title: List of Romanian-language poets
text: # List of Romanian-language poets
  
  The following is a list of famous or notable Romanian language poets grouped by period of activity (years link to corresponding "[year] in poetry" articles):
  
  ## The beginnings
  
  * Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869)
  * Vasile Cârlova (1809–1832)
  * Dosoftei (1624–1693)
  * Anton Pann (1794–1854)
  * Ienăchiță Văcărescu (1740–1797)
  * Alecu Văcărescu (1769–1799)
  
  ## Classical Age
  
  * Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890)
  * Grigore Alexandrescu (1810–1885)
  * George Coșbuc (1866–1918)
  * Mihai Eminescu (1850–1889)
  * Octavian Goga (1881–1938)
  * Ștefan Octavian Iosif (1875–1913)
  * Alexandru Macedonski (1854–1920)
  * Veronica Micle (1850–1889)
  * Andrei Mureșanu (1816–1863)
  * Ion Heliade Rădulescu (1802–1872)
  * Constantin Stamati (1786–1869)
  * Carmen Sylva (1843–1916)
  
  ## Interwar period
  
  * Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967)
  * George Bacovia (1881–1955)
  * Ion Barbu (1859–1961)
  * Lucian Blaga (1895–1961)
  * Nichifor Crainic (1898–1972)
  * Radu Gyr (1905–1975)
  * Ion Minulescu (1881–1944)
  * Gellu Naum (1915–2001)
  * Ion Pillat (1891–1945)
  * George Topârceanu (1886–1937)
  * Tristan Tzara (1896–1963)
  * Vasile Voiculescu (1884–1963)
  * Ilarie Voronca (1903 –1946)
  
  ## Post-war period
  
  * George Alboiu (born 1944)
  * Ioan Alexandru (1941–2000)
  * A.E. Baconsky (1925–1977)
  * Cezar Baltag (1939–1997)
  * Mihai Beniuc (1907–1988)
  * Ana Blandiana (born 1942)
  * Emil Brumaru (born 1939)
  * Paul Celan (1920–1970)
  * Leonid Dimov (1926–1987)
  * Mircea Dinescu (born 1950)
  * Ștefan Augustin Doinaș (1922–2002)
  * Șerban Foarță (born 1942)
  * Eugen Jebeleanu (1911–1991)
  * Nicolae Labiș (1935–1956)
  * Gherasim Luca (1913–1994)
  * Angela Marinescu (born 1941)
  * Virgil Mazilescu (1942–1984)
  * Gellu Naum (1915–2001)
  * Adrian Păunescu (born 1943)
  * Adrian Popescu (born 1947)
  * Marin Sorescu (1936–1996)
  * Nichita Stănescu (1933–1983)
  * Petre Stoica (1931–2009)
  * Dorin Tudoran (born 1945)
  
  ## Contemporary
  
  * Constantin Virgil Bănescu (1982–2009)
  * Ionuț Caragea (born 1975)
  * Mircea Cărtărescu (born 1956)
  * Ruxandra Cesereanu (born 1963)
  * Traian T. Coșovei (born 1954–2014)
  * Nichita Danilov (born 1952)
  * Mircea Dinescu (born 1950)
  * Șerban Foarță (born 1942)
  * Mariana Marin (1956–2003)
  * Angela Marinescu (born 1941)
  * Alexandru Mușina (1954–2013)
  * Marta Petreu (born 1955)
  * Cristian Popescu (1959–1995)
  