The following is a list of notable poets of Slovak literature.

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)
• 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

• List of national poetries
• Slovak prose

References