List of Romanian-language poets

The following is a list of famous or notable Romanian language poets grouped by period of activity (years link to corresponding "[year] in poetry" articles):

The beginnings

• Gheorghe Asachi (1788â€"1869)
• Vasile Cârlova (1809â€"1832)
• Dosoftei (1624â€"1693)
• Anton Pann (1794â€"1854)
• Ienăchiță Văcărescu (1740â€"1797)

Classical Age

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• Vasile Alecsandri (1821â€"1890)
• Grigore Alexandrescu (1810â€"1885)
• George CoÅŸbuc (1866â€"1918)
• Mihai Eminescu (1850â€"1889)
• Octavian Goga (1881â€"1938)
• Ștefan Octavian Iosif (1875â€"1913)
• Alexandru Macedonski (1854â€"1920)
• Veronica Micle (1850â€"1889)
• Andrei MureÅŸanu (1816â€"1863)
• Ion Heliade Rădulescu (1802â€"1872)
• Constantin Stamati (1786â€"1869)
• Carmen Sylva (1843â€"1916)

Interwar period

• Tudor Arghezi (1880â€"1967)
• George Bacovia (1881â€"1955)
• Ion Barbu (1859â€"1961)
• Lucian Blaga (1895â€"1961)
• Nichifor Crainic (1898â€"1972)
• Radu Gyr (1905â€"1975)
• Ion Minulescu (1881â€"1944)
• Gellu Naum (1915-2001)
• Ion Pillat (1891â€"1945)
• George Topârceanu (1886â€"1937)
• Tristan Tzara (1896â€"1963)
• Vasile Voiculescu (1884â€"1963)
• Ilarie Voronca (1903 â€" 1946)

Post-war period

• George Alboiu (born 1944)
• Ioan Alexandru (1941â€"2000)
• A.E. Baconsky (1925â€"1977)
• Cezar Baltag (1939â€"1997)
• Mihai Beniuc (1907â€"1988)
• Ana Blandiana (born 1942)
• Emil Brumaru (born 1939)
• Paul Celan (1920â€" 1970)
• Leonid Dimov (1926â€" 1987)
• Mircea Dinescu (born 1950)
• Ștefan Augustin DoinaÈ™ (1922- 2002)
• Șerban Foarță (born 1942)
• Eugen Jebeleanu (1911â€"1991)
• Nicolae LabiÈ™ (1935-1956)
• Gherasim Luca (1913-1994)
• Angela Marinescu (born 1941)
• Virgil Mazilescu (1942â€" 1984)
• Gellu Naum (1915-2001)
• Adrian Păunescu (born 1943)
• Adrian Popescu (born 1947)
• Marin Sorescu (1936-1996)
• Nichita Stănescu (1933â€" 1983)
• Petre Stoica (1931â€" 2009)
• Dorin Tudoran (born 1945)

Contemporary

• Constantin Virgil Bănescu (1982-2009)
• Mircea Cărtărescu (born 1956)
• Ruxandra Cesereanu (born 1963)
• Traian T. CoÈ™ovei (born 1954-2014)
• Nichita Danilov (born 1952)
• Mircea Dinescu (born 1950)
• Șerban Foarță (born 1942)
• Mariana Marin (1956-2003)
• Angela Marinescu (born 1941)
• Alexandru MuÈ™ina (1954-2013)
• Marta Petreu (born 1955)
• Cristian Popescu (1959-1995)
• Dan Sociu (born 1978)
• Răzvan Èšupa (born 1975)