List of Slovak poets

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The following is a list of the most important poets of Slovak literature.

For a list of Slovak authors of prose and drama, please see Slovak prose.

Contents 1 Middle Ages (800–1500) 2 Renaissance (1500–1650) 3 Baroque (1650–1780) 4 Classicism (1780–1840) 5 Romantism (1840–1850) 6 Between romantism and realism (1850–1875) 7 Realism (1875–1905) 8 Modernism (1905-1918) 9 Between the World Wars (1918–1948) 9.1 Surrealism 9.2 Catholic Modernism 10 Post-war period (1948–1960s) 11 Contemporary (since the 1960s) 12 See also

[edit] Middle Ages (800–1500)

• Constantine (827–869) – born in Thessaloniki
• Maurus (?–1070)
• Leonard z Uničova (15th century)

[edit] Renaissance (1500–1650)

• Martin Rakovský (1535–1579)
• Ján Silván (1493–1573)
• Pavel Kyrmezer (?–1589)
• Vavrinec Benedikt z Nedožier (Laurentio Benedictino Nudozierino) (1555–1615)
• Ján Filický (?–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)

[edit] Baroque (1650–1780)

• Juraj Tranovský or Tranoscius (1592–1637)
• Benedikt Szőllősi (1609–1656)
• Daniel Sinapius Horčička I (1640–1688)
• Jób Trusius (17th century)
• Ján Sekáč (?–1818)
• Dionýz Kubík (1749–1811)
• Štefan Ferdinand Selecký (1675–?)
• Peter Benický (1606–1664)
• Hugolín Gavlovič (1712–1787)
• Štefan Pilárik I (1615–1693)

[edit] Classicism (1780–1840)

• Augustín Doležal (1737–1802)
• Bohuslav Tablic (1769–1832)
• Pavel Jozef Šafárik (1795–1861)
• Ján Kollár (1793–1852)
• Ján Hollý (1785–1849)
• Karol Kuzmány (1806–1866)

[edit] Romantism (1840–1850)

• Ľudovít Štúr (1815–1856)
• Samo Chalupka (1812–1883)
• Andrej Sládkovič (1820–1872)
• Janko Kráľ (1822–1876)
• Ján Botto (1829–1881)
• Janko Matúška (1821–1877)
• Samo Vozár (1823–1850)
• Michal Miloslav Hodža (1811–1870)
• Viliam Paulíny-Tóth (1826–1877)

[edit] Between romantism and realism (1850–1875)

• Ľudovít Kubáni (1830–1869)

[edit] Realism (1875–1905)

• Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský (1847–1916)
• Pavol Országh-Hviezdoslav (1849–1921)
• Ľudmila Podjavorinská (1842–1951)

[edit] Modernism (1905-1918)

• Ivan Krasko (1876–1958)
• Janko Jesenský (1874–1945)
• Vladimír Roy (1885–1936)
• Ivan Gall (1885–1955)

[edit] Between the World Wars (1918–1948)

• Štefan Krčméry (1892–1955)
• Martin Rázus (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)

[edit] Surrealism

• Rudolf Fabry (1915–1982)
• Vladimír Reisel (1919–?)
• Július Lenko (1914–?)
• Štefan Žáry (1918–?)
• Ján Brezina (1917–?)
• Pavel Bunčák (1915–?)
• Ján Rak (1916–1969)

[edit] 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
• Mikuláš Šprinc
• Gorazd Zvonický

[edit] Post-war period (1948–1960s)

• Ján Kostra (1910–1975)
• Pavol Horov (1914–1975)
• Andrej Plávka (1907–1982)
• Ivan Kupec (b. 1922)
• Vojtech Mihálik (b. 1926)

[edit] Contemporary (since the 1960s)

• Milan Rúfus (b. 1928)
• Miroslav Válek (1927–1991)
• Mikuláš Kováč (1934–1992)
• Ľubomír Feldek (b. 1936)
• Jozef Mihalkovič (b. 1935)
• Ján Šimonovič (1939–1994)
• Ján Stacho (1936–1995)
• Ján Ondruš (b. 1932)
• Ján Buzássy (b. 1935)
• Vlastimil Kovalčík (b. 1939)
• Lýdia Vadkerti-Gavorníková (b. 1932)
• Štefan Strážay (b. 1940)
• Ivan Laučík (b. 1944)
• Peter Repka (b. 1944)
• Ivan Štrpka (b. 1944)
• Štefan Moravčík (b. 1943)
• Mila Haugová (b. 1944)
• Ján Švantner (b. 1949)
• Rudolf Čižmárik (b. 1949)
• Jana Kantorová Báliková (b. 1951)
• Eva Kováčová (b. 1951)
• Anna Ondrejková (b. 1954)
• Daniel Hevier (b. 1955)
• Juraj Kuniak (b. 1955)
• Kamil Peteraj (b. 1945)
• Jozef Urban (?)

[edit] See also

• List of national poetries