List of female poets

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This is a list of female poets with a Wikipedia page, listed by the period of time in which they were born.


Before CE[]

In chronological order:
  • Enheduanna (2285–2250 BCE), Akkadian princess, priestess and Sumerian-language poet, possibly the world's earliest known female author
  • Deborah (1107–1067 BCE), Israelite prophetess[1]
  • Corinna (fl. 6th c. BCE), Greek poet
  • Sappho (fl. 6th c. BCE), Greek poet, one of the nine lyric poets
  • Erinna (fl. c. 600 BCE), Greek poet, a contemporary and friend of Sappho
  • Myrtis of Anthedon (6th BCE), Greek poet
  • Cleobulina (fl. c. 550 BCE), Greek poet
  • Telesilla (fl. 510 BCE), Greek poet
  • Praxilla (5th c. BCE), Greek poet
  • Moero or Myro (3rd c. BCE), Greek poet
  • Anyte of Tegea (fl. early 3rd c. BCE), Greek poet
  • Nossis (fl. c. 300 BCE), Greek epigrammist and poet
  • Avvaiyar I (c. 3rd c. – 1st c. BCE), Tamil poet
  • Zhuo Wenjun (卓文君, 2nd c. BCE), Chinese poet
  • Sulpicia I (fl. 1st c. BCE), Latin poet
  • Cornificia (c. 85 – c. 40 BCE), Roman poet and epigrammist
  • Consort Ban (Ban Jieyu, Lady Pan, 班婕妤, c. 48 – c. 6 BCE), Chinese scholar and poet
  • Elephantis (fl. late 1st c. BCE), Greek erotic poet

1–500 CE[]

In chronological order:
  • Xie Daoyun (謝道韞, between 340 and 399), Chinese poet
  • Sulpicia (satirist) (fl. 1st c.), Latin poet
  • Caecilia Trebulla (fl. c. 130), Latin poet
  • Ponmudiyar (between 1st and 4th cc.), Tamil poet
  • Julia Balbilla (72 – post–130), Latin poet
  • Cai Wenji (蔡琰, died c. 249), Chinese poet and composer
  • Afira bint 'Abbad (3rd c.), Arabic poet
  • Zuo Fen (左芬, c. 255–300), Chinese poet
  • Faltonia Betitia Proba (c. 306/315 – c. 353/366), Roman poet in Latin
  • Princess Iwa (磐之媛命, died 347), Japanese poet
  • Su Xiaoxiao (蘇小小, c. 479 – c. 501), Chinese poet and courtesan
  • Laila bint Lukaiz (died 483), Arabic poet
  • Velliveedhiyar (period unclear), Tamil poet
  • al-Fāriʿah bint Shaddād (pre-Islamic), Arabic poet

500–999 CE[]

In chronological order:
  • Radegund (c. 520–586), Frankish princess and poet in Latin
  • al-Khansa (575–645), Arabic poet
  • al-Ḥujayjah, (Safīyah bint Tha'labah al-Shaybānīyah, 5th – 6th c.), Arabic poet
  • al-Ḥurqah (5th – 6th c.), Arabic poet
  • Sarah of Yemen (6th c.), Arabic poet
  • Hind bint 'Utbah (6th – 7th c.), Arabic poet
  • Umm Jamil bint Harb (6th or 7th c.), Arabic poet
  • Fatima bint Muhammad (605–632 CE), Arabic poet
  • Xu Hui (徐惠, 627–650), Chinese poet
  • Nukata no Ōkimi (額田王, fl. 630–690), Japanese poet of the Asuka period
  • Empress Jitō (持統天皇, 645–702), Japanese poet and empress
  • Jindeok of Silla (진덕여왕, fl. 647–654), Korean poet and queen
  • Princess Ōku (大来皇女, 661–702), Japanese poet
  • Qutayla ukht al-Nadr (7th c.), Arabic poet
  • Maisūn bint Jandal (c. 7th c.), Arabic poet
  • Yamato Hime no Ōkimi (倭姫王, later 7th c.), Japanese poet and empress
  • Princess Tajima (但馬皇女, died 708), Japanese poet
  • Shangguan Wan'er (上官婉兒, c. 664–710), Chinese poet and prose writer
  • Laila al-Akhyaliyya (died 694–709), Arabic poet
  • Cheng Changwen (程長文, between 7th and 9th cc.), Chinese poet and calligrapher
  • Lady Kasa (笠郎女, early 8th c.), Japanese poet
  • Ōtomo no Sakanoe no Iratsume (大伴坂上郎女, c. 700–750), Japanese poet
  • Raabi'a al-Adwiyya (714–801), Arabic poet
  • Xue Tao (薛濤, 768–831), Chinese poet
  • 'Ulayya bint al-Mahdi (777–825), Arabic poet
  • Laila bint Tarif (died 815), Arabic poet
  • Arib al-Ma'muniyya (797–890), Arabic poet
  • Shilabhattarika (9th c.), Sanskrit poet from India
  • Kassia (810 – pre-865), Byzantine poet and composer writing in Greek
  • Shāriyah (c. 815–870), Arabic poet
  • Ono no Komachi (小野, c. 825 – c. 900), Japanese waka poet
  • Inan (died 841), Arabic poet
  • Yu Xuanji (魚玄機, 844–869 or 871), Chinese poet
  • Fadl Ashsha'ira (died 871), Arabic poet
  • Lady Ise (伊勢, c. 875 – c. 938), Japanese poet
  • Nakatsukasa (中務, 912–991), Japanese poet
  • Kishi Joō (徽子女王, 929–985), Japanese poet
  • Lubāna bint 'Alī ibn al-Mahdī (c. 8th–9th c.), Arabic poet
  • Vijja (8th or 9th c.), Sanskrit poet from India
  • Hrotsvitha (c. 935 – c. 1002), German dramatist and poet writing in Latin
  • Akazome Emon (赤染衛門, 956–1041), Japanese poet and historian
  • Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部, 973–1025), Japanese novelist and poet
  • Madame Huarui (花蕊夫人, fl. mid–10th c.), Chinese poet
  • Izumi Shikibu (和泉式部, born c. 976), Japanese poet
  • Rabia Balkhi (10th c.), Persian poet
  • Shirome (白女, 10th c.), Japanese poet
  • Sei Shōnagon (清少納言, c. 966 – c. 1017), Japanese memoirist and poet

11th – 14th centuries[]

In chronological order:

  • Ise no Taiu or Taifu (伊勢大輔, early 11th c.), Japanese poet
  • Qasmuna bint Isma'il (11th c.), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
  • Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (1001–1080), Andalusian poet writing in Arabic
  • Zhu Shuzhen (c. 1135–1180), Chinese poet
  • Aa'isha bint Ahmad al-Qurtubiyya (died 1010), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
  • Mariam bint Abu Ya'qub Ashshilbi (died 1020), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
  • Eudokia Makrembolitissa (c. 1021–1096), Byzantine poet and empress writing in Greek
  • I'timad Arrumaimikiyya (born 1045/1047), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
  • Umm al-Kiram bin al-Mu'tasim ibn Sumadih (died 1050), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
  • Ava (c. 1060 – 1127), first named female writer in any genre in German
  • Buthaina bint al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad (born 1070), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
  • Li Qingzhao (李清照, 1084 – c. 1151), Chinese writer and poet of the Song Dynasty
  • Otomae (乙前, c. 1085 – c. 1169), Japanese poet
  • Mahsati Ganjavi (c. 1089 – post–1159), Persian poet
  • Muhja bint Attayyani al-Qurtubiyya (died 1097), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
  • Bhavakadevi (fl. 12th c. or earlier), Sanskrit poet from Indian subcontinent
  • Safiyya al-Baghdadiyya (12th c.), Arabic poet
  • Marie de France (fl. 12th c.), medieval poet, probably born in France and living in England
  • Akka Mahadevi (12th c.), Indian poet writing in Old Kannada
  • Gangasati (between 12th and 14th cc.), Indian poet and saint
  • Taqiyya Umm Ali bint Ghaith ibn Ali al-Armanazi (Sitt al-Ni'm, 1111–1183/1184), Arabic poet
  • Tibors de Sarenom (c. 1130 – post–1198), French poet writing in Occitan
  • Almucs de Castelnau (c. 1140 – pre–1184), French female troubadour poet
  • Comtessa de Dia (fl. c. 1175 or c. 1212), a trobairitz (troubadour), song-writer and poet in Occitan language
  • Hafsa bint al-Hajj Arrakuniyya (died 1190), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
  • Marula (fl. 13th c. or earlier), Sanskrit poet from India
  • Hadewijch (13th c.), Dutch mystic and poet
  • Shikishi Naishinnō (式子内親王, died 1201), Japanese poet
  • Hamda bint Ziyad (c. 1204), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
  • Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir (early 13th c. – 1271), Icelandic poet and politician
  • Umm Assa'd bint Isam al-Himyari (died 1243), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
  • Gangadevi (c. 14th c.), Sanskrit poet of the Vijayanagara Empire of India
  • Lalleshwari (1320–1392), Indian mystic and poet, earliest works in the Kashmiri language
  • Princess Milica of Serbia (c. 1335–1405), Serbian poet and royal consort
  • Christine de Pizan (1364 – c. 1430), Italian, Venetian-born writer and poet

15th century[]

In alphabetical order:
  • Catherine d'Amboise (1475–1550), French writer and poet
  • Vittoria Colonna (1490–1547), Italian poet and marchioness
  • Guji, Princess of Joseon (died 1489), Korean writer, poet and dance
  • Mihri Hatun (died 1506), female Ottoman Turkish poet
  • Huang E (Huang Xiumei, 1498–1569), Chinese poet of Ming dynasty
  • Monahinja Jefimija (1350 – after 1405), Serbian poet and nun
  • Gwerful Mechain (fl. 1460–1500), Welsh poet
  • Mirabai (Meera, Meera Bai) (c. 1498 – c. 1547), Hindu mystical poet
  • Teresa of Ávila (St Teresa of Jesus, 1515–1582), Spanish mystic and Catholic saint
  • Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1425–1482), Italian poet
  • Uhwudong (died 1480), Korean writer, poet and dancer

16th century[]

In alphabetical order:
  • Rachel Akerman (1522–1544), Austrian Jewish poet writing in German
  • Anne Askew (1520/1521–1546), English poet and Protestant martyr
  • Isabella Andreini (1562–1604), Italian playwright, poet and actress
  • Madeleine de l'Aubespine (1546–1596), French poet
  • Gabrielle de Coignard (1550–1586), French poet
  • Veronica Franco (1546–1591), Italian poet and courtesan
  • Pernette Du Guillet (c. 1520–1545), French poet
  • Louise Labé (1524–1566), French poet
  • Elen Gwdman (fl. 1609), Welsh poet
  • Emilia Lanier (1569–1645), among first Englishwomen to publish a volume of original poems and seek patronage
  • Anne Ley (c. 1599–1641), English writer, teacher, and polemicist
  • Anne de Marquets (c. 1533–1588), French poet
  • Isabella di Morra (c. 1520–1546), Italian poet of the Petrarchist movement
  • Martha Moulsworth (1577–1646), English autobiographical poet
  • Heo Nanseolheon (1563–1589), Korean female poet of the mid-Joseon dynasty
  • Nicoletta Pasquale (fl. 1540), Sicilian Italian poet
  • Gaspara Stampa (1523–1554) Italian poet
  • Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke (1561–1621), among first Englishwomen to gain a literary reputation
  • Joana Vaz (c. 1500 – post–1570), Portuguese court poet and humanist
  • Isabella Whitney (fl. 1567–1573), earliest identified woman to publish secular poetry in English
  • Lady Mary Wroth (1587–1651/1653), prolific English author

17th century[]

In alphabetical order:
  • Mary Barber (1685–1755), Irish poet, member of Swift's circle
  • Aphra Behn (1640–1689), dramatist of the English Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers
  • Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672), New England's first published poet
  • Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659–1730), Swedish writer, poet, feminist and salon hostess
  • Jane Cavendish (1620/1621–1669), English poet and playwright
  • Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623–1673), English aristocrat, prolific writer, and scientist
  • Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force (1654–1724), French novelist and poet
  • Susannah Centlivre (1667–1723), English playwright and poet
  • Lady Mary Chudleigh (1656–1710), English poet, essayist and writer
  • Mary Collier (c. 1688–1762), English poet
  • Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648–1695), Mexican poet, musician and nun
  • Sarah Dixon (1671–1765), English poet
  • Elżbieta Drużbacka (1695 or 1698–1765), Polish poet
  • Dorothe Engelbretsdotter (1634–1716), Norway's first recognized female author
  • Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720), English poet
  • Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (1633–1694), Austrian poet
  • Eliza Haywood (1693–1756), English novelist, playwright, essayist, poet and translator
  • Sor Juana (Juana Inés de la Cruz) (1651–1695), self-taught scholar and poet of Baroque school, nun of New Spain
  • Anne Killigrew (1660–1685), English poet
  • Žofia Kubini (fl. mid–17th c.), Hungarian poet writing in Czech
  • Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck (1663–1740), Swedish noble, dilettante painter, actor and poet
  • Anne Ley (c. 1599–1641), English writer, teacher, and polemicist
  • Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières (1638–1694), French poet
  • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762), English aristocrat and writer
  • Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1659–1708), Hungarian poet and writer
  • Katherine Philips (1631–1664), English poet
  • Vendela Skytte (1608–1629), Swedish noblewoman, salonnière, writer, poet and lady of letters
  • Anna Stanisławska (1651–1701), Polish poet and author
  • Nāzo Tokhī (1651–1717), Afghan poet and writer
  • Anne Wharton (1659–1685), English poet
  • Jane Wiseman (c. 1682–1717), English poet and playwright
  • Zeb-un-Nissa (1638–1702), Persian-language poet and Mughal Princess

18th century[]

In alphabetical order:
  • Jean Adam (Adams, 1704–1765), Scottish poet and teacher
  • Nana Asma'u (1793–1864), Fulani poet and pioneer of women's education in Sokoto Caliphate
  • Mah Laqa Bai (1768–1824), Urdu poet and philanthropist.
  • Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825), English poet, essayist, literary critic and children's author
  • Margaret Bingham (1740–1814), English poet and painter
  • Susanna Blamire (1747–1794), English poet
  • Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752–1783), American poet and correspondent
  • Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710 – c. 1757), American poet and writer; first American-born woman to publish in own name
  • Magdalene Sophie Buchholm (1758–1825), Norwegian poet
  • Anna Bunina (1774–1829), Russian poet
  • Sophia Burrell (1753–1802), English poet and dramatist
  • Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806), English poet, writer and Bluestocking
  • Christina Charlotta Cederström (1760–1832), Swedish artist, salon hostess and baroness
  • Helmina von Chézy (1783–1856), German poet, playwright and librettist
  • Fukuda Chiyo-ni (福田千代尼, 1703–1775), Japanese haiku poet
  • Alison Cockburn (1712–1794), Scottish poet and socialite
  • Caroline de Crespigny (1797–1861), English poet and translator
  • Ann Batten Cristall (1769–1848), English poet and schoolteacher
  • Umihana Čuvidina (c. 1794 – c. 1870), Bosnian poet
  • Fanny Dénoix des Vergnes (1798–1879), French poet and writer
  • Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786–1859), French poet
  • Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848), German poet
  • Emily Eden (1797–1869), English novelist and poet
  • Anna Ehrenström (1786–1857), Swedish poet
  • Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765–1834), English poet
  • Margaretta Faugères (1771–1801) American poet
  • Ann Griffiths (1776–1805), Welsh poet and hymnist
  • Karoline von Günderrode (1780–1806), German poet
  • Felicia Hemans (1793–1835), English poet
  • Luise Hensel (1798–1876), German religious writer and poet
  • Hồ Xuân Hương (1772–1822), Vietnamese poet
  • Barbara Hofland (1770–1844), English children's writer and poet
  • Margaret Holford (1778–1852), English poet and translator
  • Mary Howitt (1799–1888), English poet and children's writer
  • Anna Louisa Karsch (1722–1791), German poet and letter writer
  • Isabella Kelly (1759–1857), Scottish poet and novelist
  • Mary Leapor (1722–1746), English poet
  • Anna Maria Lenngren (1754–1817), Swedish writer, poet, feminist, translator and salonnière
  • Charlotte Lennox (c. 1730–1804), English novelist, poet and dramatist
  • Isabella Lickbarrow (1784–1847, E), poet
  • Erika Liebman (1738–1803), Swedish poet and academic
  • Charlotta Löfgren (1720–1784), Swedish poet
  • Hedvig Löfwenskiöld (1736–1789), Swedish poet
  • Sophie Mereau (1770–1806), German novelist and poet
  • Hannah More (1745–1833), English religious writer and philanthropist
  • Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763), Swedish poet, feminist and salonnière
  • Julia Nyberg (1784–1854), Swedish poet and songwriter
  • Mathilda d'Orozco (Mathilda Montgomery-Cederhjelm, 1796–1863), Swedish salonnière, poet, writer, composer and harpsichordist
  • Isabel Pagan (c. 1740–1821), Scottish poet
  • Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832), English poet and novelist
  • Elisa von der Recke (Elisabeth Recke, 1754–1833), German writer and poet from Courland
  • Ōtagaki Rengetsu (1791–1875), Japanese poet, calligrapher and actress
  • Emma Roberts (1794–1840), English poet and travel writer
  • Mary Robinson (1757–1800), English poet and novelist
  • Susanna Rowson (1762–1824), British-American novelist, poet and playwright
  • Esther Saunders (1793–1862), African American poet who escaped from slavery
  • Anna Seward (1747–1809), English poet
  • Hedvig Sirenia (1734–1795), Swedish poet
  • Charlotte Smith (1749–1806), English Romantic poet and novelist
  • Caroline Anne Southey (1786–1854), English poet
  • Agnes Strickland (1796–1874), English history writer and poet
  • Judit Dukai Takách (1795–1836), Hungarian poet
  • Amable Tastu (1795–1885), French poet and writer
  • Ann Taylor (1782–1866), English poet and critic
  • Emily Taylor (1795–1872), English poet and children's writer
  • Jane Taylor (1783–1824), English poet and novelist
  • Lucy Terry (c. 1730–1821), American poet
  • Elizabeth Thomas (1770/1771–1855), English novelist and poet
  • Petronella Johanna de Timmerman (1723–1786), Dutch poet and scientist
  • Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal (1794–1832), Nepalese poet and regent
  • Jane West (1758–1852), English novelist, poet, playwright and tractarian
  • Mary Whateley (1738–1825), English poet and playwright
  • Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784), first African-American poet
  • Ulrika Widström (1764–1841), Swedish poet and translator
  • Helen Maria Williams (1762–1827), English novelist and poet
  • Maria Petronella Woesthoven (1760–1830), Dutch poet
  • Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855), English poet and diarist
  • Ann Yearsley (1753–1806), English poet, novelist and playwright
  • Wu Zao (1799–1862), Chinese poet

19th-century (date of birth unknown)[]

1800s[]

In alphabetical order:
  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861), prominent English poet
  • Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807–1834), American poet and writer, first American woman writer to make abolition of slavery her main theme
  • Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880), American poet, novelist and journalist
  • Caroline Clive (1801–1872), English poet and novelist
  • Lucretia Maria Davidson (1808–1825), American poet
  • Marjorie (Marjory) Fleming (1803–1811), Scottish child diarist and poet
  • Frances Dana Barker Gage (1808–1884), American writer, poet, reformer, feminist and abolitionist
  • Léocadie Hersent-Penquer (1817–1889), French poet
  • Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L., 1802–1838), English poet and novelist
  • Susanna Moodie (1803–1885), Canadian diarist, novelist, children's novelist and poet
  • Caroline Norton (1808–1877), English poet, novelist and political writer
  • Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842), American Indian writer of poetry and fiction

1810s[]

In alphabetical order:
  • Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890), Polish playwright and poet
  • Adélaïde-Louise d'Eckmühl de Blocqueville (1815–1892), French poet and woman of letters
  • Anne Lynch Botta (1815–1891), American poet, writer, teacher and socialite
  • Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855), English novelist and poet, eldest of three Brontë writers
  • Emily Brontë (1818–1848), English novelist and poet, best remembered for her novel Wuthering Heights
  • Frances Browne (1816–1887), Irish poet and novelist
  • Eliza Cook (1818–1889), English poet
  • Elizabeth Jessup Eames (1813–1856), American writer of prose and poetry
  • George Eliot (born Marian Evans, 1819–1880), English novelist and poet
  • Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818–1877), American writer, historian and poet
  • Catharine H. Esling (1812–1897), American author, poet, hymn writer
  • Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda (1814–1873), Cuban novelist, playwright and poet
  • Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848), American poet, member of Transcendental Club
  • Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910), American abolitionist, social activist, and poet, author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
  • Jane Hughes (poet) (1811–1880), Welsh religious poet
  • Dada Masiti (c. 1810s – 1919), Somalian poet and scholar
  • Mary Rootes Thornton McAboy (1815–1892), American poet
  • Charlotta Öberg (Lotta Öberg, 1818–1856), Swedish poet
  • Táhirih (1814 or 1817–1852), Iranian poet and theologian
  • Narcyza Żmichowska (1818–1876), Polish novelist and poet

1820s[]

In alphabetical order:
  • Louise Esther Vickroy Boyd (1827–1909), American poet[2]
  • Anne Brontë (1820–1849), English novelist and poet, youngest of three Brontë writers
  • Alice Cary (1820–1871), American poet, sister of Phoebe Cary
  • Anna Olcott Commelin (1841–1924), American writer and poet
  • Julia Pleasants Creswell (1827–1886), American poet, novelist
  • Anne Evans (1820–1870), English poet and composer
  • Teréz Ferenczy (1823–1853), Hungarian poet
  • Dora Greenwell (1821–1882), English poet
  • Frances Harper (1825–1911), American poet and novelist
  • Maria Ilnicka (1825 or 1827–1897), Polish poet, novelist and translator
  • Jean Ingelow (1820–1897), English poet and novelist
  • Annie Keary (1825–1879), English novelist and poet
  • Lucy Larcom (1824–1893), American mill girl, contributor to Lowell Offering, publishing four books of poetry
  • Maria White Lowell (1821–1853), American poet and abolitionist
  • Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1828–1878), Serbian poet
  • Emma Tatham (1829–1855), English poet widely admired in her century
  • Kutty Kunju Thankachi (1820–1904), Indian poet, writer and composer
  • Charlotte Maria Tucker (1821–1893), English poet and writer
  • Mary Ware (writer) (1828–1915), American poet, prose writer
  • Jane Wilde (1821–1896), Irish poet and nationalist

1830s[]

In alphabetical order:
  • Brígida Agüero (1837–1866), Cuban poet
  • Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), American novelist, playwright and poet
  • Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911), American poet and journalist
  • Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893), American poet
  • Marcelina Almeida (c. 1830–1880), Argentine-born Uruguayan writer, novelist and poet
  • Addie L. Ballou (1837–1916), American poet and suffragist
  • Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885), Spanish and Galician Romantic writer and poet
  • Úrsula Céspedes (1832–1874), Cuban poet
  • Amelia Denis de Icaza (1836–1911), Panamanian poet
  • Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), American poet
  • Amélie Gex (1835–1883), French poet and writer in French and Franco-Provençal
  • Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914), African American abolitionist, poet and educator
  • Bertha Jane Grundy (1837–1912), English poet and novelist
  • Grace Hibbard (c. 1835–1911), American author, poet
  • Amanda Jones (1835–1914), American poet, inventor and spiritualist
  • Atala Kisfaludy (1836–1911), Hungarian poet and writer
  • Julia Pérez Montes de Oca (1839–1875), Cuban poet
  • Carlotta Perry (1839/1848–1914), American writer and poet
  • Sarah Jane Rees (1839–1916), Welsh poet
  • Christina Rossetti (1830–1894), English poet writing romantic, devotional and children's poems
  • Virginie Sampeur (1939–1919), Haitian educator and poet
  • Staka Skenderova (1831–1891), Bosnian poet, teacher and social worker
  • Jeanie Oliver Davidson Smith (1836–1925), American poet and romance writer
  • Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921), American mystery novelist, poet and short story writer
  • Celia Thaxter (1835–1894), American writer of poetry and stories
  • Jeneverah M. Winton (1837–1904), American poet and author

1840s[]

In alphabetical order:
  • Mathilde Blind (1841–1896), German-born English poet
  • Maria Alinda Bonacci Brunamonti (1841–1903), Italian poet and scholar
  • Ina Coolbrith (born Josephine Anna Smith) (1841–1928), first American poet laureate and first public librarian of California
  • Myra Douglas (1844 – unknown death date), American writer, poet
  • Sarah Doudney (1841–1926), English poet, hymnist and fiction writer
  • Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910), Polish novelist, poet, translator and essayist
  • Emily Lawless (1845–1913), Irish novelist and poet
  • Louisa Lawson (1848–1920), Australian poet, writer and feminist
  • Emma Lazarus (1849–1887), American poet best known for "The New Colossus" (inscribed on Statue of Liberty)
  • Manuela Antonia Márquez García-Saavedra (1844–1890), Peruvian writer, poet, composer, pianist
  • Ellen Oliver Van Fleet (1842–1893), American poet and hymnwriter
  • Adelaide Cilley Waldron (1843–1909), American author, editor, clubwoman
  • Sarah Stokes Walton (1844–1899), American poet and artist

1850s[]

In alphabetical order:
  • Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929), American songwriter
  • Marion Babcock Baxter (1850–1910), American poet, lecturer and financial agent
  • Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927), American poet
  • Alice Rollit Coe (1858–1940), Canadian-American author
  • Helen Gray Cone (1859–1934), American poet and professor of English literature
  • Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850–1887), Canadian poet
  • Miriam Del Banco (1858–1931), American poet
  • Veronica Micle (1850–1889), Romanian poet and writer
  • Constance Naden (1858–1889), English poet and philosopher
  • Charlotte Niese (1854–1935), German writer and poet
  • Salomé Ureña de Henríquez (1850–1897), Dominican Republic poet and pioneer of women's education
  • Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919), American author and poet

1860s[]

In alphabetical order
  • Brígida Agüero (1837–1866), Cuban poet
  • Marion Angus (1865–1946), Scottish poet writing in Scots and standard English
  • Mae Bramhall (c. 1861–1897), American actress, writer
  • Olivia Ward Bush (1869–1944), American author, poet and journalist
  • Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907), English novelist, poet, essayist and critic
  • Marguerite Coppin (1867–1931), Poet Laureate of Belgium
  • Jelena Dimitrijević (1862–1945), Serbian poet, fiction writer and polyglot
  • Alice May Douglas (1865–1943), American poet and children's writer
  • Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946), Australian feminist poet, fiction writer and journalist
  • Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935), American sociologist, author, poet and lecturer for social reform
  • Mary Gilmore (1865–1962), Australian socialist poet and journalist
  • Zinaida Gippius (1869–1945), Russian/Italian poet, novelist and dramatist
  • Anna Haava (1864–1957), Estonian poet
  • Alice Harriman (1861–1925), American poet, author and publisher
  • Josephine D. Heard (1861 – c. 1921), American teacher, poet
  • Ricarda Huch (1864–1947), German historian, novelist and poet
  • Violet Jacob (1863–1946), Scottish poet writing in Scots
  • E. Pauline Johnson (1861–1913), Canadian poet
  • Magdalene Isadora La Grange (1864–1935), American poet
  • Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945), German poet and playwright
  • Mirra Lokhvitskaya (1869–1905), Russian poet
  • Clementina Laura Majocchi (1866–1945), Italian poet and writer
  • Charlotte Mew (1869–1928), English poet
  • Harriet Monroe (1860–1936), American poet, critic and arts patron
  • Yogmaya Neupane (1867–1941), Nepalese poet and religious leader
  • Violet Nicholson (Laurence Hope, 1865–1904), English poet
  • Ethel Rolt-Wheeler (1869–1958), English poet, author and journalist
  • May Sinclair (1862–1946), English fiction writer and poet
  • Fruzina Szalay (1864–1926), Hungarian poet and translator
  • Violet Tweedale (1862–1936), Scottish writer and poet

1870s[]

In alphabetical order:
  • Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), American poet, novelist and short story writer
  • Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1874–1945), French poet, novelist and journalist
  • Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875–1935), American poet, journalist and political activist
  • Nicole Garay (1873–1928), Panamanian poet
  • Georgia Douglas Johnson (1877–1966), American poet
  • Gertrud von Le Fort (1876–1971), German novelist, poet and essayist
  • Amy Lowell (1874–1925), American poet of Imagist school, posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner in 1926
  • Agnes Miegel (1879–1964), German journalist, writer and poet
  • Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942), American poet, novelist and screenplay writer
  • L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942), Canadian poet and children's author
  • Sarojini Naidu (Nightingale of India, 1879–1949), child prodigy, Indian independence activist and poet
  • Qiu Jin (1875–1907), Chinese revolutionary, feminist and writer.
  • Dorothy Richardson (1873–1957), English fiction writer, poet and essayist
  • Lola Ridge (1873–1941), American anarchist poet and editor of avant-garde, feminist and Marxist publications
  • Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958), American novelist, playwright, and poet
  • Nina Salaman (1877–1925), English poet and translator
  • Leonora Speyer (1872–1956), American poet and violinist
  • Ilse von Stach (1879–1941), German playwright, novelist and poet
  • Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), American writer, poet and art collector spending most of her life in France
  • Lesya Ukrainka (1871–1913), Ukrainian poet
  • Renée Vivien (1877–1909), French poet
  • Florence Mary Wilson (c. 1870–1946), Northern Irish poet
  • Maryla Wolska (1873–1930), Polish poet
  • Yosano Akiko (與謝野晶子, 1878–1942), Japanese poet and feminist
  • Kazimiera Zawistowska (1870–1902), Polish poet and translator

1880s[]

In alphabetical order:
  • Delmira Agustini (1886–1914), Uruguayan poet
  • Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966), Russian and Soviet modernist poet
  • Ethel Anderson (1883–1958), Australian poet, essayist, novelist and painter
  • Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker (1888–1942), French Algerian poet and playwright
  • Grace Stone Coates (1881–1976), American poet and fiction writer
  • Frances Cornford (1886–1960), English poet
  • Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975), Scottish poet writing in Braid Scots and English
  • Cherubina de Gabriak (Elisaveta Ivanovna Dmitrieva, 1887–1928), Russian poet
  • H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961), American poet, novelist and memoirist, known for Imagist poetry
  • Elizabeth Daryush (1887–1977), English poet
  • Enid Derham (1882–1941), Australian poet
  • Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965), English poet and children's writer
  • Jesse Redmon Fauset (1882–1961), American poet, essayist and novelist
  • Else Feldmann (1884–1942), Austrian playwright, poet and novelist
  • Ethel Romig Fuller (1883–1965), American poet and Oregon's third Poet Laureate
  • Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1958), Mixed American journalist, teacher, playwright and poet
  • Emmy Hennings (1885–1948), German poet and performer
  • Juana Teresa Juega López (1885–1979), Galician-language Spanish poet
  • Margit Kaffka (1880–1918), Hungarian poet and writer
  • Mina Loy (1882–1966), Anglo-American artist, poet, playwright and novelist
  • Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988), English poet and author best known for a series of children's books
  • Anna Margolin (1887–1952), Russian-American Yiddish-language poet
  • Gabriela Mistral (Lucila Godoy Alcayaga) (1889–1957), Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist, first Latin American to win Nobel Prize in Literature
  • Marianne Moore (1887–1972), American Modernist poet and writer
  • Nettie Palmer (1885–1964), Australian poet, essayist and literary critic
  • Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960), English suffragist, and poet, wrote Writ on Cold Slate (1922) on prison experiences
  • Sophia Parnok (1885–1933), Russian Silver Age poet
  • Paula von Preradović (1887–1951), Austrian story writer and poet
  • Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1959), Irish poet, dramatist, actor and salonnière
  • Fredegond Shove (1889–1949), English poet
  • Edith Sitwell (1887–1964), English poet and critic, eldest of three literary Sitwells
  • Anne Spencer (1882–1975), American poet
  • Sara Teasdale (1884–1933), American lyrical poet
  • Regina Ullmann (1884–1961), Swiss poet writing in German
  • Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (1889–1956), English poet
  • Anna Wickham, born Edith Alice Mary Harper (1884–1947), English poet with Australian connections
  • Elinor Wylie (1885–1928), American poet and novelist

1890s[]

In alphabetical order:
  • Léonie Adams (1899–1988), American poet, seventh United States Poet Laureate
  • Elisaveta Bagryana (1893–1991), Bulgarian poet known as a mother of Bulgarian literature
  • Grace Shattuck Bail (1898–1996), American poet and composer
  • Djuna Barnes (1892–1982), American modernist lesbian writer
  • Ameena Begum (1892–1949), Indian/French poet
  • Louise Bogan (1897–1970), American poet; fourth US Poet Laureate
  • Marianne Bruns (1897–1994), German poet and novelist
  • Bryher, (Annie Winifred Ellerman, 1894–1983), English novelist, poet, memoirist, and magazine editor
  • Lydia Cabrera (1899–1991), Cuban poet and anthropologist
  • May Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973), English poet
  • Amy Key Clarke (1892–1980), English mystical poet, author and teacher
  • Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972), New Zealand-born Australian poet and novelist
  • Babette Deutsch (1895–1982), American poet, critic, translator, and novelist
  • Florbela Espanca (1894–1930), Portuguese poet
  • Claire Goll (1890–1977), German-born poet and novelist writing in German and French
  • Dharmachari Guruma (1898–1978), Nepalese hymnist and Buddhist nun
  • Gelanesh Haddis (1896–1986), Ethiopian poet and church scholar
  • Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896–1983), American poet, writer; South Carolina Poet Laureate 1974–1983
  • Gertrud Kolmar (1894–1943), German poet
  • Elisabeth Langgässer (1899–1950), German poet and novelist
  • Claudia Lars (1899–1974), Salvadoran poet
  • Muna Lee (1895–1965), American poet and translator
  • Edith Gyömrői Ludowyk (1896–1987), Hungarian/Sri Lankan poet and psychotherapist
  • Desanka Maksimović (1898–1993), Serbian poet, writer and translator
  • Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950), American lyrical poet, playwright and feminist
  • Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999), Scottish novelist and poet
  • Helene Mullins (1899–1991), American poet and novelist
  • María Olimpia de Obaldía (1891–1985), Panamanian poet
  • Mary Devenport O'Neill (1898–1957), Irish poet and dramatist
  • Dorothy Parker (1893–1967), American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
  • Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945), Polish poet
  • Ruth Pitter (1897–1992), English poet, first woman to receive Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, in 1955
  • Esther Raab (1894–1981), Palestinian/Israeli poet and prose writer
  • Elsa Rautee (1897–1987), Finnish poet
  • Nelly Sachs (1891–1970), Jewish German poet and playwright
  • Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962), English writer, poet and gardener
  • Nafija Sarajlić (1893–1970), Bosnian poet and prose writer
  • Nan Shepherd (1893–1981), Scottish novelist and poet
  • Maria Shkapskaya (1891–1952), Soviet poet and journalist
  • Edith Södergran (1892–1923), Swedish-speaking Finnish poet, early Swedish language modernist
  • Jela Spiridonović-Savić (1890–1974), Serbian/Yugoslav poet
  • Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938), Argentine poet of the modernist period
  • Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968), Soviet Russian poet, playwright, translator and children's author
  • Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941), Russian and Soviet poet
  • Erzsi Újvári (1899–1940), Hungarian poet
  • Alice Lardé de Venturino (1895–1983), Salvador poet and writer
  • Charlotte Wilder (1898–1980), American poet

1900s[]

In alphabetical order:

  • Helen Adam (1909–1993), Scottish poet, collagist and photographer
  • Mririda n'Ait Attik (c. 1900 – c. 1940s), Moroccan poet
  • Rose Ausländer (1901–1988), Bucovina-born poet writing in German and English
  • Ángela Figuera Aymerich (1902–1984), Basque and Spanish poet and writer
  • Anna Barkova (1901–1976), Soviet poet, playwright, essayist and fiction writer
  • Mary Barnard (1909–2001), American poet, biographer and Greek-to-English translator
  • Joan Barton (1908–1986), English poet and bookseller
  • Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981), African American writer
  • Karin Boye (1900–1941), Swedish poet and novelist
  • Dilys Cadwaladr (1902–1979), Welsh-language poet and fiction writer
  • Gladys Casely-Hayford (1904–1950), Sierra Leonean poet
  • Anica Černej (1900–1944), Slovenian poet and author
  • Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904–1948), Indian poet writing emotionally charged Hindi songs
  • Ashapoorna Devi (1909–1995), Bengali novelist and poet
  • Hilde Domin (1909–2006), German poet
  • Gamila El Alaily (1907–1991), Egyptian poet and novelist
  • Parvin E'tesami (1907–1941), Persian poet of Iran
  • Margiad Evans (1909–1958), English poet, novelist and illustrator
  • Madeline Gleason (1903–1979), American poet and dramatist
  • Rumer Godden (1907–1998), English poet, novelist and children's writer
  • Phoebe Hesketh (1909–2005), English poet
  • Ofelia Hooper (1900–1981), Panamanian poet and sociologist
  • Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981), Australian author and poet
  • Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003), American poet, fiction writer and critic; 21st US Poet Laureate
  • Helene Johnson (1906–1995), American poet
  • Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974), German novelist and poet
  • Halina Konopacka (1900–1989), Polish writer, poet and athlete
  • Ruth Krauss (1901–1993), American poet and children's writer
  • Lin Huiyin (1904–1955), Chinese architect and writer
  • Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001), American poet, author and aviator
  • Dorothy Livesay (1909–1996), Canadian poet
  • Dulce María Loynaz (1902–1997), Cuban poet and novelist
  • Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978), American author of children's books and poetry
  • Cecília Meireles (1901–1964), Brazilian writer and educator
  • Ruth Moore (1903–1989), American fiction writer and poet
  • Salomėja Nėris (1904–1945), Lithuanian poet and political commentator
  • Adalgisa Nery (1905–1980), Brazilian poet, novelist, journalist and politician
  • Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970), American poet; only woman associated with Objectivist poets
  • Silvina Ocampo (1903–1994), Argentine poet and short story writer
  • Mary Oppen (1908–1990), American activist, artist, photographer, poet and writer
  • Josefina Pla (1903–1999), Spanish poet, playwright, art critic and painter
  • Margaret Steuart Pollard (1904–1996), English scholar and poet in the Cornish language
  • Pavla Rovan (1908–1999) Slovenian poet and writer
  • Kathleen Raine (1908–2003), English poet, critic and scholar
  • Laura Riding (1901–1991), American poet, critic, fiction writer and essayist
  • Ana María Martínez Sagi (1907–2000), Spanish (Catalan) poet and athlete
  • Oda Schaefer (1900–1988), German poet and journalist
  • Lilian Serpas (1905–1985), Salvador poet
  • Stevie Smith (1902–1971), English poet and novelist
  • Anna Świrszczyńska (1909–1984), Polish poet
  • Olena Teliha (1906–1942), Ukrainian poet
  • Rosemary Thomas (1901–1961), American poet and teacher
  • Moti Laxmi Upasika (1909–1997), Nepalese poet and fiction writer
  • Katri Vala (1901–1944), Finnish poet
  • Mahadevi Varma (1906–1987), Hindi poet, freedom fighter, woman's activist and educationist
  • Louise Leveque de Vilmorin (1902–1969), French novelist, poet, and journalist
  • Viola S. Wendt (1907–1986), American poet and educator
  • Marguerite Young (1908–1995), American poet and novelist
  • Marya Zaturenska (1902–1982), American poet; won 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

1910s[]

In alphabetical order:

  • Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913–2004), American poet
  • Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004), Portuguese poet and writer
  • Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991), English-born Australian academic, literary critic and poet
  • Margaret Avison (1918–2007), Canadian poet, editor and speaker
  • Louise Bennett (1919–2006), Jamaican poet, folklorist and educator
  • Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979), American poet and short-story writer
  • Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000), African-American poet; 30th US Poet Laureate
  • Helle Busacca (1915–1996), Sicilian Italian poet, writer and painter
  • Christine Busta (1915–1987), Austrian poet
  • Matilde Camus (1919–2012), Spanish poet and writer
  • Joy Davidman (1915–1960), American writer and poet, wife of C. S. Lewis
  • Madeline DeFrees (1919–2015), American poet
  • Elvira Farreras i Valentí (1913–2005), Spanish (Catalan) poet and essayist
  • Joan Adeney Easdale (1913–1998), English poet
  • Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000), Booker Prize-winning English novelist, poet, essayist and biographer
  • Maria Assumpció Soler i Font (1913–2004), Spanish (Catalan) poet and writer
  • Grace Beacham Freeman (1916–2002), American poet, columnist, short story writer, and South Carolina Poet Laureate 1985–1986
  • Jean Garrigue (1912–1972), American poet
  • Zuzanna Ginczanka (1917–1945), Polish poet and Holocaust victim
  • Virginia Graham (1910–1993), English poet and humorist
  • Anne Hébert (1916–2000), Canadian author and poet
  • Esmé Hooton (1914–1992), English poet
  • Christine Lavant (1915–1973), Austrian poet and novelist
  • Matilde Elena López (1919–2010), Salvadorean poet, essayist and playwright
  • Kersti Merilaas (1913–1986), Estonian poet and translator
  • Josephine Miles (1911–1985), American poet and literary critic
  • Hilda Mundy (1912–1980), Bolivian writer, poet, journalist
  • Amrita Pritam (1919–2005), Indian (Punjabi) poet, novelist and essayist
  • Anne Ridler (1912–2001), English poet and playwright
  • Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980), American poet and political activist
  • Helena Sanders (1911–1997), Cornish poet, humanitarian, cultural activist and politician
  • May Sarton (1912–1995), Belgian American poet, novelist, and memoirist
  • Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout (1910–1992), Suriname poet and community leader
  • Stella Sierra (1917–1997), Panamanian poet and prose writer
  • Ann Stanford (1916–1987), American poet
  • Ruth Stone (1915–2011), American poet, author and teacher
  • May Swenson (1913–1989), American poet and playwright
  • Magda Szabó (1917–2007), Hungarian novelist, poet and playwright
  • Maria Luise Thurmair (1912–2005), Austrian/German hymnist and writer
  • Joan Ure (1918–1978), Scottish poet and playwright
  • Margaret Walker (1915–1998), American poet and novelist
  • Judith Wright (1915–2000), Australian poet, environmentalist and campaigner for Aboriginal land rights
  • Audrey Wurdemann (1911–1960), American poet, winner of 1935 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
  • Yana Yazova (1912–1974) is a Bulgarian poet, writer and historian. Her real name is Ljuba Gantcheva.
  • Unica Zürn (1916–1970), German poet and painter

1920s[]

In alphabetical order:

  • Claribel Alegría (1924–2018), Nicaraguan poet, essayist, novelist and journalist
  • Nazik Al-Malaika (1923–2007), Iraqi poet
  • Maqbula al-Shalak (1921–1986), Syrian poet, children's writer and activist
  • Thea Astley (1925–2004), Australian fiction writer and poet
  • Ruth Bidgood (born 1922), Welsh poet and local historian
  • Erika Burkart (1922–2010), Swiss poet and writer in German
  • Juanita Casey (1925–2012), English Gypsy poet, novelist and horse breeder
  • Rosario Castellanos (1925–1974), Mexican poet and author
  • Paulette Cherici-Porello (1924–2018), Monegasque poet and writer
  • Amy Clampitt (1920–1994), American poet and author
  • Blaga Dimitrova (1922–2003), Bulgarian poet and Vice President of Bulgaria
  • Rosemary Dobson (1920–2012), Australian poet, illustrator, editor and anthologist
  • Fangge Dupan (杜潘芳格, 1927–2016), Taiwanese poet
  • Mona Jane Van Duyn (1921–2004), American poet and US Poet Laureate
  • Annette Mbaye d'Erneville (born 1926), Senegalese poet and writer
  • Mari Evans (1923–2017), American poet
  • Aminath Faiza (1924–2011), Maldive poet and author
  • U. A. Fanthorpe (1929–2009), English poet
  • Janet Frame (1924–2004), New Zealand poet and fiction writer
  • FrancEyE (1922–2007), American poet, born Frances Dean Smith
  • Olga Gonçalves (1929–2004), Portuguese poet and novelist
  • Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo (1926–2010), São Tomé e Príncipe poet
  • Barbara Guest (1920–2006), American poet and author
  • Julia Hartwig (1921–2017), Polish poet and translator
  • Gwen Harwood (1920–1995), Australian poet and librettist
  • Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002), Australian feminist poet, novelist, librettist and playwright
  • Constance Hunting (1925–2006), American poet and publisher
  • Ada Jafri (1924–2015), Indian/Pakistani poet and writer
  • Elizabeth Jennings (1926–2001), English poet
  • Hawa Jibril (1920–2011), Somali poet
  • Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986), Polish poet, writer and translator
  • Shirley Kaufman (1923–2016), American/Israeli poet and translator
  • Eila Kivikk'aho (1921–2004), Finnish poet
  • Carolyn Kizer (1925–2014), Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet; noted for feminist poetry
  • Maxine Kumin (1925–2014), American poet and author; 26th US Poet Laureate
  • Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018), American poet and author
  • Denise Levertov (1923–1997), English-born American poet
  • Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (1928–2015), English/Kenyan poet and fiction writer
  • Malkat Ed-Dar Mohamed (1920–1969), Sudanese poet, novelist and composer
  • Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921–1995), Finnish poet, playwright and translator
  • Joyce Mansour (1928–1986), Egyptian/French poet
  • Manuela Margarido (1925–2007), São Tomé and Príncipe poet and diplomat
  • Ludmiła Marjańska (1923–2005), Polish poet and translator
  • Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924–1942), Romanian-born German poet
  • Máire Mhac an tSaoi (1922–2021), Irish language scholar, poet, writer and academic
  • Lisel Mueller (1924–2020), German-born American poet
  • Inge Müller (1925–1966), German poet
  • Ágnes Nemes Nagy (1922–1991), Hungarian poet, writer and translator
  • Oodgeroo Noonuccal (a.k.a. Kath Walker, 1920–1993), Australian poet, political activist and artist
  • Grace Paley (1922–2007), American-Jewish fiction writer, poet, and political activist
  • Vesna Parun (1922–2010), Croatian poet
  • Marie Ponsot (1921–2019), American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator
  • Luz Pozo Garza (1922–2020), Spanish poet
  • Adrienne Rich (1929–2012), American poet, essayist and feminist
  • Dora Isella Russell (1925–1990), Uruguayan poet, journalist
  • Anne Sexton (1928–1974), American poet, known for highly personal, confessional verse
  • Bessie Skea (1923–1996), Scottish poet from Orkney
  • Noémia de Sousa (1926–2002), Mozambique poet
  • Julie Suk (born 1924), American poet
  • Efua Sutherland (1924–1996), Ghanaian playwright, children's author, poet and dramatist
  • Wislawa Szymborska (1923–2012), Polish poet, essayist and translator; won 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature
  • Mona Van Duyn (1921–2004), American poet; 36th US Poet Laureate
  • Phyllis Webb (1927–2021), Canadian poet and radio broadcaster
  • Hannah Weiner (1928–1997), American poet; often grouped with the Language poets
  • Christa Wolf (1929–2011), German poet, critic and novelist
  • Mitsuye Yamada (born 1923), Japanese American activist, essayist, poet, story writer and editor
  • Chia-ying Yeh (born 1924), Chinese-Canadian poet

1930s[]

In alphabetical order:

  • Fleur Adcock (born 1934), poet and editor of English and Northern Irish ancestry
  • Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010), Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator
  • Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012), French poet and translator
  • Bisera Alikadić (born 1939), Bosnian poet and author
  • Klairi Angelidou (1932–2021), Cypriot poet, translator and philologist
  • Margaret Atwood (born 1939), Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist and environmental activist
  • A. S. Byatt (born 1936), English novelist and poet
  • Neriman Cahit (born 1937), Turkish Cypriot poet, author and prominent women's rights advocate
  • Diana Chang (1934–2009), Chinese American novelist and poet
  • Hélène Cixous (born 1937), Algerian-born French poet, playwright and philosopher
  • Gillian Clarke (born 1937), Welsh poet, playwright, editor, broadcaster, lecturer and translator
  • Lucille Clifton (1936–2010), American writer and educator
  • Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (born 1930), Crow Creek Lakota Sioux editor, essayist, poet, novelist, and academic
  • Jayne Cortez (1936–2012), American poet and performance artist
  • Kamala Das (1934–2009), Indian English poet and littérateur
  • Olga Xirinacs Díaz (born 1936), writer and piano teacher
  • Zuhur Dixon (1933–2021), Iraqi poet
  • Leila Djabali (born 1933), Algerian poet and intellectual
  • Muzi Epifani (1935–1984), Italian novelist and poet
  • Ruth Fainlight (born 1931), US-born English poet, short story writer, translator and librettist
  • Forough Farrokhzad (1935–1967), Iranian poet and film director
  • Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019), English poet, novelist and biographer
  • Ágnes Gergely (born 1933), Hungarian poet, essayist and translator
  • Ellen Gilchrist (born 1935), American novelist, short story writer and poet
  • Halima Godane (1935–1994), Somali poet and activist
  • Patricia Goedicke (1931–2006), American poet
  • Georgina Herrera (born 1936), Cuban poet
  • Hilda Hilst (1930–2004), Brazilian poet, playwright and novelist
  • Barbara Holland (1933–2010), American children's writer, poet and memoirist
  • Susan Howe (born 1937), American poet, scholar, essayist and critic; closely associated with Language poets
  • Raquel Ilombé (1938–1992), Equatorial Guinean poet and author
  • Nora Iuga (born 1931), Romanian poet, writer and translator
  • Patricia Janus (1932–2006), American poet, artist and educator
  • Rita Joe (1932–2007), Canadian poet
  • Anna Jókai (1932–2017), Hungarian poet, author and teacher
  • Ingrid Jonker (1933–1965), South African poet
  • June Jordan (1936–2002), American poet, essayist, journalist, novelist, librettist and autobiographer
  • Jenny Joseph (1932–2018), English poet
  • Antigone Kefala (born 1935), Australian poet and prose-writer of Greek-Romanian heritage
  • Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937), Lebanese-French writer, former Miss Beirut
  • Sarah Kirsch (1935–2013), German poet and translator
  • Sarah Klassen (born 1932), Canadian poet and fiction writer
  • Gwendoline Konie (1938–2009), Zambian poet, diplomat and politician
  • Lina Kostenko (born 1930), Ukrainian poet
  • Urszula Kozioł (born 1931), Polish poet
  • Momoko Kuroda (黒田杏子, born 1938), Japanese haiku poet and essayist
  • Joanne Kyger (1934–2017), American poet tied to Black Mountain, San Francisco Renaissance and Beat generation
  • Alda Lara (1930–1962), Angolan poet
  • Audre Lorde (1934–1992), Caribbean-American writer, poet and activist
  • Zina Mahjoub (1933–1957), Sudanese poet and song-writer
  • Ana María Llona Málaga (born 1936), Peruvian poet
  • Alda Merini (1931–2009), Italian writer and poet
  • Martha Nasibù (1931–2020), Ethiopian/French poet, writer and artist
  • Barbara Moraff (born 1939), American poet of the Beat generation
  • Olga Nolla (1938–2001), Puerto Rican poet, writer and professor
  • Helga M. Novak (1935–2013), German poet and political writer
  • Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938), American author
  • Mary Oliver (1935–2019), American poet
  • Agnieszka Osiecka (1936–1997), Polish poet and screenplay writer
  • Alicia Ostriker (born 1937), American poet and scholar writing Jewish feminist poetry
  • Amelia Blossom Pegram (born 1935 or 1938), South African poet
  • Marge Piercy (born 1936), American poet, novelist and social activist
  • Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972), Argentine poet
  • Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), American poet and fiction writer
  • Diane Di Prima (1934–2020), American poet
  • Halina Poświatowska (1935–1967), Polish poet
  • Diane di Prima (1934–2020), American poet
  • Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936–2005), Israeli poet, translator and peace activist
  • Mirkka Rekola (1931–2014), Finnish poet
  • Adrienne Rich (1929–2012), American poet and writer
  • Sonia Sanchez (born 1934), African American poet
  • Pat Schneider (1934–2020), American writer, poet and editor
  • Nina Serrano (born 1934), American poet, writer, storyteller and media producer
  • Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939–2000), American poet and fiction writer, South Carolina Poet Laureate, 1986–2000
  • Fatou Ndiaye Sow (1937–2004), Senegalese poet, children's writer and teacher
  • Donna J. Stone (1933–1994), American poet and philanthropist
  • Karen Swenson (born 1936), American poet and journalist
  • Elaine Terranova (born 1939), American poet
  • Laura Ulewicz (1930–2007), American poet
  • Lobat Vala (born 1930), Iranian poet and campaigner
  • Jean Valentine (1934–2020), American poet; New York State Poet Laureate
  • Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir (born 1930), Icelandic poet
  • Diane Wakoski (born 1937), American poet
  • Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935), American poet, translator and publisher
  • Eleanor Wilner (born 1937), American poet and editor
  • Dede Wilson (born 1937), American poet
  • Nellie Wong (born 1934), Chinese-American feminist poet
  • Shaïda Zarumey (born 1938), Niger poet and sociologist
  • Fay Zwicky (1933–2017), Australian poet, short-story writer, critic and academic

1940s[]

In alphabetical order:

  • Kathy Acker (1947–1997), American experimental novelist, punk poet, playwright, postmodernist and sex-positive feminist writer
  • Diane Ackerman (born 1948), American essayist and naturalist
  • Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1940), Ghanaian poet, novelist, playwright and short-story writer
  • Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942–2004), American author, poet and activist
  • Rae Armantrout (born 1947), American writer, Language poet and professor
  • Akram Monfared Arya (born 1946), Iranian/Swedish writer, politician and aircraft pilot
  • Pam Ayres (born 1947), English poet, songwriter and radio/TV presenter
  • Mary Jo Bang (born 1946), American poet
  • Miryana Ivanova Basheva (born 1947), Bulgarian poet
  • Olinda Beja (born 1946), São Tomé and Príncipe poet, writer and narrator
  • Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (born 1947), Chinese American poet associated with Language poetry, the New York School (art), phenomenology, and visual art
  • Linda Bierds (born 1945), American poet and professor
  • Eavan Boland (1944–2020), Irish poet
  • Banira Giri (1946–2021), Nepalese poet and author
  • Douangdeuane Bounyavong (born 1947), Laotian poet, novelist and non-fiction writer
  • Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949), American poet; North Carolina Poet Laureate 2010–2012
  • Nicole Brossard (born 1943), French Canadian formalist poet and novelist
  • Olga Broumas (born 1949), Greek poet living in United States
  • Flora Brovina (born 1949), Kosovar poet and politician
  • Andrea Hollander Budy (born 1947), American poet
  • Kathryn Stripling Byer (born 1944), American poet and teacher; North Carolina Poet Laureate 2005–2009
  • Caroline Caddy (born 1944), Australian poet
  • Luzmila Carpio (born 1949), Bolivian song-writer
  • Kelly Cherry (born 1940), American poet and author
  • Chrystos (born 1946), Menominee rights activist and poet
  • Michelle Cliff (1946–2016), Jamaican/American poet and fiction writer
  • Norma Cole (born 1945), American poet, visual artist, and translator
  • Wanda Coleman (1946–2013), American poet
  • Anne Compton (born 1947), Canadian poet, critic, and anthologist
  • Wendy Cope (born 1945), English poet
  • Elsa Cross (born 1946), Mexican poet and essayist
  • Regina Derieva (1949–2013), Russian poet and writer
  • Toi Derricotte (born 1941), American poet and professor
  • Annie Dillard (born 1945), American nonfiction writer, poet, essayist and novelist
  • Berlie Doherty (born 1943), English novelist, poet, playwright, screenwriter and children's writer
  • Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941), American poet, essayist, feminist critic, and scholar
  • Lynn Emanuel (born 1949), American poet
  • Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 1945), American poet
  • Diane Fahey (born 1945), Australian poet
  • Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944), Paraguayan poet and novelist
  • Veronica Forrest-Thomson (born 1947), Scottish poet and theorist
  • Tess Gallagher (born 1943), American poet, essayist, author and playwright
  • Nikki Giovanni (born 1943), African American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator
  • Diane Glancy (born 1941), American poet, novelist and playwright
  • Louise Glück (born 1943), American poet; 42nd US Poet Laureate
  • Lorna Goodison (born 1947), Jamaican poet
  • Hedwig Gorski (born 1949), American performance poet and avant-garde artist
  • Judy Grahn (born 1940), American feminist, lesbian poet
  • Debora Greger (born 1949), American poet and visual artist
  • Linda Gregg (born 1942), American poet
  • Susan Griffin (born 1943), American poet, playwright and philosopher
  • M. A. Griffiths (1947–2009), English poet
  • Marilyn Hacker (born 1942), American poet, translator and critic
  • Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949), Filipino American poet, playwright and novelist
  • Eloise Klein Healy (born 1943), American poet, first Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, professor at Antioch University
  • Lyn Hejinian (born 1941), American poet, essayist, translator and publisher
  • Lin Van Hek (born 1944), Australian poet and novelist
  • Guðrið Helmsdal (born 1941), Faroese poet
  • Linda Hogan (born 1947), American poet and fiction writer
  • Libby Houston (born 1941), English poet, botanist, and rock climber
  • Fanny Howe (born 1940), American poet and fiction writer
  • Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir (1942–2016), Icelandic poet
  • Erica Jong (born 1942), American author and teacher
  • Jane Kenyon (1947–1995), American poet and translator
  • Mimi Khalvati (born 1944), Iranian-born English poet
  • Hamda Khamis (born 1945), Bahrain poet and columnist
  • Karin Kiwus (born 1942), German poet
  • Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (born 1946), American poet; Poet Laureate of Virginia
  • Ann Lauterbach (born 1942), American poet, essayist and professor
  • Tanith Lee (1947–2015), English novelist, poet and screenwriter
  • Lalitha Lenin (born 1946), Indian poet in Malayalam
  • Catherine Lim (林宝音, born 1942), Singapore poet and fiction writer
  • Ewa Lipska (born 1945), Polish poet
  • Liz Lochhead (born 1947), Scottish poet and dramatist
  • Christine De Luca (born 1947), Scottish poet and writer
  • Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941–1987), Canadian poet and novelist
  • Mary Mackey (born 1945), American novelist, poet and academic
  • Jennifer Maiden (born 1949), Australian poet
  • Angela Marinescu (born 1941), Romanian poet
  • Daphne Marlatt (born 1942), Canadian poet
  • Bernadette Mayer (born 1945), American poet, writer and visual artist
  • Susan McCaslin (born 1947), Canadian poet
  • Heather McHugh (born 1948), American poet
  • Jane Miller (born 1949), American poet
  • Susan Mitchell (born 1944), American poet, essayist and translator
  • Grace Mera Molisa (1947–2002), ni-Vanuatu politician, poet and campaigner for women's equality
  • Robin Morgan (born 1941), American poet, author and lecturer
  • Micere Githae Mugo (born 1942), Kenyan poet, playwright and professor
  • Joan Murray (born 1945), American poet, writer and playwright
  • Carol Muske-Dukes (born 1945), American poet, novelist, essayist and professor; California Poet Laureate
  • Marilyn Nelson (born 1946), American poet, translator and children's author
  • Kavidi Wivine N'Landu (living), DR Congo poet and politician
  • Alice Notley (born 1945), American poet
  • Clémentine Nzuji (born 1944), Congolese poet and writer
  • Sharon Olds (born 1942), American poet
  • Ljubica Ostojić (1945–2021), Bosnian poet, writer and playwright
  • Ruth Padel (born 1946), English poet and non-fiction author on poetry and nature writing
  • Katha Pollitt (born 1949), American feminist poet, essayist and critic
  • Dina Posada (born 1946), Salvadoran poet
  • Thuraya Qabil (born 1943), Saudi Arabian poet and journalist
  • Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979), Australian poet and playwright
  • Denise Riley (born 1948), English poet and philosopher
  • Althea Romeo-Mark (born 1948), Antigua poet, writer and educator
  • Penelope Rosemont (born 1942), American poet, writer and visual artist
  • Cristina Peri Rossi (born 1941), Uruguayan poet, fiction writer and translator
  • Susanna Roxman (1946–2015), Swedish-born English poet and critic
  • Kay Ryan (born 1945), American poet and educator; 16th US Poet Laureate
  • Olive Senior (born 1941), Jamaican poet, novelist, short story and non-fiction writer
  • Ntozake Shange (1948–2018), American poet and playwright
  • Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948), American poet and fiction writer
  • Marilyn Singer (born 1948), American poet and children's writer
  • Patti Smith (born 1946), American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist
  • Stephanie Strickland (born 1942), American poet and exponent of electronic literature
  • Telcine Turner-Rolle (1944–2012), Bahamas poet, playwright and educator
  • Jane Urquhart (born 1949), Canadian novelist and poet
  • Amy Uyematsu (born 1947), American poet
  • Janine Pommy Vega (1942–2010), American poet associated with Beat generation
  • Judit Vihar (born 1944), Hungarian poet and literary historian
  • Ellen Bryant Voigt (born 1943), American poet and essayist
  • Anne Waldman (born 1945), American poet
  • Alice Walker (born 1944), American author, poet and activist
  • Sherley Anne Williams (1944–1999), American poet, novelist and playwright
  • Connie Willis (born 1945), American poet and short story writer
  • Wong May (born 1944), Singapore/Irish poet
  • Merle Woo (born 1941), Asian American teacher, poet and activist
  • C. D. Wright (born 1949), American poet
  • Halima Xudoyberdiyeva (born 1947), Uzbek poet, People's Poet of Uzbekistan
  • Ekaterina Petrova Yosifova (born 1941), Bulgarian poet, educator and journalist

1950s[]

In alphabetical order:

  • Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (1951–2014), Nigerian poet and researcher
  • Patricia J. Adams (born 1952), Anguillan poet and writer
  • Kim Addonizio (born 1954), American poet and novelist
  • Josephine Balmer (born 1959), English poet, translator and critic
  • Fevziye Rahgozar Barlas (born 1955), Afghan poet and fiction writer
  • Mubarkah Bent al-Barra (born 1957), Mauritanian poet and translator
  • Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959), American poet, journalist and educator
  • Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar (born 1951), Bosnian poet, writer and playwright
  • Marion Bethel (born 1953), Bahamas poet, essayist and attorney
  • Valerie Bloom (born 1956), Jamaican poet and novelist
  • Tanella Boni (born 1954), Côte d'Ivoire poet and novelist
  • Jenny Boult (1951–2005), Australian poet, playwright, and editor
  • Alison Brackenbury (born 1953), English poet
  • Di Brandt (born 1952), Canadian poet and scholar
  • Giannina Braschi (born 1953), Puerto Rican poet and writer
  • Jean "Binta" Breeze (1956–2021), Jamaican dub poet and storyteller
  • Fern G. Z. Carr (born 1956), Canadian poet, translator and lawyer
  • Anne Carson (born 1950), Canadian poet, essayist and translator
  • Ana Castillo (born 1953), Mexican-American fiction writer, poet and essayist
  • Catherine Chandler (born 1950), American/Canadian poet and translator
  • Andrea Cheng (born 1957), American poet and children's writer
  • Marilyn Chin (born 1955), American poet and writer
  • Sandra Cisneros (born 1954), American writer
  • Judith Ortiz Cofer (born 1952), Puerto Rican poet and author
  • Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958), American/Canadian poet
  • Merle Collins (born 1950), Grenadian poet and fiction writer
  • Judy Croome (born 1958), South African poet and novelist
  • Tina Darragh (born 1950), American Language poet
  • Bernadette Sanou Dao (born 1952), Burkina Faso poet, fiction writer and politician
  • Mahadai Das (1954–2003), Guyanese poet and academic
  • Ananda Devi (born 1957), Mauritian poet and fiction writer
  • Imtiaz Dharker (born c. 1954), English poet, artist and film-maker
  • Koumanthio Zeinab Diallo (born 1956), Guinean poet, novelist and playwright
  • Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956), Indian-American poet and fiction writer
  • Rita Dove (born 1952), American poet and essayist
  • Jane Draycott (born 1954), English poet and university teacher
  • Vera Duarte (born 1952), Cape Verdean poet and politician
  • Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955), Scottish poet and playwright; first female Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
  • Marilyn Dumont (born 1955), First Nations Canadian poet
  • Helen Dunmore (1952–2017), English poet, novelist and children's writer
  • Claudia Emerson (born 1957), American poet; won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
  • Louise Erdrich (born 1954), American poet and fiction writer
  • Annie Finch (born 1956), American poet, playwright and performance artist
  • Carolyn Forché (born 1950), American poet, translator and professor
  • Coralie Frei (born 1951), Comoros/Swiss poet and novelist
  • Alice Fulton (born 1952), American author and poet
  • Chitra Gajadin (born 1954), Surinamese/Dutch poet, writer and playwright
  • Amy Gerstler (born 1956), American poet
  • Stanka Gjurić (born 1956), Croatian poet and essayist
  • Jorie Graham (born 1950), American poet
  • Joy Harjo (born 1951), American poet
  • Carla Harryman (born 1952), American poet, essayist, and playwright, associated with Language poets
  • Katherine Hastings (born 1950), American poet
  • Jane Hirshfield (born 1953), American poet, essayist and translator
  • Lynda Hull (1954–1994), American poet
  • Julie Kane (born 1952), American poet, scholar and editor; Louisiana Poet Laureate 2011–2013
  • Mary Karr (born 1955), American poet and essayist
  • Barbara Kingsolver (born 1955), American fiction writer, poet and essayist
  • Katarzyna Krenz (born 1953), Polish writer, poet and painter
  • Antjie Krog (born 1952), South African poet and journalist in Afrikaans
  • Mira Kuś (born 1958), Polish poet and journalist
  • Dorianne Laux (born 1952), American poet
  • Sue Lenier (born 1957), English poet and playwright
  • Krystyna Lenkowska (born 1957), Polish poet and translator
  • Rika Lesser (born 1953), American poet and translator
  • Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), Welsh poet and inaugural National Poet of Wales
  • Corinth Morter Lewis (living), Belize poet and educator
  • Sarah Lindsay (born 1958), American poet
  • Suzanne Lummis (born 1951), American poet and publisher; founder of Los Angeles Poetry Festival
  • Jully Makini (born 1953), Soloman Islands poet, writer and women's rights activist
  • Chris Mansell (born 1953), Australian poet and publisher
  • Lee Maracle (born 1950), Canadian poet, novelist and storyteller
  • Maria Mercè Marçal, (1952–1998) Catalan poet
  • Camille Martin (born 1956), Canadian poet and collage artist
  • Dionyse McTair (born 1950), Trinidadian poet<[3]
  • Grażyna Miller (1957–2009), Polish poet and translator
  • Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956), American poet
  • Cherrie Moraga (born 1952) Chicana poet, playwright, and essayist
  • Aurora Levins Morales (born 1954), Puerto Rican essayist, poet and fiction writer
  • Thylias Moss (born 1954), American poet, children's novelist, and playwright
  • Lale Müldür (born 1956), Turkish poet and writer
  • Harryette Mullen (born 1953), American poet, short story writer and literary scholar
  • Herta Müller (born 1953), Romanian-born German novelist, poet and essayist; Nobel Prize in Literature winner
  • Rosario Murillo (born 1951), Nicaraguan poet
  • Sheila Murphy (born 1951), American poet and visual poet
  • Susan Musgrave (born 1951), Canadian poet and children's writer
  • J. C. Niala (living), Zanzibar/English poet and story-teller
  • Grace Nichols (born 1950), Guyanese poet
  • Elly Niland (born 1954), Guyanese poet, playwright and teacher
  • Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952), American poet, songwriter and novelist
  • Maggie O'Sullivan (born 1951), English poet of Irish descent, performer and visual artist
  • Kathleen Peirce (born 1956), American poet
  • Pascale Petit (born 1953), French-born Welsh poet and artist
  • Chiranan Pitpreecha (born 1955), Thai poet and feminist
  • Judith Pordon (born 1954), American poet and writer
  • Dorothy Porter (1954–2008), Australian poet
  • Karen Press (born 1956), South African English-language poet
  • Viera Prokešová (1957–2008), Slovak poet, writer and translator
  • Zsuzsa Rakovszky (born 1950), Hungarian poet and translator
  • Ágnes Rapai (born 1952), Hungarian poet, writer and translator
  • Irina Ratushinskaya (1954–2017), Soviet/Russian poet and writer
  • Jutta Richter (born 1955), German author of children's and youth literature
  • Barbara Rosiek (1959–2020), Polish poet, writer and psychologist
  • Anne Rouse (born 1954), American-British poet
  • Layla Sarahat Rushani (c. 1952/1954–2004), Afghan poet
  • Gig Ryan (born 1956), Australian poet
  • Odete Semedo (born 1959), Guinea-Bissau poet, writer and educator
  • Gjertrud Schnackenberg (born 1953), American poet
  • Jo Shapcott (born 1953), English poet, editor and lecturer
  • Edi Shukriu (born 1950), Kosovar poet, politician and archaeologist
  • Margaret Smith (born 1958), American poet, musician and artist
  • Cathy Song (born 1955), American poet
  • Susan Stewart (born 1952), American poet, university professor and critic
  • Kebedech Tekleab (born 1958), Ethiopian poet and painter
  • Eleni Theocharous (born 1953), Cypriot poet and politician
  • Angela Topping (born 1954), English poet, literary critic and author
  • Agata Tuszynska (born 1957), Polish writer, poet and journalist
  • Chase Twichell (born 1950), American poet, professor and publisher
  • Ania Walwicz (1951–2020), Australian poet and prose writer and visual artist
  • Connie Wanek (born 1952), American poet
  • Meralda Warren (born 1959), Pitcairn Island artist, poet and author
  • Marjory Heath Wentworth (born 1958), American poet; South Carolina Poet Laureate
  • Sheri-D Wilson (born 1958), Canadian poet, producer and lecturer
  • Grażyna Wojcieszko (born 1957), Polish poet and essayist
  • Neşe Yaşın (born 1959), Turkish Cypriot poet and author
  • Yuan Chiung-chiung (袁瓊瓊, born 1950), Taiwanese poet, fiction writer and television writer

1960s[]

In alphabetical order:

  • Patience Agbabi (born 1965), English poet
  • Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969), American poet
  • Nura al-Badi (born 1969), Omani poet
  • Khadija Besikri (born 1962), Libyan poet, writer and human rights activist
  • Kate Clanchy (born 1965), Scottish poet and writer
  • Julia Copus (born 1969), English poet and children's writer
  • M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963), Australian poet, lawyer and academic
  • Petya Dubarova (born 1962), Bulgarian poet, school student
  • Milena Ercolani (born 1963), San Marino poet and novelist
  • Jacinta Escudos (living), Salvadorian poet and fiction and non-fiction writer
  • Maggie Estep (1963–2014), American poet and writer
  • Magie Faure-Vidot (living), Seychelles poet
  • Sia Figiel (born 1967), Samoan novelist, poet, and painter
  • Kate Gale (born 1965), American poet; founding publisher of Red Hen Press
  • Karina Galvez (born 1964), Ecuadorian poet
  • Lavinia Greenlaw (born 1962), English poet and novelist
  • Mariela Griffor (born 1961), Chilean poet, translator and diplomat
  • Beth Gylys (born 1964), American poet and professor
  • Roya Hakakian (born 1966), Iranian/American poet, writer and journalist
  • Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965), American poet, historian, philosopher and author
  • Ellen Hinsey (born 1960), American poet, translator and scholar
  • Rozalie Hirs (born 1965), Dutch poet and composer
  • Frieda Hughes (born 1960), English poet and painter
  • Helen Ivory (born 1969) English poet, artist, tutor and editor
  • Lisa Jarnot (born 1967), American poet
  • Sandra Pierrette Kanzié (born 1966), Burkina Faso poet
  • Adeena Karasick (born 1965), Canadian poet, essayist and performance artist
  • Julia Kasdorf (born 1962), American poet
  • Laura Kasischke (born 1961), American poet
  • Ruth Ellen Kocher (born 1965), American poet
  • Simona Lazăr (living), Romanian poet and gastronomic writer
  • Danielle Legros Georges (living), Haitian-born American poet, essayist and academic
  • Dana Levin (born 1965), American poet and teacher
  • Conceição Lima (born 1961), São Tomé and Príncipe poet
  • LindaAnn Loschiavo (born c. 1960), American poet
  • Wendy McGrath (born 1960), Canadian poet and novelist
  • Nora Méndez (born 1969), Salvadoran poet
  • Sarah Messer (born 1966), American poet and author
  • Ange Mlinko (born 1969), American poet and literary critic
  • Nora Nadjarian (born 1966), Cypriot poet and fiction writer
  • Taslima Nasrin (born 1962), Bengali doctor, novelist, poet and essayist
  • Juliane Okot Bitek (born 1966), Kenyan-born Ugandan diasporian poet and academic
  • Alice Oswald (born 1966), English poet
  • Vera Pavlova (born 1963), Russian poet
  • Parween Pazhwak (born 1967), Afghan poet, writer and artist
  • Marine Petrossian (born 1960), Armenian poet, essayist and columnist
  • Duanwad Pimwana (born 1969), Thai poet, novelist and journalist
  • Pascale Quao-Gaudens (born 1963), Côte d'Ivoire poet, writer and artist
  • Samina Raja (born 1961), Pakistani poet, writer, translator and broadcaster
  • Claudia Rankine (born 1963), American poet and playwright
  • Lisa Robertson (born 1961), Canadian poet
  • Mamta Sagar (born 1966), Kannada poet and playwright living in Bangalore
  • Maryam Salama (born 1965), Libyan poet and writer
  • Fiona Sampson (born 1968), English/Welsh poet and editor
  • Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960), Sri Lankan-Australian poet and academic
  • Rebecca Seiferle (living), American poet
  • Narmala Shewcharan (living), Guyanese poet, novelist and anthropologist
  • A. E. Stallings (born 1968), American poet and translator
  • Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born 1968), American poet
  • Maud Sulter (1960–2008), British fine artist and poet
  • Krisztina Tóth (born 1967), Hungarian poet, writer and translator
  • Ann Townsend (born 1962) American poet and essayist
  • Elizabeth Treadwell (born 1967), American poet
  • Natasha Trethewey (born 1966), American poet; Mississippi Poet Laureate, won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
  • Reetika Vazirani (1962–2003), Indian/American poet and educator
  • Phillippa Yaa de Villiers (born 1966), South African poet, dramatist and performance artist
  • Rebecca Wee (living), American poet and academic
  • Elizabeth Willis (born 1961), American poet, literary critic and professor
  • Sholeh Wolpé (born 1962), Iranian/American poet, translator and playwright

1970s[]

In alphabetical order:

  • Maryam Jafari Azarmani (born 1977), Iranian poet, essayist, critic and translator
  • Siham Benchekroun (living), Moroccan poet and novelist
  • Jacqueline Bishop (living), Jamaican poet, novelist and visual artist
  • Amba Bongo (living), DR Congo poet and novelist
  • Shannon Bramer (born 1973), Canadian poet
  • Colette Bryce (born 1970), Northern Irish poet
  • Alison Calder (living), Canadian poet and educator
  • Susana Chávez (1974–2011), Mexican poet and human rights activist
  • Grace Chia (living), Singaporean poet, writer and journalist
  • Dan Chiasson (born 1971), American poet, critic and journalist
  • Dani Couture (born 1978), Canadian poet and novelist
  • Jennifer K Dick (born 1970), American poet
  • Lidija Dimkovska (born 1971), Macedonian poet, novelist and translator
  • Adda Djørup (born 1972), Danish poet and fiction writer
  • Chay Douangphouxay (living), American poet of Lao-Khmer extraction
  • Sasha Dugdale (born 1974), English poet, playwright and translator
  • Nurduran Duman (born 1974), Turkish poet, writer, essayist, and translator
  • Camille Dungy (born 1972), American poet and academic
  • Jill Alexander Essbaum (born 1971), American poet and novelist
  • Kate Fox (born 1975), English poet, writer, comedian and academic
  • Marta Repullo i Grau (born 1976), Andorran poet and journalist
  • Jane Griffiths (born 1970), English poet and literary historian
  • Eliza Griswold (born 1973), American journalist and poet
  • Wioletta Grzegorzewska (born 1974), Polish poet and writer
  • Kim Haengsook (born 1970), South Korean poet
  • Sophie Hannah (born 1971), English poet and novelist
  • Ilona Hegedűs (living), Hungarian poet and fiction writer
  • Hissa Hilal (living), Saudi Arabian poet and editor
  • Joan Houlihan (living), American poet
  • Sheema Kalbasi (born 1972), Iranian poet, producer, critic, blogger and human rights advocate
  • Sissal Kampmann (born 1974), Faroese poet
  • Saba Kidane (born 1978), Eritrean poet and journalist
  • Taja Kramberger (born 1970), Slovenian poet, translator and essayist
  • Evelyn Lau (born 1971), Canadian poet and novelist
  • Ágnes Lehóczky (born 1976), Hungarian translator and academic
  • Lili Mendoza (born 1974), Panamanian poet and writer
  • Touhfat Mouhtare (living), Comoros poet and writer
  • Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974), American poet
  • Neelam Karki Niharika (born 1975), Nepalese poet and fiction writer
  • Gayatribala Panda (born 1977), Indian poet, fiction writer and journalist
  • Rochelle Potkar (born 1979), Indian fiction writer and poet
  • Asmaa bint Saqr Al Qasimi (living), United Arab Emirates poet
  • Adele Ramos (living), Belize poet, writer and journalist
  • Angela Rawlings (born 1978), Canadian poet, editor, and interdisciplinary artist
  • Angela Readman (born 1973), English poet
  • Nandini Sahu (born 1973), Indian poet writing in English
  • Ann Sansom (living), English poet and tutor
  • Sally Singhateh (born 1977), Gambian poet and novelist
  • Tracy K. Smith (born 1972), African American poet and educator
  • Geeta Tripathee(born 1972), Nepalese poet and song-writer
  • Julieta Valero (born 1971), Spanish poet
  • Jumoke Verissimo (born 1979), Nigerian poet and writer
  • Emily Warn (living), American poet and essayist
  • Jennifer Wong (born 1978), Chinese poet
  • Yu Xiuhua (余秀华, born 1976), Chinese poet
  • Katarzyna Ewa Zdanowicz-Cyganiak (born 1979), Polish poet and journalist

1980s[]

In alphabetical order:

  • Salma Khalil Alio (born 1982), Chad poet, photographer and graphic artist
  • Nadia Anjuman (1980–2005), Afghanistani poet
  • Süreyya Aylin Antmen (born 1981), Turkish writer, poet and essayist
  • Wani Ardy (born 1984, Malaysia, p/nf)
  • Eileen Barbosa (living), Cape Verdean poet and fiction writer
  • Linda M. Deane (living), English-born writer, poet and editor in Barbados
  • Kristín Eiríksdóttir (born 1981), Icelandic poet
  • Fateme Ekhtesari (born 1986), Iranian poet and midwife
  • Kalilah Enríquez (born 1983), Belize poet and journalist
  • Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner (living), Marshall Islander/American poet and climate-change activist
  • D. L. Lang (born 1983), American poet laureate of Vallejo, California
  • Joanna Lech (born 1984), Polish poet and writer
  • Rossy Evelin Lima (born 1986), Mexican poet and linguist
  • Wendy McGrath (living), Canadian poet and novelist
  • Jennifer Militello (living), American poet and professor
  • Yamilka Noa (born 1980), Cuban/Costa Rican poet and film-maker
  • Vera Polozkova (born 1986), Russian poet, actor and singer
  • Tania De Rozario (born 1982), Singaporean writer and visual artist
  • Maja Solar (born 1980), Serbian poet
  • Margo Taft Stever (living), American poet
  • Azalia Suhaimi (born 1985), Malaysian poet, writer and photographer
  • Véronique Tadjo (born 1985), Côte d'Ivoire poet, novelist and artist
  • Bogi Takács (born 1983), Hungarian poet, writer and translator

1990s[]

In alphabetical order:

  • Star Black (living), American poet, photographer and artist
  • Amata Giramata (born 1996), Rwandan/American poet and community organizer
  • Amanda Gorman (born 1998), American poet
  • Rupi Kaur (born 1992), Indian-born Canadian poet and illustrator
  • Sheila Khala (born 1990 or 1991), Lesotho poet
  • Melissa Lozada-Oliva (born 1992), American poet and educator
  • Emtithal Mahmoud (born 1992 or 1993), Sudanese poet and activist
  • Lenore Montanaro (born 1990), American poet and attorney
  • Aimee Nezhukumatathil (living), American poet and professor
  • Andisha Shahii (born 1991), Kyrgyzstan poet and fiction writer

Current (Date of birth unknown)[]

  • Beda Higgins, Anglo-Irish poet and writer

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Judges, 4.
  2. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Moulton. pp. 111–12.
  3. ^ Benson, Eugene; Conolly, L W (2004). Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. p. 1004. ISBN 1134468482.
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