List of female poets

This is a list of female poets with a Wikipedia page, listed by the period in which they were born.

Before CE

In chronological order:

Enheduanna (2285–2250 BCE), Akkadian princess, priestess and Sumerian-language poet, possibly the world's earliest known named author
Ninšatapada (c. 19th c. BCE), Babylonian scribe and priestess
Bulluṭsa-rabi (13th c. BCE), Babylonian poet
Deborah (1107–1067 BCE), Israelite prophetess^[1]
Gargi Indian Vedic Hindu poet and writer
Maitreyi Ancient Hindu lady poet and author
Corinna (fl. 6th c. BCE), Greek poet
Sappho (fl. 6th c. BCE), Greek poet, one of the nine lyric poets
Erinna (fl. c. 600 BCE), Greek poet, a contemporary and friend of Sappho
Myrtis of Anthedon (6th BCE), Greek poet
Cleobulina (fl. c. 550 BCE), Greek poet
Telesilla (fl. 510 BCE), Greek poet
Praxilla (5th c. BCE), Greek poet
Moero or Myro (3rd c. BCE), Greek poet
Anyte of Tegea (fl. early 3rd c. BCE), Greek poet
Aristodama of Smyrna (3rd c. BCE), Ionian poet
Nossis (fl. c. 300 BCE), Greek epigrammist and poet
Avvaiyar (c. 3rd c. – 1st c. BCE), Tamil poet
Zhuo Wenjun (卓文君, 2nd c. BCE), Chinese poet
Sulpicia (fl. 1st c. BCE), Latin poet
Cornificia (c. 85 – c. 40 BCE), Roman poet and epigrammist
Consort Ban (Ban Jieyu, Lady Pan, 班婕妤, c. 48 – c. 6 BCE), Chinese scholar and poet
Elephantis (fl. late 1st c. BCE), Greek erotic poet

1–500 CE

In chronological order:

Xie Daoyun (謝道韞, between 340 and 399), Chinese poet
Sulpicia (fl. 1st c.), Latin poet
Caecilia Trebulla (fl. c. 130), Latin poet
Ponmudiyar (between 1st and 4th cc.), Tamil poet
Julia Balbilla (72 – post–130), Latin poet
Cai Wenji (蔡琰, died c. 249), Chinese poet and composer
Afira bint 'Abbad (3rd c.), Arabic poet
Zuo Fen (左芬, c. 255–300), Chinese poet
Faltonia Betitia Proba (c. 306/315 – c. 353/366), Roman poet in Latin
Princess Iwa (磐之媛命, died 347), Japanese poet
Su Xiaoxiao (蘇小小, c. 479 – c. 501), Chinese poet and Gējì
Laila bint Lukaiz (died 483), Arabic poet
Velliveedhiyar (period unclear), Tamil poet
al-Fāriʿah bint Shaddād (pre-Islamic), Arabic poet

500–999 CE

In chronological order:

Radegund (c. 520–586), Frankish princess and poet in Latin
al-Khansa (575–645), Arabic poet
al-Ḥujayjah (Safīyah bint Tha'labah al-Shaybānīyah, 5th – 6th c.), Arabic poet
al-Ḥurqah (5th – 6th c.), Arabic poet
Sarah of Yemen (6th c.), Arabic poet
Hind bint 'Utbah (6th – 7th c.), Arabic poet
Umm Jamil bint Harb (6th or 7th c.), Arabic poet
Fatima bint Muhammad (605–632 CE), Arabic poet
Xu Hui (徐惠, 627–650), Chinese poet
Nukata no Ōkimi (額田王, fl. 630–690), Japanese poet of the Asuka period
Empress Jitō (持統天皇, 645–702), Japanese poet and empress
Jindeok of Silla (진덕여왕, fl. 647–654), Korean poet and queen
Princess Ōku (大来皇女, 661–702), Japanese poet
Qutayla ukht al-Nadr (7th c.), Arabic poet
Maisūn bint Jandal (c. 7th c.), Arabic poet
Yamato Hime no Ōkimi (倭姫王, later 7th c.), Japanese poet and empress
Princess Tajima (但馬皇女, died 708), Japanese poet
Shangguan Wan'er (上官婉兒, c. 664–710), Chinese poet and prose writer
Laila al-Akhyaliyya (died 694–709), Arabic poet
Avvaiyar (7th or 8th c.), Tamil poet
Cheng Changwen (程長文, between 7th and 9th cc.), Chinese poet and calligrapher
Lady Kasa (笠郎女, early 8th c.), Japanese poet
Ōtomo no Sakanoe no Iratsume (大伴坂上郎女, c. 700–750), Japanese poet
Raabi'a al-Adwiyya (714–801), Arabic poet
Xue Tao (薛濤, 768–831), Chinese poet
'Ulayya bint al-Mahdi (777–825), Arabic poet
Laila bint Tarif (died 815), Arabic poet
Arib al-Ma'muniyya (797–890), Arabic poet
Shilabhattarika (9th c.), Sanskrit poet from India
Kassia (810 – pre-865), Byzantine poet and composer writing in Greek
Shāriyah (c. 815–870), Arabic poet
Ono no Komachi (小野, c. 825 – c. 900), Japanese waka poet
Inan (died 841), Arabic poet
Yu Xuanji (魚玄機, 844–869 or 871), Chinese poet
Fadl Ashsha'ira (died 871), Arabic poet
Lady Ise (伊勢, c. 875 – c. 938), Japanese poet
Nakatsukasa (中務, 912–991), Japanese poet
Kishi Joō (徽子女王, 929–985), Japanese poet
Lubāna bint 'Alī ibn al-Mahdī (c. 8th–9th c.), Arabic poet
Vijja (8th or 9th c.), Sanskrit poet from India
Hrotsvitha (c. 935 – c. 1002), German dramatist and poet writing in Latin
Akazome Emon (赤染衛門, 956–1041), Japanese poet and historian
Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部, 973–1025), Japanese novelist and poet
Madame Huarui (花蕊夫人, fl. mid–10th c.), Chinese poet
Izumi Shikibu (和泉式部, born c. 976), Japanese poet
Rabia Balkhi (10th c.), Persian poet
Shirome (白女, 10th c.), Japanese poet
Sei Shōnagon (清少納言, c. 966 – c. 1017), Japanese memoirist and poet

11th–14th centuries

In chronological order:

Ise no Taiu or Taifu (伊勢大輔, early 11th c.), Japanese poet
Qasmuna bint Isma'il (11th c.), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (1001–1080), Andalusian poet writing in Arabic
Zhu Shuzhen (c. 1135–1180), Chinese poet
Aa'isha bint Ahmad al-Qurtubiyya (died 1010), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
Mariam bint Abu Ya'qub Ashshilbi (died 1020), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
Eudokia Makrembolitissa (c. 1021–1096), Byzantine poet and empress writing in Greek
I'timad Arrumaimikiyya (born 1045/1047), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
Umm al-Kiram bin al-Mu'tasim ibn Sumadih (died 1050), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
Ava (c. 1060 – 1127), first named female writer in any genre in German
Buthaina bint al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad (born 1070), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
Li Qingzhao (李清照, 1084 – c. 1151), Chinese writer and poet of the Song Dynasty
Otomae (乙前, c. 1085 – c. 1169), Japanese poet
Mahsati Ganjavi (c. 1089 – post–1159), Persian poet
Muhja bint Attayyani al-Qurtubiyya (died 1097), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
Bhavakadevi (fl. 12th c. or earlier), Sanskrit poet from Indian subcontinent
Safiyya al-Baghdadiyya (12th c.), Arabic poet
Marie de France (fl. 12th c.), medieval poet, probably born in France and living in England
Akka Mahadevi (12th c.), Indian poet writing in Old Kannada
Gangasati (between 12th and 14th cc.), Indian poet and saint
Taqiyya Umm Ali bint Ghaith ibn Ali al-Armanazi (Sitt al-Ni'm, 1111–1183/1184), Arabic poet
Tibors de Sarenom (c. 1130 – post–1198), French poet writing in Occitan
Almucs de Castelnau (c. 1140 – pre–1184), French female troubadour poet
Comtessa de Dia (fl. c. 1175 or c. 1212), a trobairitz (troubadour), song-writer and poet in Occitan language
Hafsa bint al-Hajj Arrakuniyya (died 1190), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
Avvaiyar (12th c.), Tamil poet
Marula (fl. 13th c. or earlier), Sanskrit poet from India
Hadewijch (13th c.), Dutch mystic and poet
Shikishi Naishinnō (式子内親王, died 1201), Japanese poet
Hamda bint Ziyad (c. 1204), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir (early 13th c. – 1271), Icelandic poet and politician
Umm Assa'd bint Isam al-Himyari (died 1243), Arabic poet from Al-Andalus
Gangadevi (c. 14th c.), Sanskrit poet of the Vijayanagara Empire of India
Lalleshwari (1320–1392), Indian mystic and poet, earliest works in the Kashmiri language
Princess Milica of Serbia (c. 1335–1405), Serbian poet and royal consort
Christine de Pizan (1364 – c. 1430), Italian, Venetian-born writer and poet

15th century

In alphabetical order:

Catherine d'Amboise (1475–1550), French writer and poet
Vittoria Colonna (1490–1547), Italian poet and marchioness
Guji, Princess of Joseon (died 1489), Korean writer, poet and dance
Mihri Hatun (died 1506), female Ottoman Turkish poet
Huang E (Huang Xiumei, 1498–1569), Chinese poet of Ming dynasty
Monahinja Jefimija (1350 – after 1405), Serbian poet and nun
Gwerful Mechain (fl. 1460–1500), Welsh poet
Mirabai (Meera, Meera Bai) (c. 1498 – c. 1547), Hindu mystical poet
Teresa of Ávila (St Teresa of Jesus, 1515–1582), Spanish mystic and Catholic saint
Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1425–1482), Italian poet
Uhwudong (died 1480), Korean writer, poet and dancer

16th century

In alphabetical order:

Rachel Akerman (1522–1544), Austrian Jewish poet writing in German
Isabella Andreini (1562–1604), Italian playwright, poet and actress
Anne Askew (1520/1521–1546), English poet and Protestant martyr
Madeleine de l'Aubespine (1546–1596), French poet
Gabrielle de Coignard (1550–1586), French poet
Veronica Franco (1546–1591), Italian poet and courtesan
Pernette Du Guillet (c. 1520–1545), French poet
Elen Gwdman (fl. 1609), Welsh poet
Louise Labé (1524–1566), French poet
Emilia Lanier (1569–1645), among first Englishwomen to publish a volume of original poems and seek patronage
Anne Ley (c. 1599–1641), English writer, teacher, and polemicist
Anne de Marquets (c. 1533–1588), French poet
Camille de Morel (1547–1611), French poet and writer
Isabella di Morra (c. 1520–1546), Italian poet of the Petrarchist movement
Martha Moulsworth (1577–1646), English autobiographical poet
Cecilia del Nacimiento (1570–1646), Spanish nun, mystic, writer, and poet
Heo Nanseolheon (1563–1589), Korean female poet of the mid-Joseon dynasty
Nicoletta Pasquale (fl. 1540), Sicilian Italian poet
Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke (1561–1621), among first Englishwomen to gain a literary reputation
Gaspara Stampa (1523–1554), Italian poet
Joana Vaz (c. 1500 – post–1570), Portuguese court poet and humanist
Isabella Whitney (fl. 1567–1573), earliest identified woman to publish secular poetry in English
Lady Mary Wroth (1587–1651/1653), prolific English author

17th century

In alphabetical order:

Gertrudis Anglesola (1641–1727), Valencian Cistercian abbess, mystic, autobiographer, spiritual poet
Mary Barber (1685–1755), Irish poet, member of Swift's circle
Aphra Behn (1640–1689), dramatist of the English Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers
Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672), New England's first published poet
Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659–1730), Swedish writer, poet, feminist and salon hostess
Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force (1654–1724), French novelist and poet
Jane Cavendish (1620/1621–1669), English poet and playwright
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623–1673), English aristocrat, prolific writer, and scientist
Susannah Centlivre (1667–1723), English playwright and poet
Lady Mary Chudleigh (1656–1710), English poet, essayist and writer
Mary Collier (c. 1688–1762), English poet
Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648–1695), Mexican poet, musician and nun
Sarah Dixon (1671–1765), English poet
Elżbieta Drużbacka (1695 or 1698–1765), Polish poet
Dorothe Engelbretsdotter (1634–1716), Norway's first recognized female author
Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720), English poet
Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (1633–1694), Austrian poet
Eliza Haywood (1693–1756), English novelist, playwright, essayist, poet and translator
Sor Juana (Juana Inés de la Cruz) (1651–1695), self-taught scholar and poet of Baroque school, nun of New Spain
Anne Killigrew (1660–1685), English poet
Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck (1663–1740), Swedish noble, dilettante painter, actor and poet
Žofia Kubini (fl. mid–17th c.), Hungarian poet writing in Czech
Anne Ley (c. 1599–1641), English writer, teacher, and polemicist
Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières (1638–1694), French poet
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762), English aristocrat and writer
Julia Palmer (fl.1664–1673), English dissenting poet
Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1659–1708), Hungarian poet and writer
Katherine Philips (1631–1664), English poet
Vendela Skytte (1608–1629), Swedish noblewoman, salonnière, writer, poet and lady of letters
Anna Stanisławska (1651–1701), Polish poet and author
Nāzo Tokhī (1651–1717), Afghan poet and writer
Anne Wharton (1659–1685), English poet
Jane Wiseman (c. 1682–1717), English poet and playwright
Zeb-un-Nissa (1638–1702), Persian-language poet and Mughal Princess

18th century

In alphabetical order:

Jean Adam (Adams, 1704–1765), Scottish poet and teacher
Nana Asma'u (1793–1864), Fulani poet and pioneer of women's education in Sokoto Caliphate
Mah Laqa Bai (1768–1824), Urdu poet and philanthropist
Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825), English poet, essayist, literary critic and children's author
Margaret Bingham (1740–1814), English poet and painter
Susanna Blamire (1747–1794), English poet
Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752–1783), American poet and correspondent
Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710 – c. 1757), American poet and writer; first American-born woman to publish in own name
Magdalene Sophie Buchholm (1758–1825), Norwegian poet
Anna Bunina (1774–1829), Russian poet
Sophia Burrell (1753–1802), English poet and dramatist
Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806), English poet, writer and Bluestocking
Christina Charlotta Cederström (1760–1832), Swedish artist, salon hostess and baroness
Helmina von Chézy (1783–1856), German poet, playwright and librettist
Fukuda Chiyo-ni (福田千代尼, 1703–1775), Japanese haiku poet
Alison Cockburn (1712–1794), Scottish poet and socialite
Caroline de Crespigny (1797–1861), English poet and translator
Ann Batten Cristall (1769–1848), English poet and schoolteacher
Umihana Čuvidina (c. 1794 – c. 1870), Bosnian poet
Fanny Dénoix des Vergnes (1798–1879), French poet and writer
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786–1859), French poet
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848), German poet
Emily Eden (1797–1869), English novelist and poet
Anna Ehrenström (1786–1857), Swedish poet
Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765–1834), English poet
Margaretta Faugères (1771–1801), American poet
Jane Lewers Gray (1796–1871), Northern Ireland-born American poet and hymnwriter
Ann Griffiths (1776–1805), Welsh poet and hymnist
Karoline von Günderrode (1780–1806), German poet
Felicia Hemans (1793–1835), English poet
Luise Hensel (1798–1876), German religious writer and poet
Hồ Xuân Hương (1772–1822), Vietnamese poet
Barbara Hofland (1770–1844), English children's writer and poet
Margaret Holford (1778–1852), English poet and translator
Mary Howitt (1799–1888), English poet and children's writer
Abby B. Hyde (1799–1872), American hymnwriter
Anna Louisa Karsch (1722–1791), German poet and letter writer
Isabella Kelly (1759–1857), Scottish poet and novelist
Mary Leapor (1722–1746), English poet
Anne Brydges Lefroy (1747/8–1804), English writer and poet
Anna Maria Lenngren (1754–1817), Swedish writer, poet, feminist, translator and salonnière
Charlotte Lennox (c. 1730–1804), English novelist, poet and dramatist
Isabella Lickbarrow (1784–1847, E), poet
Erika Liebman (1738–1803), Swedish poet and academic
Charlotta Löfgren (1720–1784), Swedish poet
Hedvig Löfwenskiöld (1736–1789), Swedish poet
Sophie Mereau (1770–1806), German novelist and poet
Hannah More (1745–1833), English religious writer and philanthropist
Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763), Swedish poet, feminist and salonnière
Julia Nyberg (1784–1854), Swedish poet and songwriter
Mathilda d'Orozco (Mathilda Montgomery-Cederhjelm, 1796–1863), Swedish salonnière, poet, writer, composer and harpsichordist
Isabel Pagan (c. 1740–1821), Scottish poet
Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832), English poet and novelist
Elisa von der Recke (Elisabeth Recke, 1754–1833), German writer and poet from Courland
Ōtagaki Rengetsu (1791–1875), Japanese poet, calligrapher and actress
Emma Roberts (1794–1840), English poet and travel writer
Mary Robinson (1757–1800), English poet and novelist
Mary Rolls (1775–1835), English poet
Susanna Rowson (1762–1824), British-American novelist, poet and playwright
Esther Saunders (1793–1862), African American poet who escaped from slavery
Anna Seward (1747–1809), English poet
Hedvig Sirenia (1734–1795), Swedish poet
Charlotte Smith (1749–1806), English Romantic poet and novelist
Caroline Anne Southey (1786–1854), English poet
Agnes Strickland (1796–1874), English history writer and poet
Judit Dukai Takách (1795–1836), Hungarian poet
Amable Tastu (1795–1885), French poet and writer
Ann Taylor (1782–1866), English poet and critic
Emily Taylor (1795–1872), English poet and children's writer
Jane Taylor (1783–1824), English poet and novelist
Lucy Terry (c. 1730–1821), American poet
Elizabeth Thomas (1770/1771–1855), English novelist and poet
Petronella Johanna de Timmerman (1723–1786), Dutch poet and scientist
Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal (1794–1832), Nepalese poet and regent
Katharine Augusta Ware (1797–1813), American poet and literary magazine editor
Jane West (1758–1852), English novelist, poet, playwright and tractarian
Mary Whateley (1738–1825), English poet and playwright
Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784), first African-American to publish a book of poetry
Ulrika Widström (1764–1841), Swedish poet and translator
Helen Maria Williams (1762–1827), English novelist and poet
Maria Petronella Woesthoven (1760–1830), Dutch poet
Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855), English poet and diarist
Ann Yearsley (1753–1806), English poet, novelist and playwright
Wu Zao (1799–1862), Chinese poet

19th-century (date of birth unknown)

Cornelia Laws St. John (died February 24, 1902), American poet and biographer

1800s

In alphabetical order:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861), prominent English poet
Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807–1834), American poet and writer, first American woman writer to make abolition of slavery her main theme
Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880), American poet, novelist and journalist
Caroline Clive (1801–1872), English poet and novelist
Lucretia Maria Davidson (1808–1825), American poet
Julia Anne Elliott (1809–1841), English poet and hymnwriter
Marjorie (Marjory) Fleming (1803–1811), Scottish child diarist and poet
Frances Dana Barker Gage (1808–1884), American writer, poet, reformer, feminist and abolitionist
Léocadie Hersent-Penquer (1817–1889), French poet
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L., 1802–1838), English poet and novelist
Susanna Moodie (1803–1885), Canadian diarist, novelist, children's novelist and poet
Caroline Norton (1808–1877), English poet, novelist and political writer
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842), American Indian writer of poetry and fiction

1810s

In alphabetical order:

Maria Frances Anderson (1819–1895), French-born American writer of prose and hymns
Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890), Polish playwright and poet
Adélaïde-Louise d'Eckmühl de Blocqueville (1815–1892), French poet and woman of letters
Anne Lynch Botta (1815–1891), American poet, writer, teacher and socialite
Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855), English novelist and poet, eldest of three Brontë writers
Emily Brontë (1818–1848), English novelist and poet, best remembered for her novel Wuthering Heights
Frances Browne (1816–1887), Irish poet and novelist
Eliza Cook (1818–1889), English poet
Elizabeth Jessup Eames (1813–1856), American writer of prose and poetry
George Eliot (born Marian Evans, 1819–1880), English novelist and poet
Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818–1877), American writer, historian and poet
Catharine H. Esling (1812–1897), American author, poet, hymn writer
Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda (1814–1873), Cuban novelist, playwright and poet
Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848), American poet, member of Transcendental Club
Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910), American abolitionist, social activist, and poet, author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Jane Hughes (1811–1880), Welsh religious poet
Marguerite St. Leon Loud (1812–1889), American poet and writer
Dada Masiti (c. 1810s–1919), Somalian poet and scholar
Mary Rootes Thornton McAboy (1815–1892), American poet
Charlotta Öberg (Lotta Öberg, 1818–1856), Swedish poet
Táhirih (1814 or 1817–1852), Iranian poet and theologian
Narcyza Żmichowska (1818–1876), Polish novelist and poet

1820s

In alphabetical order:

Louise Esther Vickroy Boyd (1827–1909), American poet^[2]
Anne Brontë (1820–1849), English novelist and poet, youngest of three Brontë writers
Alice Cary (1820–1871), American poet, sister of Phoebe Cary
Anna Olcott Commelin (1841–1924), American writer and poet
Julia Pleasants Creswell (1827–1886), American poet, novelist
Anne Evans (1820–1870), English poet and composer
Teréz Ferenczy (1823–1853), Hungarian poet
Dora Greenwell (1821–1882), English poet
Frances Harper (1825–1911), American poet and novelist
Maria Ilnicka (1825 or 1827–1897), Polish poet, novelist and translator
Jean Ingelow (1820–1897), English poet and novelist
Annie Keary (1825–1879), English novelist and poet
Lucy Larcom (1824–1893), American mill girl, contributor to Lowell Offering, publishing four books of poetry
Maria White Lowell (1821–1853), American poet and abolitionist
Eliza F. Morris (1821–1874), English hymnwriter
Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1828–1878), Serbian poet
Emma Tatham (1829–1855), English poet widely admired in her century
Kutty Kunju Thankachi (1820–1904), Indian poet, writer and composer
Charlotte Maria Tucker (1821–1893), English poet and writer
Mary Ware (1828–1915), American poet, prose writer
Jane Wilde (1821–1896), Irish poet and nationalist
Ruth Wills (1826–1908), English poet

1830s

In alphabetical order:

Brígida Agüero (1837–1866), Cuban poet
Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), American novelist, playwright and poet
Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911), American poet and journalist
Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893), American poet
Marcelina Almeida (c. 1830–1880), Argentine-born Uruguayan writer, novelist and poet
Addie L. Ballou (1837–1916), American poet and suffragist
Hester A. Benedict (1838–1921), American poet and writer
Annie R. Blount (1839–unknown), American poet, short story writer, and newspaper editor
Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885), Spanish and Galician Romantic writer and poet
Úrsula Céspedes (1832–1874), Cuban poet
Emelie C. S. Chilton (1838–1864), American poet, short story writer, editor
Annie McCarer Darlington (1836–1907), American poet
Amelia Denis de Icaza (1836–1911), Panamanian poet
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), American poet
E. S. Elliott (1836–1897), English, poet, hymnwriter, novelist, editor
Amélie Gex (1835–1883), French poet and writer in French and Franco-Provençal
Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914), African-American abolitionist, poet and educator
Bertha Jane Grundy (1837–1912), English poet and novelist
Grace Hibbard (c. 1835–1911), American author, poet
Mary E. Ireland (1834–1927), American; "poetess of Cecil County"
Amanda Jones (1835–1914), American poet, inventor and spiritualist
Atala Kisfaludy (1836–1911), Hungarian poet and writer
Julia Pérez Montes de Oca (1839–1875), Cuban poet
Carlotta Perry (1839/1848–1914), American writer and poet
Sarah Jane Rees (1839–1916), Welsh poet
Mary Bynon Reese (1832–1908), American temperance leader, poet, hymnwriter
Christina Rossetti (1830–1894), English poet writing romantic, devotional and children's poems
Ellen Sergeant Rude (1838–1916), American poet, writer, and temperance reformer
Virginie Sampeur (1939–1919), Haitian educator and poet
Carrie Bell Sinclair (1839–1883), American poet
María del Pilar Sinués de Marco (1835–1893), Spanish novelist, poet, non-fiction writer
Staka Skenderova (1831–1891), Bosnian poet, teacher and social worker
Jeanie Oliver Davidson Smith (1836–1925), American poet and romance writer
Amelia Solar de Claro (1836–1915), Chilean poet, playwright, and essayist
Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921), American mystery novelist, poet and short story writer
Celia Thaxter (1835–1894), American writer of poetry and stories
Lydia H. Tilton (1839–1915), American journalist, poet, lyricist
Mary Frances Tyler Tucker (1837–1902), American poet
Emma Rood Tuttle (1839–1916), American writer and poet
Sarah Lowe Twiggs (1839–1920), American poet
Marion E. Warner (1839–1918), American poet and short story writer
Jeneverah M. Winton (1837–1904), American poet and author

1840s

In alphabetical order:

Lettie S. Bigelow (1849–1906), American poet and author
Mathilde Blind (1841–1896), German-born English poet
Alice Williams Brotherton (1848–1930), American poet, lyricist, and author
Maria Alinda Bonacci Brunamonti (1841–1903), Italian poet and scholar
Marietta Stanley Case (1845–1900), American poet and temperance advocate
Ina Coolbrith (born Josephine Anna Smith) (1841–1928), first American poet laureate and first public librarian of California
Sarah Doudney (1841–1926), English poet, hymnist and fiction writer
Marian Douglas (1842–1913), American poet and short story writer
Myra Douglas (1844 – unknown death date), American writer, poet
Angeline Fuller Fischer (1841–1925), American writer, poet
Lisa Anne Fletcher (1844–1905), American poet, correspondent
Blanca de Gassó y Ortiz (1846–1877), Spanish writer and poet
Annie Somers Gilchrist (1841–1912), American poet, novelist, biographer
Isadore Gilbert Jeffery (1840–1919), American poet, lyricist
Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910), Polish novelist, poet, translator and essayist
Emily Lawless (1845–1913), Irish novelist and poet
Louisa Lawson (1848–1920), Australian poet, writer and feminist
Emma Lazarus (1849–1887), American poet, best known for "The New Colossus" (inscribed on the Statue of Liberty)
Manuela Antonia Márquez García-Saavedra (1844–1890), Peruvian writer, poet, composer, pianist
Dr. Lucy Creemer Peckham (1842–1923), American physician, poet
Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845–1921), American social reformer, educator, poet, writer
Kate Brownlee Sherwood (1841–1914), American poet, journalist, translator and story writer
Julia H. Thayer (1847-1944), American poet, hymnwriter, and educator
Ellen Oliver Van Fleet (1842–1893), American poet and hymnwriter
Sallie Ada Vance (ca. 1840 – unknown)
Adelaide Cilley Waldron (1843–1909), American author, editor, clubwoman
Sarah Stokes Walton (1844–1899), American poet and artist
Laura Rosamond White (1844–1922), American poet, author, editor

1850s

In alphabetical order:

Annie Wall Barnett (1859–1942), American writer, litterateur, poet
Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929), American songwriter
Marion Babcock Baxter (1850–1910), American poet, lecturer and financial agent
Eva Best (1851–1925), American story writer, poet, music composer, dramatist
Anna Braden (1858–1939), American poet, author, editor
Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927), American poet
Alice Rollit Coe (1858–1940), Canadian-American author
Helen Gray Cone (1859–1934), American poet and professor of English literature
Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850–1887), Canadian poet
Anne Virginia Culbertson (1857–1918), American poet, writer
Miriam Del Banco (1858–1931), American poet
Belle R. Harrison (1856–1940), American poet and short story writer
Veronica Micle (1850–1889), Romanian poet and writer
Nicolasa Montt (1857–1924), Chilean poet
Constance Naden (1858–1889), English poet and philosopher
Charlotte Niese (1854–1935), German writer and poet
Amy Parkinson (1855–1938), English-born Canadian poet
Adelaide Day Rollston (1854–1941), American poet and author
Salomé Ureña de Henríquez (1850–1897), Dominican Republic poet and pioneer of women's education
Minnie Gow Walsworth (1859–1947), American poet
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919), American author and poet

1860s

In alphabetical order

Brígida Agüero (1837–1866), Cuban poet
Anne Reeve Aldrich (1866–1892), American poet and novelist
Marion Angus (1865–1946), Scottish poet writing in Scots and standard English
Virginia Frazer Boyle (1863–1938), American poet and author
Mae Bramhall (c. 1861–1897), American actress, writer
Eve Brodlique (1867–1949), British-born Canadian/American author, poet, journalist
Olivia Ward Bush (1869–1944), American author, poet and journalist
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907), English novelist, poet, essayist and critic
Marguerite Coppin (1867–1931), Poet Laureate of Belgium
Jelena Dimitrijević (1862–1945), Serbian poet, fiction writer and polyglot
Alice May Douglas (1865–1943), American poet and children's writer
Helen Merrill Egerton (1866–1951), Canadian poet and historical writer
Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946), Australian feminist poet, fiction writer and journalist
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935), American sociologist, author, poet and lecturer for social reform
Mary Gilmore (1865–1962), Australian socialist poet and journalist
Zinaida Gippius (1869–1945), Russian/Italian poet, novelist and dramatist
Anna Haava (1864–1957), Estonian poet
Alice Harriman (1861–1925), American poet, author and publisher
Josephine D. Heard (1861 – c. 1921), American teacher, poet
Ricarda Huch (1864–1947), German historian, novelist and poet
Violet Jacob (1863–1946), Scottish poet writing in Scots
E. Pauline Johnson (1861–1913), Canadian poet
Magdalene Isadora La Grange (1864–1935), American poet
Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945), German poet and playwright
Mirra Lokhvitskaya (1869–1905), Russian poet
Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864–1922), Canadian poet and writer
Clementina Laura Majocchi (1866–1945), Italian poet and writer
Emily Julian McManus (1865–1918), Canadian poet, author, and educator
Charlotte Mew (1869–1928), English poet
Harriet Monroe (1860–1936), American poet, critic and arts patron
Yogmaya Neupane (1867–1941), Nepalese poet and religious leader
Violet Nicholson (Laurence Hope, 1865–1904), English poet
Amber E. Robinson (1867-1961), American educator, postmaster, poet, reporter, social reformer
Ethel Rolt-Wheeler (1869–1958), English poet, author and journalist
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick (fl. 1860 – 1880), American poet, essayist, and columnist
Hilda Siller (1861–1945), American poet and short story writer
May Sinclair (1862–1946), English fiction writer and poet
Fruzina Szalay (1864–1926), Hungarian poet and translator
Violet Tweedale (1862–1936), Scottish writer and poet

1870s

In alphabetical order:

Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), American poet, novelist and short story writer
Pauline B. Barrington (1876–1956), American poet
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1874–1945), French poet, novelist and journalist
Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875–1935), American poet, journalist and political activist
Nicole Garay (1873–1928), Panamanian poet
Norah M. Holland (1876–1925), poet, playwright, journalist and editor
Georgia Douglas Johnson (1877–1966), American poet
Gertrud von Le Fort (1876–1971), German novelist, poet and essayist
Lilian Leveridge (1879–1953), Canadian poet, short story writer, and non-fiction writer
Amy Lowell (1874–1925), American poet of Imagist school, posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner in 1926
Agnes Miegel (1879–1964), German journalist, writer and poet
Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942), American poet, novelist and screenplay writer
L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942), Canadian poet and children's author
Sarojini Naidu (Nightingale of India, 1879–1949), child prodigy, Indian independence activist and poet
Qiu Jin (1875–1907), Chinese revolutionary, feminist and writer
Dorothy Richardson (1873–1957), English fiction writer, poet and essayist
Lola Ridge (1873–1941), American anarchist poet and editor of avant-garde, feminist and Marxist publications
Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958), American novelist, playwright, and poet
Nina Salaman (1877–1925), English poet and translator
Dora Adele Shoemaker (1873–1962), American poet and playwright
Leonora Speyer (1872–1956), American poet and violinist
Ilse von Stach (1879–1941), German playwright, novelist and poet
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), American writer, poet and art collector spending most of her life in France
Lesya Ukrainka (1871–1913), Ukrainian poet
Renée Vivien (1877–1909), French poet
Florence Mary Wilson (c. 1870–1946), Northern Irish poet
Maryla Wolska (1873–1930), Polish poet
Yosano Akiko (與謝野晶子, 1878–1942), Japanese poet and feminist
Kazimiera Zawistowska (1870–1902), Polish poet and translator

1880s

In alphabetical order:

Delmira Agustini (1886–1914), Uruguayan poet
Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966), Russian and Soviet modernist poet
Ethel Anderson (1883–1958), Australian poet, essayist, novelist and painter
Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker (1888–1942), French Algerian poet and playwright
Grace Stone Coates (1881–1976), American poet and fiction writer
Frances Cornford (1886–1960), English poet
Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975), Scottish poet writing in Braid Scots and English
H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961), American poet, novelist and memoirist, known for Imagist poetry
Cherubina de Gabriak (Elisaveta Ivanovna Dmitrieva, 1887–1928), Russian poet
Elizabeth Daryush (1887–1977), English poet
Enid Derham (1882–1941), Australian poet
Zoraida Díaz (1991–1948) Panamanian poet and feminist
Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965), English poet and children's writer
Jesse Redmon Fauset (1882–1961), American poet, essayist and novelist
Else Feldmann (1884–1942), Austrian playwright, poet and novelist
Scottie McKenzie Frasier (1884–1964), American poet
Pauline Fréchette (1889–1943), French Canadian poet, dramatist, journalist, and Catholic nun
Ethel Romig Fuller (1883–1965), American poet and Oregon's third Poet Laureate
Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1958), Mixed American journalist, teacher, playwright and poet
Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (1890–1964), American professor, poet, non-fiction writer
Emmy Hennings (1885–1948), German poet and performer
Juana Teresa Juega López (1885–1979), Galician-language Spanish poet
Margit Kaffka (1880–1918), Hungarian poet and writer
Mina Loy (1882–1966), Anglo-American artist, poet, playwright and novelist
Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988), English poet and author best known for a series of children's books
Anna Margolin (1887–1952), Russian-American Yiddish-language poet
Gabriela Mistral (Lucila Godoy Alcayaga) (1889–1957), Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist, first Latin American to win Nobel Prize in Literature
Marianne Moore (1887–1972), American Modernist poet and writer
Nettie Palmer (1885–1964), Australian poet, essayist and literary critic
Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960), English suffragist, and poet, wrote Writ on Cold Slate (1922) on prison experiences
Sophia Parnok (1885–1933), Russian Jewish Silver Age poet
Paula von Preradović (1887–1951), Austrian story writer and poet
Beatrice Redpath (1886–1937), Canadian poet and short story writer
María Herminia Sabbia y Oribe (1883–1961), Uruguayan poet
Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1959), Irish poet, dramatist, actor and salonnière
Fredegond Shove (1889–1949), English poet
Edith Sitwell (1887–1964), English poet and critic, eldest of three literary Sitwells
Anne Spencer (1882–1975), American poet
Elkanah East Taylor (1888–1945), American poet; poetry magazine founder
Sara Teasdale (1884–1933), American lyrical poet
Regina Ullmann (1884–1961), Swiss poet writing in German
Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (1889–1956), English poet
Anna Wickham, born Edith Alice Mary Harper (1884–1947), English poet with Australian connections
Elinor Wylie (1885–1928), American poet and novelist

1890s

In alphabetical order:

Léonie Adams (1899–1988), American poet, seventh United States Poet Laureate
Elisaveta Bagryana (1893–1991), Bulgarian poet known as a mother of Bulgarian literature
Grace Shattuck Bail (1898–1996), American poet and composer
Djuna Barnes (1892–1982), American modernist lesbian writer
Ameena Begum (1892–1949), Indian/French poet
Louise Bogan (1897–1970), American poet; fourth US Poet Laureate
Marianne Bruns (1897–1994), German poet and novelist
Bryher (Annie Winifred Ellerman, 1894–1983), English novelist, poet, memoirist, and magazine editor
Lydia Cabrera (1899–1991), Cuban poet and anthropologist
May Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973), English poet
Amy Key Clarke (1892–1980), English mystical poet, author and teacher
Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972), New Zealand-born Australian poet and novelist
Babette Deutsch (1895–1982), American poet, critic, translator, and novelist
Florbela Espanca (1894–1930), Portuguese poet
Claire Goll (1890–1977), German-born poet and novelist writing in German and French
Dharmachari Guruma (1898–1978), Nepalese hymnist and Buddhist nun
Gelanesh Haddis (1896–1986), Ethiopian poet and church scholar
Hilda Mary Hooke (1898–1978), Canadian poet, playwright
Ethel Jacobson (1899–1991), American writer of light verse
Edna Jaques (1891–1978), Canadian poet
Gertrud Kolmar (1894–1943), German poet
Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896–1983), American poet, writer; South Carolina Poet Laureate 1974–1983
Elisabeth Langgässer (1899–1950), German poet and novelist
Claudia Lars (1899–1974), Salvadoran poet
Muna Lee (1895–1965), American poet and translator
Edith Gyömrői Ludowyk (1896–1987), Hungarian/Sri Lankan poet and psychotherapist
Desanka Maksimović (1898–1993), Serbian poet, writer and translator
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950), American lyrical poet, playwright and feminist
Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999), Scottish novelist and poet
Helene Mullins (1899–1991), American poet and novelist
María Olimpia de Obaldía (1891–1985), Panamanian poet
Mary Devenport O'Neill (1898–1957), Irish poet and dramatist
Ida Ospelt-Amann (1899–1996), Liechtensteiner dialect poet
Dorothy Parker (1893–1967), American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945), Polish poet
Ruth Pitter (1897–1992), English poet, first woman to receive Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, in 1955
Esther Raab (1894–1981), Palestinian/Israeli poet and prose writer
Elsa Rautee (1897–1987), Finnish poet
Nelly Sachs (1891–1970), Jewish German poet and playwright
Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962), English writer, poet and gardener
Nafija Sarajlić (1893–1970), Bosnian poet and prose writer
Henriette Sauret (1890–1976), French poet and political writer
Nan Shepherd (1893–1981), Scottish novelist and poet
Maria Shkapskaya (1891–1952), Soviet poet and journalist
Edith Södergran (1892–1923), Swedish-speaking Finnish poet, early Swedish language modernist
Jela Spiridonović-Savić (1890–1974), Serbian/Yugoslav poet
Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938), Argentine poet of the modernist period
Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968), Soviet Russian poet, playwright, translator and children's author
Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941), Russian and Soviet poet
Erzsi Újvári (1899–1940), Hungarian poet
Alice Lardé de Venturino (1895–1983), Salvador poet and writer
Charlotte Wilder (1898–1980), American poet

1900s

In alphabetical order:

Helen Adam (1909–1993), Scottish poet, collagist and photographer
Mririda n'Ait Attik (c. 1900 – c. 1940s), Moroccan poet
Rose Ausländer (1901–1988), Bucovina-born poet writing in German and English
Ángela Figuera Aymerich (1902–1984), Basque and Spanish poet and writer
Anna Barkova (1901–1976), Soviet poet, playwright, essayist and fiction writer
Mary Barnard (1909–2001), American poet, biographer and Greek-to-English translator
Joan Barton (1908–1986), English poet and bookseller
Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981), African-American writer
Karin Boye (1900–1941), Swedish poet and novelist
Dilys Cadwaladr (1902–1979), Welsh-language poet and fiction writer
Gladys Casely-Hayford (1904–1950), Sierra Leonean poet
Anica Černej (1900–1944), Slovenian poet and author
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904–1948), Indian poet writing emotionally charged Hindi songs
Mae Virginia Cowdery (1909–1948), African-American poe
Meta Davis Cumberbatch (1900–1978), Trinidad-born pianist, composer, poet, playwright and cultural activist
Clarissa Scott Delany (1901–1927), African-American poet, essayist, educator and social worker
Ashapoorna Devi (1909–1995), Bengali novelist and poet
Hilde Domin (1909–2006), German poet
Gamila El Alaily (1907–1991), Egyptian poet and novelist
Parvin E'tesami (1907–1941), Persian poet of Iran
Margiad Evans (1909–1958), English poet, novelist and illustrator
Georgie Starbuck Galbraith (1909–1980), American writer of light verse
Madeline Gleason (1903–1979), American poet and dramatist
Rumer Godden (1907–1998), English poet, novelist and children's writer
Phoebe Hesketh (1909–2005), English poet
Ofelia Hooper (1900–1981), Panamanian poet and sociologist
Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981), Australian author and poet
Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003), American poet, fiction writer and critic; 21st US Poet Laureate
Helene Johnson (1906–1995), American poet
Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974), German novelist and poet
Halina Konopacka (1900–1989), Polish writer, poet and athlete
Ruth Krauss (1901–1993), American poet and children's writer
Lin Huiyin (1904–1955), Chinese architect and writer
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001), American poet, author and aviator
Dorothy Livesay (1909–1996), Canadian poet
Dulce María Loynaz (1902–1997), Cuban poet and novelist
Una Marson (1905–1965), Jamaican activist and poet
Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978), American author of children's books and poetry
Cecília Meireles (1901–1964), Brazilian writer and educator
Ruth Moore (1903–1989), American fiction writer and poet
Salomėja Nėris (1904–1945), Lithuanian poet and political commentator
Adalgisa Nery (1905–1980), Brazilian poet, novelist, journalist and politician
Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970), American poet; only woman associated with Objectivist poets
Silvina Ocampo (1903–1994), Argentine poet and short story writer
Mary Oppen (1908–1990), American activist, artist, photographer, poet and writer
Josefina Pla (1903–1999), Spanish poet, playwright, art critic and painter
Margaret Steuart Pollard (1904–1996), English scholar and poet in the Cornish language
Kathleen Raine (1908–2003), English poet, critic and scholar
Laura Riding (1901–1991), American poet, critic, fiction writer and essayist
Pavla Rovan (1908–1999), Slovenian poet and writer
Ana María Martínez Sagi (1907–2000), Spanish (Catalan) poet and athlete
Oda Schaefer (1900–1988), German poet and journalist
Lilian Serpas (1905–1985), Salvador poet
Stevie Smith (1902–1971), English poet and novelist
Anna Świrszczyńska (1909–1984), Polish poet
Olena Teliha (1906–1942), Ukrainian poet
Rosemary Thomas (1901–1961), American poet and teacher
Moti Laxmi Upasika (1909–1997), Nepalese poet and fiction writer
Katri Vala (1901–1944), Finnish poet
Mahadevi Varma (1906–1987), Hindi poet, freedom fighter, woman's activist and educationist
Louise Leveque de Vilmorin (1902–1969), French novelist, poet, and journalist
Viola S. Wendt (1907–1986), American poet and educator
Anne Elizabeth Wilson (1901–1946), American-born Canadian poet, writer and editor
Marguerite Young (1908–1995), American poet and novelist
Esperanza Zambrano (1901–1992), Mexican poet
Marya Zaturenska (1902–1982), American poet; won 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

1910s

In alphabetical order:

Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913–2004), American poet
Rabab Al-Kadhimi (1918–1998), Iraqi poet and dentist
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004), Portuguese poet and writer
Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991), English-born Australian academic, literary critic and poet
Margaret Avison (1918–2007), Canadian poet, editor and speaker
Louise Bennett (1919–2006), Jamaican poet, folklorist and educator
Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979), American poet and short-story writer
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000), African-American poet; 30th US Poet Laureate
Helle Busacca (1915–1996), Sicilian Italian poet, writer and painter
Christine Busta (1915–1987), Austrian poet
Matilde Camus (1919–2012), Spanish poet and writer
Aída Cartagena Portalatín (1918–1994), Dominican poet, fiction writer and essayist
Joy Davidman (1915–1960), American writer and poet, wife of C. S. Lewis
Madeline DeFrees (1919–2015), American poet
Joan Adeney Easdale (1913–1998), English poet
Elvira Farreras i Valentí (1913–2005), Spanish (Catalan) poet and essayist
Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000), Booker Prize-winning English novelist, poet, essayist and biographer
Maria Assumpció Soler i Font (1913–2004), Spanish (Catalan) poet and writer
Grace Beacham Freeman (1916–2002), American poet, columnist, short story writer, and South Carolina Poet Laureate 1985–1986
Jean Garrigue (1912–1972), American poet
Zuzanna Ginczanka (1917–1945), Polish poet and Holocaust victim
Virginia Graham (1910–1993), English poet and humorist
Anne Hébert (1916–2000), Canadian author and poet
Esmé Hooton (1914–1992), English poet
Christine Lavant (1915–1973), Austrian poet and novelist
Matilde Elena López (1919–2010), Salvadorean poet, essayist and playwright
Kersti Merilaas (1913–1986), Estonian poet and translator
Josephine Miles (1911–1985), American poet and literary critic
Hilda Mundy (1912–1980), Bolivian writer, poet, journalist
Amrita Pritam (1919–2005), Indian (Punjabi) poet, novelist and essayist
Anne Ridler (1912–2001), English poet and playwright
Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980), American poet and political activist
Helena Sanders (1911–1997), Cornish poet, humanitarian, cultural activist and politician
May Sarton (1912–1995), Belgian American poet, novelist, and memoirist
Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout (1910–1992), Suriname poet and community leader
Stella Sierra (1917–1997), Panamanian poet and prose writer
Ann Stanford (1916–1987), American poet
Ruth Stone (1915–2011), American poet, author and teacher
May Swenson (1913–1989), American poet and playwright
Magda Szabó (1917–2007), Hungarian novelist, poet and playwright
Maria Luise Thurmair (1912–2005), Austrian/German hymnist and writer
Joan Ure (1918–1978), Scottish poet and playwright
Margaret Walker (1915–1998), American poet and novelist
Judith Wright (1915–2000), Australian poet, environmentalist and campaigner for Aboriginal land rights
Audrey Wurdemann (1911–1960), American poet, winner of 1935 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Yana Yazova (1912–1974), Bulgarian poet, writer and historian; real name Ljuba Gantcheva
Unica Zürn (1916–1970), German poet and painter

1920s

In alphabetical order:

Nazik Al-Malaika (1923–2007), Iraqi poet
Maqbula al-Shalak (1921–1986), Syrian poet, children's writer and activist
Claribel Alegría (1924–2018), Nicaraguan poet, essayist, novelist and journalist
Maya Angelou (1928–2014), American memoirist, popular poet, and civil rights activist
Thea Astley (1925–2004), Australian fiction writer and poet
Arthenia J. Bates Millican (1920–2012), American poet, short-story writer, essayist and educator
Ruth Bidgood (1922–2022), Welsh poet and local historian
Erika Burkart (1922–2010), Swiss poet and writer in German
Juanita Casey (1925–2012), English Gypsy poet, novelist and horse breeder
Rosario Castellanos (1925–1974), Mexican poet and author
Paulette Cherici-Porello (1924–2018), Monegasque poet and writer
Amy Clampitt (1920–1994), American poet and author
Blaga Dimitrova (1922–2003), Bulgarian poet and Vice President of Bulgaria
Rosemary Dobson (1920–2012), Australian poet, illustrator, editor and anthologist
Yulia Drunina (1924–1991), Soviet Russian poet
Fangge Dupan (杜潘芳格, 1927–2016), Taiwanese poet
Mona Jane Van Duyn (1921–2004), American poet and US Poet Laureate
Annette Mbaye d'Erneville (born 1926), Senegalese poet and writer
Mari Evans (1923–2017), American poet
Sarah Webster Fabio (1928–1979), American poet, literary critic and educator
Aminath Faiza (1924–2011), Maldive poet and author
U. A. Fanthorpe (1929–2009), English poet
Janet Frame (1924–2004), New Zealand poet and fiction writer
FrancEyE (1922–2007), American poet, born Frances Dean Smith
Olga Gonçalves (1929–2004), Portuguese poet and novelist
Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo (1926–2010), São Tomé e Príncipe poet
Barbara Guest (1920–2006), American poet and author
Julia Hartwig (1921–2017), Polish poet and translator
Gwen Harwood (1920–1995), Australian poet and librettist
Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002), Australian feminist poet, novelist, librettist and playwright
Constance Hunting (1925–2006), American poet and publisher
Ada Jafri (1924–2015), Indian/Pakistani poet and writer
Elizabeth Jennings (1926–2001), English poet
Hawa Jibril (1920–2011), Somali poet
Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986), Polish poet, writer and translator
Eriko Kishida (1929–2011), Japanese poet, children's author, lyricist, and translator
Shirley Kaufman (1923–2016), American/Israeli poet and translator
Eila Kivikk'aho (1921–2004), Finnish poet
Carolyn Kizer (1925–2014), Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet; noted for feminist poetry
Maxine Kumin (1925–2014), American poet and author; 26th US Poet Laureate
Ana Emilia Lahitte (1929–2013), Argentine poet, writer, and playwright
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018), American poet and author
Denise Levertov (1923–1997), English-born American poet
Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (1928–2015), English/Kenyan poet and fiction writer
Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921–1995), Finnish poet, playwright and translator
Joyce Mansour (1928–1986), Egyptian/French poet
Manuela Margarido (1925–2007), São Tomé and Príncipe poet and diplomat
Ludmiła Marjańska (1923–2005), Polish poet and translator
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924–1942), Romanian-born German poet
Máire Mhac an tSaoi (1922–2021), Irish language scholar, poet, writer and academic
Lisel Mueller (1924–2020), German-born American poet
Malkat al-Dar Muhammad (1920–1969), Sudanese poet, novelist and composer
Inge Müller (1925–1966), German poet
Ágnes Nemes Nagy (1922–1991), Hungarian poet, writer and translator
Oodgeroo Noonuccal (a.k.a. Kath Walker, 1920–1993), Australian poet, political activist and artist
Grace Paley (1922–2007), American-Jewish fiction writer, poet, and political activist
Esdras Parra (1929–2004), Venezuelan poet and writer
Vesna Parun (1922–2010), Croatian poet
Marie Ponsot (1921–2019), American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator
Luz Pozo Garza (1922–2020), Spanish poet
Adrienne Rich (1929–2012), American poet, essayist and feminist
Dora Isella Russell (1925–1990), Uruguayan poet, journalist
Carmelina Sánchez-Cutillas i Martínez del Romero (1921–2009), Spanish historian, novelist and poet
Giovanna Sandri (1923–2002), Italian visual poet
Iryna Senyk (1926–2009), poet
Anne Sexton (1928–1974), American poet, known for highly personal, confessional verse
Bessie Skea (1923–1996), Scottish poet from Orkney
Noémia de Sousa (1926–2002), Mozambique poet
Julie Suk (born 1924), American poet
Efua Sutherland (1924–1996), Ghanaian playwright, children's author, poet and dramatist
Wislawa Szymborska (1923–2012), Polish poet, essayist and translator; won 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature
Alcira Cardona Torrico (1926–2003), Bolivian writer and poet
Mona Van Duyn (1921–2004), American poet; 36th US Poet Laureate
Phyllis Webb (1927–2021), Canadian poet and radio broadcaster
Hannah Weiner (1928–1997), American poet; often grouped with the Language poets
Christa Wolf (1929–2011), German poet, critic and novelist
Mitsuye Yamada (born 1923), Japanese American activist, essayist, poet, story writer and editor
Chia-ying Yeh (born 1924), Chinese-Canadian poet

1930s

In alphabetical order:

Fleur Adcock (born 1934), poet and editor of English and Northern Irish ancestry
Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010), Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator
Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012), French poet and translator
Bisera Alikadić (born 1939), Bosnian poet and author
Klairi Angelidou (1932–2021), Cypriot poet, translator and philologist
Margaret Atwood (born 1939), Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist and environmental activist
A. S. Byatt (born 1936), English novelist and poet
Neriman Cahit (born 1937), Turkish Cypriot poet, author and prominent women's rights advocate
Diana Chang (1934–2009), Chinese American novelist and poet
Hélène Cixous (born 1937), Algerian-born French poet, playwright and philosopher
Gillian Clarke (born 1937), Welsh poet, playwright, editor, broadcaster, lecturer and translator
Lucille Clifton (1936–2010), American writer and educator
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (born 1930), Crow Creek Lakota Sioux editor, essayist, poet, novelist, and academic
Jayne Cortez (1936–2012), American poet and performance artist
Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir (1930–2021), Icelandic poet
Kamala Das (1934–2009), Indian English poet and littérateur
Olga Xirinacs Díaz (born 1936), writer and piano teacher
Zuhur Dixon (1933–2021), Iraqi poet
Leila Djabali (born 1933), Algerian poet and intellectual
Muzi Epifani (1935–1984), Italian novelist and poet
Ruth Fainlight (born 1931), US-born English poet, short story writer, translator and librettist
Forough Farrokhzad (1935–1967), Iranian poet and film director
Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019), English poet, novelist and biographer
Ágnes Gergely (born 1933), Hungarian poet, essayist and translator
Ellen Gilchrist (born 1935), American novelist, short story writer and poet
Halima Godane (1935–1994), Somali poet and activist
Patricia Goedicke (1931–2006), American poet
Georgina Herrera (1936–2021), Cuban poet
Hilda Hilst (1930–2004), Brazilian poet, playwright and novelist
Mary Ann Hoberman (born 1930), American poet and children's writer
Barbara Holland (1933–2010), American children's writer, poet and memoirist
Susan Howe (born 1937), American poet, scholar, essayist and critic; closely associated with Language poets
Raquel Ilombé (1938–1992), Equatorial Guinean poet and author
Nora Iuga (born 1931), Romanian poet, writer and translator
Patricia Janus (1932–2006), American poet, artist and educator
Rita Joe (1932–2007), Canadian poet
Anna Jókai (1932–2017), Hungarian poet, author and teacher
Ingrid Jonker (1933–1965), South African poet
June Jordan (1936–2002), American poet, essayist, journalist, novelist, librettist and autobiographer
Jenny Joseph (1932–2018), English poet
Antigone Kefala (1935–2022), Australian poet and prose-writer of Greek-Romanian heritage
Adrienne Kennedy (born 1931), American playwright and poet
Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937), Lebanese-French writer, former Miss Beirut
Sarah Kirsch (1935–2013), German poet and translator
Sarah Klassen (born 1932), Canadian poet and fiction writer
Gwendoline Konie (1938–2009), Zambian poet, diplomat and politician
Lina Kostenko (born 1930), Ukrainian poet
Urszula Kozioł (born 1931), Polish poet
Momoko Kuroda (黒田杏子, born 1938), Japanese haiku poet and essayist
Joanne Kyger (1934–2017), American poet tied to Black Mountain, San Francisco Renaissance and Beat generation
Alda Lara (1930–1962), Angolan poet
Audre Lorde (1934–1992), Caribbean-American writer, poet and activist
Ana María Llona Málaga (born 1936), Peruvian poet
Alda Merini (1931–2009), Italian writer and poet
Barbara Moraff (born 1939), American poet of the Beat generation
Martha Nasibù (1931–2020), Ethiopian/French poet, writer and artist
Olga Nolla (1938–2001), Puerto Rican poet, writer and professor
Helga M. Novak (1935–2013), German poet and political writer
Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938), American author
Mary Oliver (1935–2019), American poet
Agnieszka Osiecka (1936–1997), Polish poet and screenplay writer
Alicia Ostriker (born 1937), American poet and scholar writing Jewish feminist poetry
Atena Pashko (1931–2012), Ukrainian chemical engineer, poet, and social activist
Amelia Blossom Pegram (1935–2022), South African poet
Marge Piercy (born 1936), American poet, novelist and social activist
Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972), Argentine poet
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), American poet and fiction writer
Halina Poświatowska (1935–1967), Polish poet
Diane di Prima (1934–2020), American poet
Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936–2005), Israeli poet, translator and peace activist
Mirkka Rekola (1931–2014), Finnish poet
Adrienne Rich (1929–2012), American poet and writer
Sonia Sanchez (born 1934), African-American poet
Pat Schneider (1934–2020), American writer, poet and editor
Nina Serrano (born 1934), American poet, writer, storyteller and media producer
Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939–2000), American poet and fiction writer, South Carolina Poet Laureate, 1986–2000
Fatou Ndiaye Sow (1937–2004), Senegalese poet, children's writer and teacher
Donna J. Stone (1933–1994), American poet and philanthropist
Karen Swenson (born 1936), American poet and journalist
Elaine Terranova (born 1939), American poet
Laura Ulewicz (1930–2007), American poet
Lobat Vala (born 1930), Iranian poet and campaigner
Jean Valentine (1934–2020), American poet; New York State Poet Laureate
Diane Wakoski (born 1937), American poet
Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935), American poet, translator and publisher
Eleanor Wilner (born 1937), American poet and editor
Dede Wilson (born 1937), American poet
Nellie Wong (born 1934), Chinese-American feminist poet
Shaïda Zarumey (born 1938), Niger poet and sociologist
Fay Zwicky (1933–2017), Australian poet, short-story writer, critic and academic

1940s

In alphabetical order:

Kathy Acker (1947–1997), American experimental novelist, punk poet, playwright, postmodernist and sex-positive feminist writer
Diane Ackerman (born 1948), American essayist and naturalist
Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023), Ghanaian poet, novelist, playwright and short-story writer
Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942–2004), American author, poet and activist
Rae Armantrout (born 1947), American writer, Language poet and professor
Akram Monfared Arya (born 1946), Iranian/Swedish writer, politician and aircraft pilot
Pam Ayres (born 1947), English poet, songwriter and radio/TV presenter
Mary Jo Bang (born 1946), American poet
Miryana Ivanova Basheva (1947–2020), Bulgarian poet
Olinda Beja (born 1946), São Tomé and Príncipe poet, writer and narrator
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (born 1947), Chinese American poet associated with Language poetry, the New York School, phenomenology, and visual art
Linda Bierds (born 1945), American poet and professor
Becky Birtha (born 1948), American poet and children's author
Eavan Boland (1944–2020), Irish poet
Douangdeuane Bounyavong (born 1947), Laotian poet, novelist and non-fiction writer
Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949), American poet; North Carolina Poet Laureate 2010–2012
Nicole Brossard (born 1943), French Canadian formalist poet and novelist
Olga Broumas (born 1949), Greek poet living in United States
Flora Brovina (born 1949), Kosovar poet and politician
Andrea Hollander Budy (born 1947), American poet
Kathryn Stripling Byer (1944–2017), American poet and teacher; North Carolina Poet Laureate 2005–2009
Caroline Caddy (born 1944), Australian poet
Luzmila Carpio (born 1949), Bolivian song-writer
Kelly Cherry (born 1940), American poet and author
Chrystos (born 1946), Menominee rights activist and poet
Daria Chubata (born 1940), Ukrainian physician, writer, poet
Michelle Cliff (1946–2016), Jamaican/American poet and fiction writer
Norma Cole (born 1945), American poet, visual artist, and translator
Wanda Coleman (1946–2013), American poet
Anne Compton (born 1947), Canadian poet, critic, and anthologist
Wendy Cope (born 1945), English poet
Elsa Cross (born 1946), Mexican poet and essayist
Doris Davenport (born 1949), American educator poet
Regina Derieva (1949–2013), Russian poet and writer
Toi Derricotte (born 1941), American poet and professor
Annie Dillard (born 1945), American nonfiction writer, poet, essayist and novelist
Berlie Doherty (born 1943), English novelist, poet, playwright, screenwriter and children's writer
Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941), American poet, essayist, feminist critic, and scholar
Bohdana Durda (born 1940), Ukrainian writer, poet, songwriter
Lynn Emanuel (born 1949), American poet
Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 1945), American poet
Diane Fahey (born 1945), Australian poet
Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944), Paraguayan poet and novelist
Veronica Forrest-Thomson (1947–1975), Scottish poet and theorist
Tess Gallagher (born 1943), American poet, essayist, author and playwright
Nikki Giovanni (born 1943), African-American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator
Banira Giri (1946–2021), Nepalese poet and author
Diane Glancy (born 1941), American poet, novelist and playwright
Louise Glück (born 1943), American poet; 42nd US Poet Laureate
Lorna Goodison (born 1947), Jamaican poet
Hedwig Gorski (born 1949), American performance poet and avant-garde artist
Hattie Gossett (born 1942), African-American feminist playwright, poet, and magazine editor
Judy Grahn (born 1940), American feminist, lesbian poet
Debora Greger (born 1949), American poet and visual artist
Linda Gregg (1942–2019), American poet
Susan Griffin (born 1943), American poet, playwright and philosopher
M. A. Griffiths (1947–2009), English poet
Marilyn Hacker (born 1942), American poet, translator and critic
Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949), Filipino American poet, playwright and novelist
Eloise Klein Healy (born 1943), American poet, first Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, professor at Antioch University
Lyn Hejinian (born 1941), American poet, essayist, translator and publisher
Lin Van Hek (born 1944), Australian poet and novelist
Guðrið Helmsdal (born 1941), Faroese poet
Linda Hogan (born 1947), American poet and fiction writer
Libby Houston (born 1941), English poet, botanist, and rock climber
Fanny Howe (born 1940), American poet and fiction writer
Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir (1942–2016), Icelandic poet
Erica Jong (born 1942), American author and teacher
Jane Kenyon (1947–1995), American poet and translator
Mimi Khalvati (born 1944), Iranian-born English poet
Hamda Khamis (born 1945), Bahrain poet and columnist
Karin Kiwus (born 1942), German poet
Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (born 1946), American poet; Poet Laureate of Virginia
Ann Lauterbach (born 1942), American poet, essayist and professor
Tanith Lee (1947–2015), English novelist, poet and screenwriter
Lalitha Lenin (born 1946), Indian poet in Malayalam
Catherine Lim (林宝音, born 1942), Singaporean poet and fiction writer
Ewa Lipska (born 1945), Polish poet
Liz Lochhead (born 1947), Scottish poet and dramatist
Christine De Luca (born 1947), Scottish poet and writer
Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941–1987), Canadian poet and novelist
Mary Mackey (born 1945), American novelist, poet and academic
Jennifer Maiden (born 1949), Australian poet
Angela Marinescu (born 1941), Romanian poet
Daphne Marlatt (born 1942), Canadian poet
Bernadette Mayer (born 1945), American poet, writer and visual artist
Susan McCaslin (born 1947), Canadian poet
Heather McHugh (born 1948), American poet
Jane Miller (born 1949), American poet
Susan Mitchell (born 1944), American poet, essayist and translator
Grace Mera Molisa (1947–2002), ni-Vanuatu politician, poet and campaigner for women's equality
Nancy Morejón (born 1944), Cuban poet, critic and essayist
Robin Morgan (born 1941), American poet, author and lecturer
Micere Githae Mugo (1942–2023), Kenyan poet, playwright and professor
Joan Murray (born 1945), American poet, writer and playwright
Carol Muske-Dukes (born 1945), American poet, novelist, essayist and professor; California Poet Laureate
Marilyn Nelson (born 1946), American poet, translator and children's author
Kavidi Wivine N'Landu (living), DR Congo poet and politician
Alice Notley (born 1945), American poet
Clémentine Nzuji (born 1944), Congolese poet and writer
Sharon Olds (born 1942), American poet
Ljubica Ostojić (1945–2021), Bosnian poet, writer and playwright
Ruth Padel (born 1946), English poet and non-fiction author on poetry and nature writing
Ánxeles Penas (born 1943), Spanish poet
Katha Pollitt (born 1949), American feminist poet, essayist and critic
Dina Posada (born 1946), Salvadoran poet
Thuraya Qabil (born 1943), Saudi Arabian poet and journalist
Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979), Australian poet and playwright
Denise Riley (born 1948), English poet and philosopher
Althea Romeo-Mark (born 1948), Antigua poet, writer and educator
Penelope Rosemont (born 1942), American poet, writer and visual artist
Cristina Peri Rossi (born 1941), Uruguayan poet, fiction writer and translator
Susanna Roxman (1946–2015), Swedish-born English poet and critic
Kay Ryan (born 1945), American poet and educator; 16th US Poet Laureate
Olive Senior (born 1941), Jamaican poet, novelist, short story and non-fiction writer
Ntozake Shange (1948–2018), American poet and playwright
Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948), American poet and fiction writer
Marilyn Singer (born 1948), American poet and children's writer
Patti Smith (born 1946), American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist
Stephanie Strickland (born 1942), American poet and exponent of electronic literature
Telcine Turner-Rolle (1944–2012), Bahamas poet, playwright and educator
Jane Urquhart (born 1949), Canadian novelist and poet
Amy Uyematsu (1947–2023), American poet
Janine Pommy Vega (1942–2010), American poet associated with Beat generation
Judit Vihar (born 1944), Hungarian poet and literary historian
Ellen Bryant Voigt (born 1943), American poet and essayist
Anne Waldman (born 1945), American poet
Alice Walker (born 1944), American author, poet and activist
Sherley Anne Williams (1944–1999), American poet, novelist and playwright
Connie Willis (born 1945), American poet and short story writer
Wong May (born 1944), Singaporean/Irish poet
Merle Woo (born 1941), Asian American teacher, poet and activist
Carolyn D. Wright (1949), American poet
Halima Xudoyberdiyeva (1947–2018), Uzbek poet, People's Poet of Uzbekistan
Ekaterina Petrova Yosifova (born 1941), Bulgarian poet, educator and journalist

1950s

In alphabetical order:

Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (1951–2014), Nigerian poet and researcher
Patricia J. Adams (born 1952), Anguillan poet and writer
Kim Addonizio (born 1954), American poet and novelist
Josephine Balmer (born 1959), English poet, translator and critic
Fevziye Rahgozar Barlas (born 1955), Afghan poet and fiction writer
Mubarkah Bent al-Barra (born 1957), Mauritanian poet and translator
Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959), American poet, journalist and educator
Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar (born 1951), Bosnian poet, writer and playwright
Marion Bethel (born 1953), Bahamas poet, essayist and attorney
Valerie Bloom (born 1956), Jamaican poet and novelist
Tanella Boni (born 1954), Côte d'Ivoire poet and novelist
Jenny Boult (1951–2005), Australian poet, playwright, and editor
Melba Boyd (born 1950), African-American poet
Alison Brackenbury (born 1953), English poet
Di Brandt (born 1952), Canadian poet and scholar
Giannina Braschi (born 1953), Puerto Rican poet and writer
Jean "Binta" Breeze (1956–2021), Jamaican dub poet and storyteller
Fern G. Z. Carr (born 1956), Canadian poet, translator and lawyer
Anne Carson (born 1950), Canadian poet, essayist and translator
Ana Castillo (born 1953), Mexican-American fiction writer, poet and essayist
Catherine Chandler (born 1950), American/Canadian poet and translator
Andrea Cheng (born 1957), American poet and children's writer
Edith Checa (1957–2017), Spanish poet, writer, and journalist
Marilyn Chin (born 1955), American poet and writer
Sandra Cisneros (born 1954), American writer
Michelle T. Clinton (born 1955), African-American poet
Judith Ortiz Cofer (born 1952), Puerto Rican poet and author
Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958), American/Canadian poet
Merle Collins (born 1950), Grenadian poet and fiction writer
Judy Croome (born 1958), South African poet and novelist
Bernadette Sanou Dao (born 1952), Burkina Faso poet, fiction writer and politician
Tina Darragh (born 1950), American Language poet
Mahadai Das (1954–2003), Guyanese poet and academic
Ananda Devi (born 1957), Mauritian poet and fiction writer
Imtiaz Dharker (born c. 1954), English poet, artist and film-maker
Koumanthio Zeinab Diallo (born 1956), Guinean poet, novelist and playwright
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956), Indian-American poet and fiction writer
Rita Dove (born 1952), American poet and essayist
Jane Draycott (born 1954), English poet and university teacher
Vera Duarte (born 1952), Cape Verdean poet and politician
Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955), Scottish poet and playwright; first female Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
Marilyn Dumont (born 1955), First Nations Canadian poet
Helen Dunmore (1952–2017), English poet, novelist and children's writer
Claudia Emerson (born 1957), American poet; won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Louise Erdrich (born 1954), American poet and fiction writer
Annie Finch (born 1956), American poet, playwright and performance artist
Rosa Méndez Fonte (born 1957), Galician poet, writer, and researcher
Nikky Finney (born 1957), American poet
Carolyn Forché (born 1950), American poet, translator and professor
Coralie Frei (born 1951), Comoros/Swiss poet and novelist
Alice Fulton (born 1952), American author and poet
Chitra Gajadin (born 1954), Surinamese/Dutch poet, writer and playwright
Amy Gerstler (born 1956), American poet
Stanka Gjurić (born 1956), Croatian poet and essayist
Jorie Graham (born 1950), American poet
Joy Harjo (born 1951), American poet, former United States Poet Laureate
Carla Harryman (born 1952), American poet, essayist, and playwright, associated with Language poets
Katherine Hastings (born 1950), American poet
Jane Hirshfield (born 1953), American poet, essayist and translator
Lynda Hull (1954–1994), American poet
Julie Kane (born 1952), American poet, scholar and editor; Louisiana Poet Laureate 2011–2013
Mary Karr (born 1955), American poet and essayist
Barbara Kingsolver (born 1955), American fiction writer, poet and essayist
Katarzyna Krenz (born 1953), Polish writer, poet and painter
Antjie Krog (born 1952), South African poet and journalist in Afrikaans
Mira Kuś (born 1958), Polish poet and journalist
Dorianne Laux (born 1952), American poet
Sue Lenier (born 1957), English poet and playwright
Krystyna Lenkowska (born 1957), Polish poet and translator
Rika Lesser (born 1953), American poet and translator
Corinth Morter Lewis (living), Belize poet and educator
Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), Welsh poet and inaugural National Poet of Wales
Sarah Lindsay (born 1958), American poet
Suzanne Lummis (born 1951), American poet and publisher; founder of Los Angeles Poetry Festival
Jully Makini (born 1953), Solomon Islands poet, writer and women's rights activist
Chris Mansell (born 1953), Australian poet and publisher
Lee Maracle (born 1950), Canadian poet, novelist and storyteller
Maria Mercè Marçal (1952–1998), Catalan poet
Camille Martin (born 1956), Canadian poet and collage artist
Dionyse McTair (born 1950), Trinidadian poet^[3]
Grażyna Miller (1957–2009), Polish poet and translator
Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956), American poet
Cherrie Moraga (born 1952), Chicana poet, playwright, and essayist
Aurora Levins Morales (born 1954), Puerto Rican essayist, poet and fiction writer
Thylias Moss (born 1954), American poet, children's novelist, and playwright
Lale Müldür (born 1956), Turkish poet and writer
Harryette Mullen (born 1953), American poet, short story writer and literary scholar
Herta Müller (born 1953), Romanian-born German novelist, poet and essayist; Nobel Prize in Literature winner
Rosario Murillo (born 1951), Nicaraguan poet
Sheila Murphy (born 1951), American poet and visual poet
Susan Musgrave (born 1951), Canadian poet and children's writer
J. C. Niala (living), Zanzibar/English poet and story-teller
Grace Nichols (born 1950), Guyanese poet
Elly Niland (born 1954), Guyanese poet, playwright and teacher
Barbara Noda (born 1953), third generation Japanese American poet
Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952), American poet, songwriter and novelist
Maggie O'Sullivan (born 1951), English poet of Irish descent, performer and visual artist
Yolanda Pantin (born 1954), Venezuelan poet and children's writer
Kathleen Peirce (born 1956), American poet
Pascale Petit (born 1953), French-born Welsh poet and artist
Chiranan Pitpreecha (born 1955), Thai poet and feminist
Judith Pordon (born 1954), American poet and writer
Dorothy Porter (1954–2008), Australian poet
Karen Press (born 1956), South African English-language poet
Viera Prokešová (1957–2008), Slovak poet, writer and translator
Zsuzsa Rakovszky (born 1950), Hungarian poet and translator
Ágnes Rapai (born 1952), Hungarian poet, writer and translator
Irina Ratushinskaya (1954–2017), Soviet/Russian poet and writer
Jutta Richter (born 1955), German author of children's and youth literature
Luisa Ballesteros Rosas (born 1957), Colombian essayist, poet, and educator
Barbara Rosiek (1959–2020), Polish poet, writer and psychologist
Anne Rouse (born 1954), American-British poet
Layla Sarahat Rushani (c. 1952/1954–2004), Afghan poet
Gig Ryan (born 1956), Australian poet
Gjertrud Schnackenberg (born 1953), American poet
Odete Semedo (born 1959), Guinea-Bissau poet, writer and educator
Jo Shapcott (born 1953), English poet, editor and lecturer
Edi Shukriu (born 1950), Kosovar poet, politician and archaeologist
Margaret Smith (born 1958), American poet, musician and artist
Cathy Song (born 1955), American poet
Susan Stewart (born 1952), American poet, university professor and critic
Kebedech Tekleab (born 1958), Ethiopian poet and painter
Eleni Theocharous (born 1953), Cypriot poet and politician
Angela Topping (born 1954), English poet, literary critic and author
Agata Tuszynska (born 1957), Polish writer, poet and journalist
Chase Twichell (born 1950), American poet, professor and publisher
Ania Walwicz (1951–2020), Australian poet and prose writer and visual artist
Connie Wanek (born 1952), American poet
Meralda Warren (born 1959), Pitcairn Island artist, poet and author
Marjory Heath Wentworth (born 1958), American poet; South Carolina Poet Laureate
Sheri-D Wilson (born 1958), Canadian poet, producer and lecturer
Grażyna Wojcieszko (born 1957), Polish poet and essayist
Tetiana Yakovenko (born 1954), Ukrainian poet, literary critic and teacher
Neşe Yaşın (born 1959), Turkish Cypriot poet and author
Yuan Chiung-chiung (袁瓊瓊, born 1950), Taiwanese poet, fiction writer and television writer

1960s

In alphabetical order:

Patience Agbabi (born 1965), English poet
Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969), American poet
Nura al-Badi (born 1969), Omani poet
Khadija Besikri (born 1962), Libyan poet, writer and human rights activist
Kate Clanchy (born 1965), Scottish poet and writer
Julia Copus (born 1969), English poet and children's writer
M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963), Australian poet, lawyer and academic
Anna Dodas i Noguer (1962—1986), Catalan poet
Petya Dubarova (born 1962), Bulgarian poet, school student
Zena Edwards (born 1960s), British writer, poet and performer
Milena Ercolani (born 1963), San Marino poet and novelist
Jacinta Escudos (living), Salvadorian poet and fiction and non-fiction writer
Maggie Estep (1963–2014), American poet and writer
Magie Faure-Vidot (living), Seychelles poet
Sia Figiel (born 1967), Samoan novelist, poet, and painter
Kate Gale (born 1965), American poet; founding publisher of Red Hen Press
Karina Galvez (born 1964), Ecuadorian poet
Lavinia Greenlaw (born 1962), English poet and novelist
Mariela Griffor (born 1961), Chilean poet, translator and diplomat
Beth Gylys (born 1964), American poet and professor
Roya Hakakian (born 1966), Iranian/American poet, writer and journalist
Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965), American poet, historian, philosopher and author
Ellen Hinsey (born 1960), American poet, translator and scholar
Rozalie Hirs (born 1965), Dutch poet and composer
Frieda Hughes (born 1960), English poet and painter
Helen Ivory (born 1969), English poet, artist, tutor and editor
Lisa Jarnot (born 1967), American poet
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (born 1967), American poet and novelist
Judy Jordan (born 1961), American poet, novelist, and memoirist
Sandra Pierrette Kanzié (born 1966), Burkina Faso poet
Adeena Karasick (born 1965), Canadian poet, essayist and performance artist
Julia Kasdorf (born 1962), American poet
Laura Kasischke (born 1961), American poet
Jackie Kay (born 1961), Scottish poet, playwright and novelist
Ruth Ellen Kocher (born 1965), American poet
Simona Lazăr (living), Romanian poet and gastronomic writer
Danielle Legros Georges (living), Haitian-born American poet, essayist and academic
Dana Levin (born 1965), American poet and teacher
Conceição Lima (born 1961), São Tomé and Príncipe poet
LindaAnn Loschiavo (born c. 1960), American poet
Zindzi Mandela (1960–2020), South African poet and diplomat
Wendy McGrath (born 1960), Canadian poet and novelist
Nora Méndez (born 1969), Salvadoran poet
Sarah Messer (born 1966), American poet and author
Cho Mina (born 1960), South Korean poet
Ange Mlinko (born 1969), American poet and literary critic
Nora Nadjarian (born 1966), Cypriot poet and fiction writer
Taslima Nasrin (born 1962), Bengali doctor, novelist, poet and essayist
Juliane Okot Bitek (born 1966), Kenyan-born Ugandan diasporian poet and academic
Alice Oswald (born 1966), English poet
Vera Pavlova (born 1963), Russian poet
Parween Pazhwak (born 1967), Afghan poet, writer and artist
Marine Petrossian (born 1960), Armenian poet, essayist and columnist
Duanwad Pimwana (born 1969), Thai poet, novelist and journalist
Pascale Quao-Gaudens (born 1963), Côte d'Ivoire poet, writer and artist
Samina Raja (born 1961), Pakistani poet, writer, translator and broadcaster
Claudia Rankine (born 1963), American poet and playwright
Lisa Robertson (born 1961), Canadian poet
Mamta Sagar (born 1966), Kannada poet and playwright living in Bangalore
Maryam Salama (born 1965), Libyan poet and writer
Fiona Sampson (born 1968), English/Welsh poet and editor
Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960), Sri Lankan-Australian poet and academic
Rebecca Seiferle (living), American poet
Narmala Shewcharan (living), Guyanese poet, novelist and anthropologist
Dorothea Smartt (born 1963), English-born poet of Barbadian descent
A. E. Stallings (born 1968), American poet and translator
Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born 1968), American poet
Maud Sulter (1960–2008), British fine artist and poet
Krisztina Tóth (born 1967), Hungarian poet, writer and translator
Ann Townsend (born 1962), American poet and essayist
Elizabeth Treadwell (born 1967), American poet
Natasha Trethewey (born 1966), American poet; Mississippi Poet Laureate, won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Reetika Vazirani (1962–2003), Indian/American poet and educator
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers (born 1966), South African poet, dramatist and performance artist
Rebecca Wee (living), American poet and academic
Elizabeth Willis (born 1961), American poet, literary critic and professor
Sholeh Wolpé (born 1962), Iranian/American poet, translator and playwright
Jacqueline Woodson (born 1963), American poet
Cho Yongmee (born 1962), South Korean poet

1970s

In alphabetical order:

An Heon-mi (born 1971), South Korean poet
Maryam Jafari Azarmani (born 1977), Iranian poet, essayist, critic and translator
Siham Benchekroun (living), Moroccan poet and novelist
Jacqueline Bishop (living), Jamaican poet, novelist and visual artist
Amba Bongo (born 1962), DR Congo poet and novelist
Malika Booker (born 1970), British poet and multi-disciplinary artist
Shannon Bramer (born 1973), Canadian poet
Colette Bryce (born 1970), Northern Irish poet
Alison Calder (born 1969), Canadian poet and educator
Susana Chávez (1974–2011), Mexican poet and human rights activist
Grace Chia (born 1973), Singaporean poet, writer and journalist
Dan Chiasson (born 1971), American poet, critic and journalist
Eugenia Chuprina (born 1971), Ukrainian poet, novelist, writer, playwright
Dani Couture (born 1978), Canadian poet and novelist
Jennifer K Dick (born 1970), American poet
Lidija Dimkovska (born 1971), Macedonian poet, novelist and translator
Adda Djørup (born 1972), Danish poet and fiction writer
Chay Douangphouxay (living), American poet of Lao-Khmer extraction
Sasha Dugdale (born 1974), English poet, playwright and translator
Nurduran Duman (born 1974), Turkish poet, writer, essayist, and translator
Camille Dungy (born 1972), American poet and academic
Zetta Elliott (born 1972), Canadian-American poet and playwright
Jill Alexander Essbaum (born 1971), American poet and novelist
Kate Fox (born 1975), English poet, writer, comedian and academic
Marta Repullo i Grau (born 1976), Andorran poet and journalist
Jane Griffiths (born 1970), English poet and literary historian
Rachel Eliza Griffiths (born 1978), American poet, novelist, photographer and visual artist
Eliza Griswold (born 1973), American journalist and poet
Wioletta Grzegorzewska (born 1974), Polish poet and writer
Kim Haengsook (born 1970), South Korean poet
Sophie Hannah (born 1971), English poet and novelist
Ilona Hegedűs (living), Hungarian poet and fiction writer
Hissa Hilal (living), Saudi Arabian poet and editor
Joan Houlihan (living), American poet
Sheema Kalbasi (born 1972), Iranian poet, producer, critic, blogger and human rights advocate
Sissal Kampmann (born 1974), Faroese poet
Saba Kidane (born 1978), Eritrean poet and journalist
Taja Kramberger (born 1970), Slovenian poet, translator and essayist
Evelyn Lau (born 1971), Canadian poet and novelist
Ágnes Lehóczky (born 1976), Hungarian translator and academic
Ada Limón (born 1976), 24th United States Poet Laureate
Lebogang Mashile (born 1979), South African actress, writer and performance poet
Lili Mendoza (born 1974), Panamanian poet and writer
Touhfat Mouhtare (living), Comoros poet and writer
Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974), American poet
Neelam Karki Niharika (born 1975), Nepalese poet and fiction writer
Ketty Nivyabandi (born 1978), Burundian poet and human rights activist
Gayatribala Panda (born 1977), Indian poet, fiction writer and journalist
Rochelle Potkar (born 1979), Indian fiction writer and poet
Asmaa bint Saqr Al Qasimi (living), United Arab Emirates poet
Adele Ramos (living), Belize poet, writer and journalist
Angela Rawlings (born 1978), Canadian poet, editor, and interdisciplinary artist
Angela Readman (born 1973), English poet
Nandini Sahu (born 1973), Indian poet writing in English
Ann Sansom (living), English poet and tutor
Sally Singhateh (born 1977), Gambian poet and novelist
Tracy K. Smith (born 1972), African-American poet and educator
Geeta Tripathee (born 1972), Nepalese poet and song-writer
Julieta Valero (born 1971), Spanish poet
Jumoke Verissimo (born 1979), Nigerian poet and writer
Emily Warn (living), American poet and essayist
Jennifer Wong (born 1978), Chinese poet
Yu Xiuhua (余秀华, born 1976), Chinese poet
Eva Yárnoz (born 1975), Spanish poet
Katarzyna Ewa Zdanowicz-Cyganiak (born 1979), Polish poet and journalist

1980s

In alphabetical order:

Anastasia Afanasieva (born 1982), Ukrainian physician, poet, writer and translator
Salma Khalil Alio (born 1982), Chad poet, photographer and graphic artist
Nadia Anjuman (1980–2005), Afghanistani poet
Süreyya Aylin Antmen (born 1981), Turkish writer, poet and essayist
Wani Ardy (born 1984), Malaysian writer, poet, and singer-songwriter
Eileen Barbosa (living), Cape Verdean poet and fiction writer
Linda M. Deane (living), English-born writer, poet and editor in Barbados
Kristín Eiríksdóttir (born 1981), Icelandic poet
Fateme Ekhtesari (born 1986), Iranian poet and midwife
Kalilah Enríquez (born 1983), Belize poet and journalist
Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner (living), Marshall Islander/American poet and climate-change activist
Iya Kiva (born 1984), Ukrainian poet, translator, journalist, and critic
D. L. Lang (born 1983), American poet laureate of Vallejo, California
Joanna Lech (born 1984), Polish poet and writer
Rossy Evelin Lima (born 1986), Mexican poet and linguist
Wendy McGrath (living), Canadian poet and novelist
Jennifer Militello (living), American poet and professor
Yamilka Noa (born 1980), Cuban/Costa Rican poet and film-maker
Vera Polozkova (born 1986), Russian poet, actor and singer
Tania De Rozario (born 1982), Singaporean writer and visual artist
Warsan Shire (born 1988), British writer, poet, editor and teacher
Maja Solar (born 1980), Serbian poet
Margo Taft Stever (living), American poet
Azalia Suhaimi (born 1985), Malaysian poet, writer and photographer
Véronique Tadjo (born 1985), Côte d'Ivoire poet, novelist and artist
Bogi Takács (born 1983), Hungarian poet, writer and translator

1990s

In alphabetical order:

Amata Giramata (born 1996), Rwandan/American poet and community organizer
Amanda Gorman (born 1998), American poet
Rupi Kaur (born 1992), Indian-born Canadian poet and illustrator
Sheila Khala (born 1990 or 1991), Lesotho poet
Melissa Lozada-Oliva (born 1992), American poet and educator
Emtithal Mahmoud (born 1992 or 1993), Sudanese poet and activist
Andisha Shahii (born 1991), Kyrgyzstan poet and fiction writer

Current (date of birth unknown)

Elizabeth Acevedo, Dominican-American poet
Sandra Agard, British storyteller, poet and cultural historian
Star Black, American poet, photographer and artist
Hannah Drake, African-American poet
Beda Higgins, Anglo-Irish poet and writer
Kara Jackson, American poet and former National Youth Poet Laureate of the USA
Monica Ong, Asian-American visual poet

References

^ Judges, 4.
^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Moulton. pp. 111–12.
^ Benson, Eugene; Conolly, L W (2004). Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. p. 1004. ISBN 1134468482.