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 (c. 23th century BCE), ancient Sumerian priestess, poetess, scribe, and hymnist. • Ninšatapada (c. 19th c. BCE), Babylonian scribe and priestess • Lopamudra Hindu Poet c. 15th BCE • Bulluṭsa-rabi (13th c. BCE), Babylonian poet • Deborah (1107–1067 BCE), Israelite prophetess • Gargi Indian Vedic Hindu poet and writer • Maitreyi Ancient Hindu lady poet and author • Sulabha Ancient Hindu lady poet and philosopher • Sappho (c. 630 – 570 BCE), Greek poet, one of the nine lyric poets • Myrtis of Anthedon (6th BCE), Greek poet • Corinna (fl. 6th c. BCE), Greek poet • Cleobulina (fl. c. 550 BCE), Greek poet • Telesilla (fl. 510 BCE), Greek poet • Praxilla (5th c. BCE), Greek poet • Erinna (fl. 4th 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: • 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 • Xie Daoyun (謝道韞, between 340 and 399), Chinese 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 • Lubana bint Ali ibn al-Mahdi (c. 8th–9th c.), Arabic poet • Vijja (8th or 9th c.), Sanskrit poet from India • 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 • 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 • Padishah Khatun (1256–1295), Persian poet and ruler of Kerman • 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 • Jahan Malek Khatun (1324–1393), Persian poet and princess • 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, self-taught scholar and poet of Baroque school • 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 • 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 • Lydia Sigourney (1791-1865), American poet and author of conduct literature • 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)

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 • 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" • Luzmaría Jiménez Faro (1937-2015), Spanish writer, essayist, anthologist, poet, and editor • 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 • Morilla M. Norton (1865-1916), American author, 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 • Annie Campbell Huestis (1878–1960), Canadian poet • 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 • Anna Minerva Henderson, Canadian teacher, civil servant, and poet • 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 • María Cegarra Salcedo (1899–1993), Spanish chemist, teacher, poet, councillor • 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 • Juana Dib (1924–2015), Argentine poet, journalist, and teacher • 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 (1924–2024), 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 • Daniela Albizu (1936-2015), Basque poet, writer • 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 (1936–2023), 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 (1930–2023), 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 • Elke Erb (1938–2024), German poet, editor and translator • 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 (1940–2022), 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 (1941–2024), 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 (1945–2022), 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 (1949–2016), American poet • Halima Xudoyberdiyeva (1947–2018), Uzbek poet, People's Poet of Uzbekistan • Ekaterina Petrova Yosifova (1941–2022), 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 • Itxaro Borda (born 1959), French Basque poet, novelist, translator • 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 (1952–2016), 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 • 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 • Kathrin Schmidt (born 1958), German writer • 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 • Kerstin Becker (born 1969), German writer and 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 • Monika Rinck (born 1969), German poet and writer • 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: • Pilar Adón (born 1971), Spanish poet, novelist, short story writer and translator • An Heon-mi (born 1971), South Korean poet • Pam Ayres (born 1947), English humourist poet • Maryam Jafari Azarmani (born 1977), Iranian poet, essayist, critic and translator • Siham Benchekroun (living), Moroccan poet and novelist • Alexandra Bernhardt (born 1974), German philosopher, poet, writer, translator, editor and publisher • 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 • Andrea Heuser (1972), German writer, poet, translator and literary scholar • 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 • Samantha Lê (born 1974), Vietnamese-American 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 • Daniela Seel (born 1974), German poet, translator, editor and publisher • Sally Singhateh (born 1977), Gambian poet and novelist • Tracy K. Smith (born 1972), African-American poet and educator • Geeta Tripathee (born 1973), Nepalese poet and song-writer • Anja Utler (born 1972), German poet, essayist and translator • Julieta Valero (born 1971), Spanish poet • Jumoke Verissimo (born 1979), Nigerian poet and writer • Emily Warn (living), American poet and essayist • Uljana Wolf (1979), German poet and translator • 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 • Mara-Daria Cojocaru (living), German poet and university lecturer for philosophy • Linda M. Deane (living), English-born writer, poet and editor in Barbados • Xenia Dyakonova (born 1985), Russian-born poet, translator, literary critic, educator living in Spain • 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 • Sophie Reyer (born 1984), Austrian author • Tania De Rozario (born 1982), Singaporean writer and visual artist • Warsan Shire (born 1988), British writer, poet, editor and teacher • Tamara Štajner (born 1987), Slovenian violist and writer • 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 • Judith Zander (born 1980), German 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 • Slata Roschal (born 1992), German writer and literary scholar

Current (date of birth unknown)