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 Polish, hence his designation as the father of Polish prose
• Mikołaj Rej (1505–1569); first Polish author to write exclusively in Polish 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 (1945–2021)
• Urszula Kozioł (1931–2025); Nike Award (2024)

See also

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