kupec (1922)

Vojtech Mihálik (1926)

Current literature (since the 1960's )

Milan Rúfus (1928)

Miroslav Válek (1927-1991)

Mikuláš Kováč (1934-1992)

Ľubomír Feldek; (1936)

Jozef Mihalkovič (1935)

Ján Šimonovič (1939-1994)

Ján Stacho (1936-1995)

Ján Ondruš (1932)

Ján Buzássy (1935)

Vlastimil Kovalčík; (1939)

Lýdia Vadkerti-Gavorníková (1932)

Štefan Strážay; (1940)

Ivan Laučík; (1944)

Peter Repka (1944)

Ivan Štrpka; (1944)

Štefan Moravčík; (1943)

Mila Haugová (1944)

Ján Švantner; (1949)

Rudolf Čižmárik; (1949)

Jana Kantorová Báliková (1951)

Eva Kováčová; (1951)

Anna Ondrejková (1954)