Polish poetry

Polish poetry has a centuries-old history, similar to the Polish literature.

Prominent Polish poets include
Marcin Bielski (1495-1575); Polish historian, chronicler, writer and Renaissance satirical poet, first to use the Polish language, hence his designation as the father of Polish prose
Mikołaj Rej (1505-1569); first Polish author to write exclusively in the Polish language and described as a "father of Polish literature"
Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584); commonly regarded as the greatest Polish poet before Adam Mickiewicz
 (1540-1599); royal secretary, poet and historian. He wrote in Polish and Latin. Son of Marcin Bielski.
Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855); regarded as one of the Three Bards of Polish Romantic literature and a "national poet" in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus
Juliusz Słowacki (1809-1849); regarded as one of the Three Bards of Polish Romantic literature
Zygmunt Krasiński (1812-1859); regarded as one of the Three Bards of  Polish Romantic literature
Cyprian Norwid (1821-1883); regarded as a "national poet" in Poland
Maria Konopnicka (1842-1910)
Antoni Lange (1863-1929)
Adam Asnyk (1838-1897)
Bolesław Leśmian (1877-1937)
Jan Lechoń (1899-1956)
Julian Tuwim (1894-1953)
Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891-1945)
Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894-1980)
 Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004); Nike Award (1998), Nobel Prize in Literature (1980), Neustadt International Prize for Literature (1978)
Wisława Szymborska (1923-2012); Goethe Prize (1991), Herder Prize (1995), Nobel Prize in Literature (1996), Order of the White Eagle (2011)
Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998)
Julia Hartwig (1921-2017)
Adam Zagajewski (1945)

See also
List of famous Polish poems
List of Polish language poets
Sapphic stanza in Polish poetry
Skamander
Sung poetry

Category:Polish poetry