List of Russian-language poets - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Poets who wrote much of their poetry in the Russian language.
- Mikhail Lomonosov (d. 1765)
- Alexander Pushkin (d. 1837)
- Mikhail Lermontov (d. 1841)
- Fyodor Tyutchev (d. 1873)
- Ivan Turgenev (d. 1883)
- Semyon Grigorevich (Simon Schmuel) Frug (d. 1916)
- Osip Mandelstam (d. 1938)
- Marina Tsvetaeva (d. 1941)
- Nikolay Oleynikov (d. 1942)
- Ivan Bunin (d. 1953)
- Boris Pasternak (d. 1960)
- Anna Akhmatova (d. 1966)
- Vladimir Nabokov (d. 1977)
- Vladimir Vysotsky (d. 1980)
- Joseph Brodsky (d. 1996)
- Bella Akhmadulina (d. 2010)
- Yevgeny Yevtushenko (d. 2017)
- Andrey Dementyev (d. 2018)
- Lev Rubinstein (d. 2024)
- Valeri Brainin-Passek (born 1948)
A
[change | change source]- Gennady Aigi (1934–2006)
- Bella Akhmadulina (d. 2010)
- Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966)
- Ivan Akhmetiev (born 1950)
- Gennady Alexeyev (1932–1987)
- Margarita Aliger (1915–1992)
- Daniil Andreev (1906–1959)
- Innokentiy Annensky (1855–1909)
- Pavel Antokolsky (1896–1978)
- Aleksey Apukhtin (1840–1893)
- Vladimir Aristov (born 1950)
- Eduard Asadov (1923–2004)
- Nikolay Aseev (1889–1963)
- Lera Auerbach (Averbakh) (born 1973)
B
[change | change source]- Eduard Bagritsky (1895–1934)
- Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942)
- Evgeny Baratynsky (1800–1844)
- Ivan Barkov (1732-1768)
- Agniya Barto (1906–1981)
- Konstantin Batyushkov (1787–1855)
- Demyan Bedny (1883–1945)
- Andrei Bely (1880–1934)
- Vladimir Benediktov (1807—1873)
- Olga Berggolts (1910–1975)
- Alexander Bestuzhev (1797–1837)
- Sergey Biryukov (born 1950)
- Alexander Blok (1880–1921)
- Valeri Brainin-Passek (born 1948)
- Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996)
- Valery Bryusov (1873–1924)
- Ivan Bunin (1870–1953)
C
[change | change source]- Sasha Cherny (1880–1932)
- Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969)
D
[change | change source]- Denis Davydov (1784–1839)
- Anton Delvig (1798–1831)
- Andrey Dementyev (born 1928)
- Regina Derieva (born 1949)
- Gavriil Derzhavin (1743–1816)
- Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky (1915–1994)
- Yulia Drunina (1924–1991)
E
[change | change source]- Vladimir Earle (born 1947)
- Ilya Ehrenburg (1891–1967)
F
[change | change source]- Vasily Fedorov (1918–1984)
- Afanasy Fet (1812–1892)
- Konstantin Fofanov (1862–1911)
- Semyon Grigorevich (Simon Schmuel) Frug (1860–1916)
G
[change | change source]- Cherubina de Gabriak (1887–1928)
- Mikhail Gerasimov (poet) (1889–1939)
- Zinaida Gippius (1869–1945)
- Nikolay Glazkov (1919–1979)
- Fyodor Glinka (1786–1849)
- Sergey Gorodetsky (1884–1967)
- Alexander Griboedov (1794–1829)
- Dmitri Grigoriev (born 1960)
- Apollon Grigoryev (1822–1864)
- Igor Guberman (born in 1936)
- Semen Gudzenko (1922–1953)
- Nikolay Gumilyov (1886–1921)
I
[change | change source]- Vera Inber (1890–1972)
- Mikhail Isakovsky (1900–1973)
- Georgiy Ivanov (1894–1958)
- Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866–1949)
- Ryurik Ivnev (1891–1981)
J
[change | change source]- Rassul Jamsatov (1718-1777)
K
[change | change source]- Antiokh Kantemir (1708–1744), syllabic poetry.
- Vasily Kapnist (1758–1823)
- Elena Katsuba (born 1946)
- Rimma Kazakova (born 1931)
- Dmitriy Kedrin (1907–1945)
- Konstantin Kedrov (born 1942)
- Daniil Kharms (1905–1942)
- Velemir Khlebnikov (1885–1922)
- Vladislav Khodasevich (1886–1939)
- Igor Kholin (1920–1999)
- Semen Kirsanov (1906–1972)
- Sergey Klychkov (1889–1940)
- Nikolay Klyuev (1884–1937)
- Dovid Knut (1900–1955)
- Pavel Kogan (1918–1942)
- Aleksey Koltsov (1809–1842)
- Naum Korzhavin (born 1925)
- Ivan Kozlov (1779–1840)
- Victor Krivulin (1944–2001)
- Aleksey Kruchenykh (1886–1968)
- Ivan Krylov (1769–1844)
- Wilhelm Küchelbecher (Vilgelm Kyukhelbeker), (1797–1846)
- Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954)
- Nestor Kukolnik (1809–1868)
- Alexander Kushner (born 1936)
- Boris Kushner (born 1941)
- Ilya Kutik (born 1961)
- Dmitry Kuzmin (born 1969)
- Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin (1872–1936)
L
[change | change source]- Vasily Lebedev-Kumach (1898–1949)
- Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841)
- Yuriy Levitansky (born 1922)
- Mirra Lokhvitskaya (1869–1905)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765)
- Vladimir Lugovskoy (1901–1957)
M
[change | change source]- Alexander Makarov-Krotkov (born 1959)
- Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938)
- Gregory Margovsky (born 1963)
- Samuil Marshak (1887–1964)
- Leonid Martynov (1905–1980)
- Novella Matveeva (born 1934)
- Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930)
- Apollon Maykov (1821–1897)
- Dmitriy Merezhkovsky (1866–1941)
- Arvo Mets (1937–1997)
- Lev Mey (1822–1862)
- Alexander Mezhirov (born 1923)
- Sergey Mikhalkov (1913-2009)
- Yunna Morits (born 1937)
- Ivan Myatlev (1796–1844)
N
[change | change source]- Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
- Semen Nadson (1862–1887)
- Vladimir Narbut (1888–1938)
- Sergey Narovchatov (1919–1981)
- Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov (1821–1877)
- Vsevolod Nekrasov (born 1934)
- Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824–1861)
- Rea Nikonova (born 1942)
- Valerij Nikolaevskij (born 1939)
O
[change | change source]- Sergey Obradovich (1892–1956)
- Nikolay Ogarev (1813–1877)
- Alexander Odoevsky (1802–1839)
- Irina Odoevtseva (1901–1990)
- Bulat Okudzhava (1924–1997)
- Nikolay Oleynikov (1898–1942)
- Lev Oshanin (1912–1996)
- Lev Ozerov (1914–1996)
P
[change | change source]- Valentin Parnakh (1891–1951)
- Sofiya Parnok (1885–1933)
- Boris Pasternak (1890–1960)
- Karolina Pavlova (1807–1893)
- Mariya Petrovykh (1908–1979)
- Aleksey Plescheev (1825–1893)
- German Plisetsky (1931–1992)
- Aleksandr Polezhaev (1804–1838)
- Yakov Polonsky (1819–1898)
- Boris Poplavsky (1903–1935)
- Nikolay Nikitich Popovsky (1730–1760)
- Kozma Prutkov (1817–1875)
- Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837)
R
[change | change source]- Vladimir Raevsky (1795–1872)
- Yevgeny Rein (born 1935)
- Yevdokiya Rostopchina (1812–1858)
- Konstantin Romanov (known as K.R.), (1858–1915)
- Vsevolod Rozhdestvensky (1895–1977)
- Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932–1994)
- Nikolay Rubtsov (1936–1971)
- Boris Ruchiev (1913–1973)
- Kondraty Ryleyev (1795–1826)
S
[change | change source]- David Samoylov (1920–1990)
- Genrikh Sapgir (1928–1999)
- Stepan Schipachev (1899–1980)
- Ilya Selvinsky (1899–1968)
- Igor Severyanin (1887–1941)
- Varlam Shalamov (1907–1982)
- Vadim Shefner (1915–2002)
- Tatiana Shcherbina (born 1954)
- Nikolay Sherbina (1821–1869)
- Vadim Shershenevich (1893–1942)
- Asya Shneiderman (born 1968)
- Gennady Shpalikov (1937–1974)
- Konstantin Simonov (1915–1979)
- Konstantin Sluchevsky (1837–1904)
- Boris Slutsky (1919–1986)
- Yaroslav Smelyakov (1913–1972)
- Fyodor Sologub (1863–1927)
- Vladimir Soloukhin (born 1924)
- Sergey Stratanovsky (born 1944)
- Dmitry Sukharev (born 1930)
- Alexander Sumarokov (1717–1777)
- Alexander Surkov (1899–1983)
- Mikhail Svetlov (1903–1964)
T
[change | change source]- Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968)
- Arseniy Tarkovsky (1907–1989)
- Nikolay Tikhonov (1896–1979)
- Aleksey Tolstoy (1817–1875)
- Vasily Trediakovsky (1703–1769)
- Viktor Tsoi (1962-1990)
- Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941)
- Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
- Veronika Tushnova (1915–1965)
- Aleksandr Tvardovsky (1910–1971)
- Fyodor Tyutchev (1803–1873)
U
[change | change source]- Vladimir Uflyand (1937–2007)
- Iosif Utkin (1903–1944)
V
[change | change source]- Konstantin Vaginov (1899–1934)
- Konstantin Vanshenkin (born 1925)
- Dmitry Venevitinov (1805–1827)
- Yevgeny Vinokurov (born 1925)
- Igor Vishnevetsky (born 1964)
- Alina Vitukhnovskaya (born 1973)
- Maksimilian Voloshin (1877–1932)
- Andrey Voznesensky (born 1933)
- Alexander Vvedensky (1904–1941)
- Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792–1878)
- Vladimir Vysotsky (1938–1980)
Y
[change | change source]- Alexander Yashin (1913–1968)
- Nikolay Yazykov (1803–1847)
- Sergei Yesenin (or Esenin), (1895–1925)
- Yevgeny Yevtushenko (born 1933)
Z
[change | change source]- Nikolay Zabolotsky (1903–1958)
- Mikhail Zenkevich (1891–1973)
- Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov (1821–1908)
- Anatoly Zhigulin (1930–2000)
- Vasiliy Zhukovsky (1783–1852)
- Ivan Zhdanov (born 1949)
- Boris Zubry (born 1951)