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The following is a list of the most important poets of Slovak literature.

For a list of Slovak authors of prose and drama, please see Slovak prose.

Renaissance (1500–1650)

• Martin Rakovský (1535–1579)
• Ján Silván (1493–1573)
• Pavel Kyrmezer (died 1589)
• Vavrinec Benedikt z Nedožier (Laurentio Benedictino Nudozierino) (1555–1615)
• Ján Filický (c. 1585 – 1623)
• Ján Bocatius (1569–1621)
• Jakub Jakobeus (1591–1645) – born in Bohemia
• Martin Bošňák (died 1566)
• Štefan Komodický (16th century)
• Eliáš Láni (1570–1618)
• Daniel Pribiš (1580–1645)

Baroque (1650–1780)

• Juraj Tranovský or Tranoscius (1592–1637)
• Benedikt Szőllősi (1609–1656)
• Daniel Sinapius-Horčička (1640–1688)
• Jób Trusius (died 1678)
• Ján Sekáč (died 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)
• Ľudmila Podjavorinská (1872–1951)
• Martin Kukučín (1860–1928)
• Janko Jesenský (1874–1945)
• Božena Slančíková-Timrava (1867–1957)
• Jozef Gregor Tajovský (1874–1940)
• Elena Maróthy Šoltésová (1855–1939)
• Terézia Vansová (1857–1942)

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)
• Jozef Kubík (1905–2002)

Surrealism

• Rudolf Fabry (1915–1982)
• Vladimír Reisel (1919–2007)
• Július Lenko (1914–2000)
• Štefan Žáry (1918–2007)
• Ján Brezina (1917–1997)
• Pavel Bunčák (1915–2000)
• Ján Rak (1916–1969)

Catholic Modernism

• Rudolf Dilong (1905–1986)
• Jan Doransky (1911–1973)
• Pavol Gašparovič Hlbina (1908–1977)
• Janko Silan (1914–1984)
• Karol Strmeň (1921–1994)
• Ján Haranta (1909–1983)
• Svetoslav Veigl (born 1915)
• Pavol Ušák-Oliva (1914–1941)
• Mikuláš Šprinc (1914–1986)
• Gorazd Zvonický (1913–1995)

Post-war period (1948–1960s)

• Ján Kostra (1910–1975)
• Pavol Horov (1914–1975)
• Andrej Plávka (1907–1982)
• Ivan Kupec (1922–1997)

Contemporary (since the 1960s)

• Miroslav Válek (1927–1991)
• Milan Rúfus (1928–2009)
• Ľubomír Feldek (born 1936)
• Juraj Kuniak (born 1955)
• Pavol Hudák (1959–2011)

Contemporary poetry (since 1995)

See also

Poetry portal

• List of national poetries