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-HorÄiÄka (1640â"1688)
- HugolÃn GavloviÄ (1712â"1787)
Classicism (1780â"1840)
- Pavel Jozef Å afárik (1795â"1861)
- Ján Kollár (1793â"1852)
- Ján Hollý (1785â"1849)
Romantism (1840â"1850)
- ĽudovÃt Å túr (1815â"1856)
- Samo Chalupka (1812â"1883)
- Andrej SládkoviÄ (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 KukuÄÃn (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 KrÄméry (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)
- ĽubomÃr 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