Polish poetry

Polish poetry has a centuries-old history, similar to the Polish literature.

Prominent Polish poets include

• Marcin Bielski (1495-1575); Polish historian, chronicler, writer and Renaissance satirical poet, first to use the Polish language, hence his designation as the father of Polish prose
• Mikołaj Rej (1505-1569); first Polish author to write exclusively in the Polish language and described as a "father of Polish literature"
• Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584); commonly regarded as the greatest Polish poet before Adam Mickiewicz
• Joachim Bielski (1540-1599); royal secretary, poet and historian. He wrote in Polish and Latin. Son of Marcin Bielski.
• Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855); regarded as one of the Three Bards of Polish Romantic literature and a "national poet" in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus
• Juliusz Słowacki (1809-1849); regarded as one of the Three Bards of Polish Romantic literature
• Zygmunt Krasiński (1812-1859); regarded as one of the Three Bards of Polish Romantic literature
• Cyprian Norwid (1821-1883); regarded as a "national poet" in Poland
• Maria Konopnicka (1842-1910)
• Antoni Lange (1863-1929)
• Adam Asnyk (1838-1897)
• Bolesław Leśmian (1877-1937)
• Jan Lechoń (1899-1956)
• Julian Tuwim (1894-1953)
• Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891-1945)
• Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894-1980)
• Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004); Nike Award (1998), Nobel Prize in Literature (1980), Neustadt International Prize for Literature (1978)
• Wisława Szymborska (1923-2012); Goethe Prize (1991), Herder Prize (1995), Nobel Prize in Literature (1996), Order of the White Eagle (2011)
• Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998)
• Julia Hartwig (1921-2017)
• Adam Zagajewski (1945)

See also

• List of famous Polish poems
• List of Polish language poets
• Sapphic stanza in Polish poetry
• Skamander
• Sung poetry