List of Slovak poets

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 (1500â€"1650)

• Martin Rakovský (1535â€"1579)
• Vavrinec Benedikt z Nedožier (Laurentio Benedictino Nudozierino) (1555â€"1615)

Baroque (1650â€"1780)

• Juraj Tranovský or Tranoscius (1592â€"1637)
• Daniel Sinapius-Horčička (1640â€"1688)
• Hugolín Gavlovič (1712â€"1787)

Classicism (1780â€"1840)

• Pavel Jozef Å afárik (1795â€"1861)
• Ján Kollár (1793â€"1852)
• Ján Hollý (1785â€"1849)

Romantism (1840â€"1850)

• Ľudovít Å túr (1815â€"1856)
• Samo Chalupka (1812â€"1883)
• Andrej Sládkovič (1820â€"1872)
• Janko Kráľ (1822â€"1876)
• Ján Botto (1829â€"1881)
• Janko Matúška (1821â€"1877)
• Michal Miloslav Hodža (1811â€"1870)

Realism (1875â€"1905)

• Pavol Országh-Hviezdoslav (1849â€"1921)
• Martin Kukučín (1860â€"1928)
• Janko Jesenský (1874â€"1945)

Modernism (1905â€"1918)

• Ivan Krasko (1876â€"1958)
• Janko Jesenský (1874â€"1945)

Between the World Wars (1918â€"1948)

• Å tefan Krčméry (1892â€"1955)
• Martin Rázus (1888â€"1937)

Surrealism

• Å tefan Žáry (1918â€"2007)
• Ján Brezina (1917â€"1997)

Catholic Modernism

Post-war period (1948â€"1960s)

Contemporary (since the 1960s)

• Miroslav Válek (1927â€"1991)
• Milan Rúfus (1928â€"2009)
• Ľubomír Feldek (born 1936)
• Milan Richter (born 1948
• Juraj Kuniak (born 1955)
• Pavol Hudák (1959â€"2011)

Contemporary poetry (since 1995)

• Radovan Brenkus (born 1974)

See also

• List of national poetries