List of Slovak poets
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The following is a list of the most important poet
s of Slovak literature.
For a list of Slovak authors of prose and drama, please see Slovak prose.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
s of Slovak literature.
For a list of Slovak authors of prose and drama, please see Slovak prose.
Renaissance (1500–1650)
- Martin RakovskýMartin RakovskýMárton Rakovszky de Rákó was a Renaissance era Hungarian poet and humanist scholar who lived in what is modern day Slovakia during the mid 16th century...
(1535–1579) - Ján Silván (1493–1573)
- Pavel Kyrmezer (?–1589)
- Vavrinec Benedikt z Nedožier (Laurentio Benedictino Nudozierino) (1555–1615)
- Ján Filický (1585?–1623)
- Ján Bocatius (1569–1621)
- Jakub Jakobeus (1591–1645) – born in Bohemia
- Martin Bošňák (?–1566)
- Štefan Komodický (16th century)
- Eliáš Láni (1570–1618)
- Daniel Pribiš (1580–1645)
Baroque (1650–1780)
- Juraj Tranovský or Tranoscius (1592–1637)
- Benedikt Szőllősi (1609–1656)
- Daniel Sinapius-HorčičkaDaniel Sinapius-HorčičkaDaniel Sinapius-Horčička was a Slovak baroque writer, poet, dramatist, composer of hymns and evangelical protestant preacher who lived during the mid 17th century in what is modern Slovakia.-Life:...
(1640–1688) - Jób Trusius (?–1678)
- Ján Sekáč (?–1818)
- Dionýz Kubík (1749–1811)
- Štefan Ferdinand Selecký (1675–?)
- Peter Benický (1606–1664)
- Hugolín GavlovičHugolín GavlovicHugolín Gavlovič was a Slovak Franciscan priest who authored religious, moral, and educational writings in the contemporary West Slovak vernacular, and was a prominent representative of baroque literature in Slovakia.He wrote didactical-reflexive poetry...
(1712–1787) - Štefan Pilárik I (1615–1693)
Classicism (1780–1840)
- Augustín Doležal (1737–1802)
- Bohuslav Tablic (1769–1832)
- Pavel Jozef ŠafárikPavel Jozef ŠafárikPavol Jozef Šafárik Pavol Jozef Šafárik (Safáry / Schaffáry/ Schafary/ Saf(f)arik / Šafarík/ Szafarzik, Czech Pavel Josef Šafařík, German Paul Joseph Schaffarik, Serbian Павле Јосиф Шафарик, Latin Paulus Josephus Schaffarik, Hungarian Pál József Saf(f)arik) Pavol Jozef Šafárik (Safáry /...
(1795–1861) - Ján KollárJán KollárJán Kollár was a Slovak writer , archaeologist, scientist, politician, and main ideologist of Pan-Slavism.- Life :...
(1793–1852) - Ján HollýJán HollýJán Hollý was a Slovak poet and translator. He was the first greater Slovak poet to write exclusively in the newly standardized literary Slovak language. His predecessors mostly wrote in various regional versions of Czech, Slovakized Czech or Latin...
(1785–1849) - Karol Kuzmány (1806–1866)
Romantism (1840–1850)
- Ľudovít ŠtúrLudovít ŠtúrĽudovít Štúr , known in his era as Ludevít Velislav Štúr, was the leader of the Slovak national revival in the 19th century, the author of the Slovak language standard eventually leading to the contemporary Slovak literary language...
(1815–1856) - Samo ChalupkaSamo ChalupkaSamo Chalupka was a Slovak romantic poet.- Life :Samo Chalupka was a younger brother of Ján Chalupka, another Slovak writer. Samo studied at the Evangelical Lutheran Lyceum in Bratislava and also in Vienna. He studied theology and philosophy...
(1812–1883) - Andrej SládkovičAndrej SládkovicAndrej Sládkovič was a Slovak poet, critic, publicist and translator.-Life:He was born to the teacher's family in Krupina...
(1820–1872) - Janko KráľJanko KrálJanko Kráľ Janko Kráľ Janko Kráľ (24 April 1822 in Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš (now Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia) - 23 May 1876 in Zlaté Moravce was one of the most significant and most radical Slovak romantic poets of the Ľudovít Štúr generation and a national activist....
(1822–1876) - Ján BottoJán BottoJán Botto was a Slovak poet, writer of Štúr generation and co-founder of the first Slovak gymnasium in Revúca.Born as a son of a farmer family, he began to attend Latin Gymnasium at Ožďany and from 1843 Evangelical lyceum at Levoča, where he wrote his first literal works...
(1829–1881) - Janko MatúškaJanko MatúškaJanko Matúška was a Slovak poet, activist, occasional playwright, and clerk of the court...
(1821–1877) - Samo Vozár (1823–1850)
- Michal Miloslav HodžaMichal Miloslav HodžaMichal Miloslav Hodža was a Slovak national revivalist, Protestant priest, poet, linguist, and representative of the Slovakian national movement in 1840's as a member of "the trinity" Štúr - Hurban - Hodža...
(1811–1870) - Viliam Paulíny-Tóth (1826–1877)
Realism (1875–1905)
- Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský (1847–1916)
- Pavol Országh-Hviezdoslav (1849–1921)
- Ľudmila Podjavorinská (1872–1951)
- Martin KukučínMartin KukucínMartin Kukučín was a Slovak prose writer, dramatist and publicist. He was the most notable representative of Slovak literary realism, and considered to be one of the founders of modern Slovak prose....
(1860–1928) - Janko JesenskýJanko JesenskýJanko Jesenský was a Slovak lower nobleman, poet, prose writer, translator, and politician. He was a prominent member of the Slovak national movement.- External links :*...
(1874–1945) - Božena Slančíková-Timrava (1867–1957)
- Jozef Gregor Tajovský (1874–1940)
- Elena Maróthy Šoltésová (1855–1939)
- Terézia Vansová (1857–1942)
Modernism (1905–1918)
- Ivan KraskoIvan KraskoIvan Krasko was a Slovak poet, translator and representative of modernism in Slovakia....
(1876–1958) - Janko JesenskýJanko JesenskýJanko Jesenský was a Slovak lower nobleman, poet, prose writer, translator, and politician. He was a prominent member of the Slovak national movement.- External links :*...
(1874–1945) - Vladimír Roy (1885–1936)
- Ivan Gall (1885–1955)
Between the World Wars (1918–1948)
- Štefan KrčméryŠtefan KrcméryŠtefan Krčméry was a Slovak poet, literary critic, historian, journalist, translator, and administrator of Matica slovenská...
(1892–1955) - Martin RázusMartin RázusMartin Rázus was a Slovak poet, dramatist, writer, politician and evangelical priest -References:...
(1888–1937) - Emil Boleslav Lukáč (1900–1979)
- Ján Smrek (1898–1982)
- Ján Poničan (1902–1978)
- Fraňo Kráľ (1903–1955)
- Laco Novomeský (1904–1976)
- Jozef Kubík (1905–2002)
Surrealism
- Rudolf Fabry (1915–1982)
- Vladimír Reisel (1919–2007)
- Július Lenko (1914–2000)
- Štefan ŽáryŠtefan ŽáryŠtefan Žáry was a Slovak poet, prosaist, translator and essayist; author of erotic lyric poetry, patriotic and anti-war poems, reminiscential prose. In his patriotic poems, he expressed his disappointment of a civilization progress...
(1918–2007) - Ján BrezinaJán BrezinaJán Brezina was a Slovak poet, literally historian and theoretician.He was an employee of the Slovak Academy of Sciences since 1943, of the Slovak Matica and from 1970 - 1973 director of the Institute for Literal History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.-Works:Poems:*Nikdy sa nestretnem...
(1917–1997) - Pavel Bunčák (1915–2000)
- Ján Rak (1916–1969)
Catholic Modernism
- Rudolf Dilong (1905–1986)
- Jan Doransky (1911–1973)
- Pavol Gašparovič Hlbina (1908–1977)
- Janko Silan (1914–1984)
- Karol Strmeň (1921–1994)
- Ján Haranta (1909–1983)
- Svetoslav Veigl (1915–)
- Pavol Ušák-Oliva (1914–1941)
- Mikuláš Šprinc (1914–1986)
- Gorazd Zvonický (1913–1995)
Post-war period (1948–1960s)
- Ján Kostra (1910–1975)
- Pavol Horov (1914–1975)
- Andrej Plávka (1907–1982)
- Ivan Kupec (1922–1997)
Contemporary (since the 1960s)
- Miroslav VálekMiroslav VálekMiroslav Válek was a Slovak poet, publicist and politician. He was also the Minister of Culture in the government of Slovak Socialistic Republic within the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.- Biography :...
(1927–1991) - Milan RúfusMilan RúfusMilan Rúfus was a Slovak poet, essayist, translator, children's writer and academic.He was born in Závažná Poruba, in the Zilina region. As a student at the Faculty of Arts at Comenius University in Bratislava he studied Slovak language and literature, and history...
(1928–2009) - Ľubomír FeldekLubomír FeldekĽubomír Feldek is a Slovak poet, writer, playwright, and translator. He is married to Oľga Feldeková....
(b. 1936) - Juraj KuniakJuraj KuniakJuraj Kuniak is a Slovak poet and writer. He was born in Košice, Slovakia.-Poetry:*1983 - Premietanie na viečka*1994 - Kúsok svetového priestoru*1995 - Blúdivý nerv*2001 - Cor cordi*2004 - Skalná ruža...
(b. 1955) - Pavol HudákPavol HudákPavol Hudák was a Slovak poet, journalist and publicist.-Biography:...
(1959-2011)