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 (1788–1869)
 * Vasile Cârlova (1809–1832)
 * Dosoftei (1624–1693)
 * Anton Pann (1794–1854)
 * Ienăchiță Văcărescu (1740–1797)
 * Alecu Văcărescu (1769–1799)

Classical Age

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

Interwar period

 * Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967)
 * George Bacovia (1881–1955)
 * Ion Barbu (1859–1961)
 * Lucian Blaga (1895–1961)
 * Nichifor Crainic (1898–1972)
 * Radu Gyr (1905–1975)
 * Ion Minulescu (1881–1944)
 * Gellu Naum (1915–2001)
 * Ion Pillat (1891–1945)
 * George Topârceanu (1886–1937)
 * Tristan Tzara (1896–1963)
 * Vasile Voiculescu (1884–1963)
 * Ilarie Voronca (1903 –1946)
 * Geo Bogza (1908 –1993)

Post-war period

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

Contemporary

 * Constantin Virgil Bănescu (1982–2009)
 * Maria Berényi (born 1959)
 * Ionuț Caragea (born 1975)
 * Mircea Cărtărescu (born 1956)
 * Ruxandra Cesereanu (born 1963)
 * Traian T. Coșovei (born 1954–2014)
 * Nichita Danilov (born 1952)
 * Mircea Dinescu (born 1950)
 * Șerban Foarță (born 1942)
 * Mariana Marin (1956–2003)
 * Angela Marinescu (born 1941)
 * Alexandru Mușina (1954–2013)
 * Marta Petreu (born 1955)
 * Cristian Popescu (1959–1995)