List of Romanian-language poets

The following is a list of famous or notable Romanian language poets grouped by period of activity (years link to corresponding "[year] in poetry" articles):

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The beginnings

• Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869)
• Vasile Cârlova (1809–1832)
• Dosoftei (1624–1693)
• Anton Pann (1794–1854)
• Ienăchiță Văcărescu (1740–1797)
• Alecu Văcărescu (1769–1799)

Classical Age

• Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890)
• Grigore Alexandrescu (1810–1885)
• George Coșbuc (1866–1918)
• Mihai Eminescu (1850–1889)
• Octavian Goga (1881–1938)
• Ștefan Octavian Iosif (1875–1913)
• Alexandru Macedonski (1854–1920)
• Veronica Micle (1850–1889)
• Andrei Mureșanu (1816–1863)
• Ion Heliade Rădulescu (1802–1872)
• Constantin Stamati (1786–1869)
• Carmen Sylva (1843–1916)

Interwar period

• Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967)
• George Bacovia (1881–1955)
• Ion Barbu (1859–1961)
• Lucian Blaga (1895–1961)
• Nichifor Crainic (1898–1972)
• Radu Gyr (1905–1975)
• Ion Minulescu (1881–1944)
• Gellu Naum (1915–2001)
• Ion Pillat (1891–1945)
• George Topârceanu (1886–1937)
• Tristan Tzara (1896–1963)
• Vasile Voiculescu (1884–1963)
• Ilarie Voronca (1903 –1946)
• Geo Bogza (1908 –1993)

Post-war period

• George Alboiu (born 1944)
• Ioan Alexandru (1941–2000)
• A.E. Baconsky (1925–1977)
• Cezar Baltag (1939–1997)
• Mihai Beniuc (1907–1988)
• Ana Blandiana (born 1942)
• Emil Brumaru (born 1939)
• Paul Celan (1920–1970)
• Leonid Dimov (1926–1987)
• Mircea Dinescu (born 1950)
• Ștefan Augustin Doinaș (1922–2002)
• Șerban Foarță (born 1942)
• Dumitru Găleșanu (born 1955)
• Eugen Jebeleanu (1911–1991)
• Nicolae Labiș (1935–1956)
• Gherasim Luca (1913–1994)
• Angela Marinescu (born 1941)
• Virgil Mazilescu (1942–1984)
• Gellu Naum (1915–2001)
• Adrian Păunescu (born 1943)
• Adrian Popescu (born 1947)
• Marin Sorescu (1936–1996)
• Nichita Stănescu (1933–1983)
• Petre Stoica (1931–2009)
• Dorin Tudoran (born 1945)

Contemporary

• Constantin Virgil Bănescu (1982–2009)
• Maria Berényi (born 1959)
• Zoltán Böszörményi (born 1951)
• Ionuț Caragea (born 1975)
• Mircea Cărtărescu (born 1956)
• Ruxandra Cesereanu (born 1963)
• Traian T. Coșovei (born 1954–2014)
• Nichita Danilov (born 1952)
• Mircea Dinescu (born 1950)
• Șerban Foarță (born 1942)
• Dumitru Găleșanu (born 1955)
• Mariana Marin (1956–2003)
• Angela Marinescu (born 1941)
• Alexandru Mușina (1954–2013)
• Marta Petreu (born 1955)
• Cristian Popescu (1959–1995)