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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

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)


List of Slovak poets
  • 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)


List of Slovak poets
  • 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)


List of Slovak poets
  • 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


 
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