List of Slovak poets

The following is a list of notable poets of Slovak literature.

Renaissance (1500–1650)

 * Martin Rakovský (1535–1579)
 * Vavrinec Benedikt z Nedožier (Laurentius Benedictus Nudozierinus) (1555–1615)

Baroque (1650–1780)

 * Juraj Tranovský or Tranoscius (1592–1637)
 * Daniel Sinapius-Horčička (1640–1688)
 * Hugolín Gavlovič (1712–1787)

Classicism (1780–1840)

 * Pavel Jozef Šafárik (1795–1861)
 * Ján Kollár (1793–1852)
 * Ján Hollý (1785–1849)

Romanticism (1840–1850)

 * Ľudovít Štúr (1815–1856)
 * Samo Chalupka (1812–1883)
 * Andrej Sládkovič (1820–1872)
 * Janko Kráľ (1822–1876)
 * Ján Botto (1829–1881)
 * Janko Matúška (1821–1877)
 * Michal Miloslav Hodža (1811–1870)

Realism (1875–1905)

 * Pavol Országh-Hviezdoslav (1849–1921)
 * Martin Kukučín (1860–1928)
 * Janko Jesenský (1874–1945)
 * Ľudmila Podjavorinská (1872–1951)

Modernism (1905–1918)

 * Ivan Krasko (1876–1958)
 * Janko Jesenský (1874–1945)
 * Martin Orgoník-Kunovský (1887–1916)

Between the World Wars (1918–1948)

 * Štefan Krčméry (1892–1955)
 * Martin Rázus (1888–1937)
 * Ján Poničan (1902–1978)
 * Peter Jilemnický (1901–1949)
 * Laco Novomeský (1904–1976)
 * Maša Haľamová (1908–1995)

Surrealism

 * Štefan Žáry (1918–2007)
 * Ján Brezina (1917–1997)

Contemporary (since the 1960s)

 * Krista Bendová (1923 –1988)
 * Miroslav Válek (1927–1991)
 * Milan Rúfus (1928–2009)
 * Ľubomír Feldek (born 1936)
 * Milan Richter (born 1948)
 * Jana Kantorová-Báliková (born 1950)
 * Juraj Kuniak (born 1955)
 * Dana Podracká (born 1954)
 * Viera Prokešová (1957–2008)
 * Pavol Hudák (1959–2011)
 * Eva Kováčová (1951–2010)

Contemporary poetry (since 1995)

 * Radovan Brenkus (born 1974)
 * Radoslav Rochallyi (born 1980)