This is a list of Maltese-language poets, together with some of their best-known poems.
Poets
- Pietru Caxaru (died 1485) - The first noted Maltese poet
- Ä an FranÄ¡isk Bonamico (1639â€"1680)
- Gioacchino Navarro (1748â€"1813)
- Patri Fidiel, (c. 1762â€"1824)
- Mons. Ludovik Mifsud Tommasi (1796â€"1879) - Canon of the Collegiate of Cospicua
- Ä an Anton Vassallo (1817â€"1868)
- Ä użè Muscat Azzopardi (1853â€"1927)
- Manwel Dimech (1860â€"1921)
- Dun Karm Psaila (1871â€"1961)
- Rużar Briffa (1906â€"1963)
- Anton Buttigieg (1912â€"1983)
- Kilin (1917â€"2008)
- Marjanu Vella (1927â€"1988)
- Pawlu Aquilina (born 1929)
- Joe Friggieri (born 1946)
- Oliver Friggieri (born 1947)
- Ray Buttigieg (born 1955)
- Immanuel Mifsud (born 1967)