This article is concerned with modern Greek poets. For earlier artists, see List of Ancient Greek poets.
This is a list of modern Greek poets (years link to corresponding "[year] in poetry" article):
- Andreas Kalvos (1792 - 1869)
- Dionysios Solomos (1798 - 1857)
- George Tsimbidaros-Fteris (1891 - 1967)
- Andreas Laskaratos (1811 - 1901)
- Aristotelis Valaoritis (1824 - 1879)
- Kostis Palamas (1859 - 1943)
- Athos Dimoulas (1921 - 1985)
- Constantine Cavafy (1863 - 1933)
- Nikos Kazantzakis (1883 - 1957)
- Angelos Sikelianos (1884 - 1951)
- Kostas Varnalis (1884 - 1974)
- Napoleon Lapathiotis (1889 - 1944)
- Giannis Skarimpas (1893 - 1984)
- Kostas Karyotakis (1896 - 1928)
- Giorgos Seferis (1900 - 1971)
- Andreas Empeirikos (1901 - 1975)
- Maria Polydouri (1902 - 1930)
- Nikos Engonopoulos (1907 - 1985)
- Yannis Ritsos (1909 - 1990)
- Nikos Kavadias (1910 - 1975)
- Alexander Mátsas (1910 - 1969)
- Odysseus Elytis (1911 - 1996)
- Nikiforos Vrettakos (1912 - 1991)
- Nikos Gatsos (1915 - 1992)
- Takis Sinopoulos (1917 - 1981)
- Miltos Sachtouris (1919 - 2005)
- Nanos Valaoritis (1921 - )
- Aris Alexandrou (1922 - 1978)
- Manolis Anagnostakis (1925 - 2005)
- Nikos Karouzos (1926 - 1990)
- Nikos Fokas (1927 - )
- Kiki Dimoula (1931 - )
- Tassos Denegris (1934 - 2009)
- Dimitri Kitsikis (1935 - )
- Katerina Gogou (1940-1993)
- Kyriakos Charalambides (1940 - )
- Yannis Kondos (1943 - )
- Lefteris Poulios (1944 - )
- Demetris Th. Gotsis (1945 - )
- Christoforos Liontakis (1945 - )
- Manolis Aligizakis (1947 - )
- Vassilis Steriadis (1947-2003)
- Jenny Mastoraki (1949 - )
- Dimitris Varos (1949 - )
- Dimitris Kraniotis (1950 - )
- Antonis Fostieris (1953 - )
- Sotiris Kakisis (1954 - )
- Haris Vlavianos (1957 - )
- Alexis Stamatis (1960 - )
- Dimitris Lyacos (1966 - )
See also
- Modern Greek literature
External links
- A Foro Ellenico newsletter presentation of contemporary Greek poets in Italian - PDF document
- An introduction to Greek poetry
