Old-poets in European, by popularity

1. Ruckert, Friedrich   European. Born: 1788, Died: 1866, 11 poems.
2. Popa, Vasko   European. Born: 1922, Died: 1991 (modern), 32 poems.
3. Sep Szarzynski, Mikolaj   European. Born: 1550, Died: 1581, 15 poems.
   A Polish religious poet remembered for writing metaphysical sonnets with inverted word orders. Szarzynski did not write much, but what he wrote reveals an extraordinary personality, a profoundly metaphysical poet.
4. Pindar,   European. Born: -518, Died: -438, 2 poems.
   Greek Pindaros, Latin Pindarus the greatest lyric poet of ancient Greece, the master of epinicia, choral odes celebrating victories achieved in the Pythian, Olympic, Isthmian, and Nemean games.
5. Kosovel, Srecko   European. Born: 1904, Died: 1926, 29 poems.
6. ibn Gabirol, Shlomo   European. Born: 1021, Died: 1055, 57 poems.
   Poet, Philosopher and Mystic
7. Palamas, Kostis   European. Born: 1859, Died: 1943, 1 poems.
   He published his first collection of verses, "The Songs of My Fatherland," in 1886.
8. Tasso, Torquato   European. Born: 1544, Died: 1595, 47 poems.
   Italian poet, one of the foremost writers and a tragic figure of the Renaissance. Educated in Naples by Jesuits, he later studied law and philosophy (1560–1562) at the Univ. of Padua. Rinaldo (1562), a chivlaric poem, brought him fame when he was 18;
9. Bellman, Carl Michael   European. Born: 1740, Died: 1795, 8 poems.
   Swedish poet-musician, whose songs have remained very popular in Scandinavia. Beginning as a writer of Bacchanalian songs, Bellman produced over seventeen hundred poems, most set to music
10. Pozzi, Catherine   European. Born: 1884, Died: 1934, 9 poems.
    A French born poet and philosopher, well known for her philosophical essay "Peau d'ame" and her autobiographical story; "Agnes".
11. Sologub, Fyodor   European. Born: 1863, Died: 1927, 7 poems.
    His collected works, published in St. Petersburg in 1913-14, had nineteen volumes, the five last volumes comprising works written over a period of about two years.
12. Beranger, Pierre Jean de   European. Born: 1780, Died: 1857, 10 poems.
    The songs of Beranger would scarcely be called songs in England. They are elaborate, written in a clear and sparkling style, full of wit and incision. It is not so much for any lyrical flow as for the happy turn of the phrase that they claim superior
13. Marino, Giambattista   European. Born: 1569, Died: 1625, 1 poems.
14. Theognis,   European. Born: -540, Died: -480, 20 poems.
    An ancient Greek poet from the sixth century Bc. He is rare in that much of his work has remained intact.
15. Fet, Afanasy Afanasevich   European. Born: 1820, Died: 1892, 12 poems.
    Fet's verse composed almost entirely of nouns and adjectives, limited and unconvention rhymes. Denied his nobility at birth, at the age of 51 he was granted full rights as a hereditary nobleman.
16. Sachs, Hans   European. Born: 1494, Died: 1576, 3 poems.
    German burgher, meistersinger, and poet who was outstanding for his popularity, output, and aesthetic and religious influence. He is idealized in Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
17. al-Mustakfi, Walladah   European. Born: 1011, Died: 1091, 3 poems.
18. Storm, Theodor   European. Born: 1817, Died: 1888, 4 poems.
    A well know German poet and writer, best remembered for his story, Immensee and his last work The Rider on the White Horse.
19. Sachs, Nelly Leonie   European. Born: 1891, Died: 1970 (modern), 3 poems.
    A poet and playwright born in Berlin of Jewish parents, Sachs escaped from Nazi Germany in 1940 to Stockholm, where she became a Swedish citizen, and eventually won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966. First published as a poet in Germany in 1921,
20. Chamisso, Albert Von   European. Born: 1781, Died: 1838, 6 poems.
    Chamisso was a popular French/German poet and naturalist on Kotzebue's 1815 voyage. He is noted for having conducted the first complete botanical profile in western North America including the San Francisco Bay area. Botanic Garden and Botanical Muse
21. Under, Marie   European. Born: 1883, Died: 1980 (modern), 6 poems.
    Known as one of the greatest poets of Twentieth Century in the Estonian literature world.
22. Colum, Padraic   European. Born: 1881, Died: 1972 (modern), 109 poems.
    Padraic Colum was one of the best known poets of the Irish Literary Revival.
23. Stesichorus,   European. Born: -640, Died: -555, 1 poems.
    Stesichorus was a lyric poet from Himera, who lived during the first half of the 6th century Bc. He is considered the first literary celebrity in Greece.
24. Radiguet, Raymond   European. Born: 1903, Died: 1923, 1 poems.
    at a very early age he started to write poetry and in 1918 he arrived in Paris, where his career as a writer was subsequently short but astonishing.
25. Macha, Karel Hynek   European. Born: 1810, Died: 1836, 1 poems.
    Mácha's profoundly melancholy and nostalgic verse reveals his strong response to nature, medievalism, and Czech civilization as well as his fatalistic philosophy.
    
26. Ibn Jakh,   European. Born: 1000, Died: 1050, 1 poems.
    11th Century Arabic Poet
27. Prudhomme, Rene Francois Armand   European. Born: 1839, Died: 1907, 8 poems.
    An eye disease terminated his training at a polytechnic institute where he hoped to become an engineer. Instead, his studies concentrated on literature.
28. Corbiere, Tristan   European. Born: 1845, Died: 1875, 1 poems.
    Corbière's style combines vernacular elements with complex, intimate emotion and constantly reflects his internal pain.
29. Simonides,   European. Born: -556, Died: -468, 2 poems.
    Simonides was one of the most prolific of the early poets of Greece, but only a few fragments of his compositions have descended to us.
30. Zhukovsky, Vasily Andreyevich   European. Born: 1783, Died: 1852, 6 poems.
    Zhukovsky, Vasily Andreyevich , 1783–1852, Russian poet and translator. Zhukovsky wrote fine lyrics and odes, including the patriotic poem “The Bard in the Camp of the Russian Warriors” (1812), but is important chiefly for his translations. He introd
31. Uhland, Johann Ludwig   European. Born: 1787, Died: 1862, 9 poems.
    Johann Ludwig Uhland was born the 26th of April, 1787 in Tübingen, Germany. He was educated and became a prominant figure in the school at Tübingen
32. Toller, Ernst   European. Born: 1893, Died: 1939, 2 poems.
    Born in 1893, Ernst Toller was a Jewish poet and playright who became regarded by the state as a dangerous political revolutionary.
33. Aristophanes,   European. Born: -448, Died: -380, 15 poems.
    The more renown translations of his works were compiled by John Hookham Frere
34. Hoffmann, Heinrich   European. Born: 1809, Died: 1894, 11 poems.
35. Stanescu, Nichita   European. Born: 1933, Died: 1983 (modern), 27 poems.
36. Pizan, Christine de   European. Born: 1365, Died: 1430, 34 poems.
    Most modern feminist scholars date the beginning of the modern feminist movement to the works of Christine de Pizan
37. Arp, Jean Hans   European. Born: 1887, Died: 1966 (modern), 8 poems.
    "German-French sculptor, painter and poet.
38. Luther, Martin   European. Born: 1483, Died: 1546, 29 poems.
    A German monk who started Protestant Reformation with his 95 Theses.
39. Celan, Paul   European. Born: 1920, Died: 1970 (modern), 42 poems.
    His second book, Mohn und Gedaechtnis (Poppy and Memory), however, garnered tremendous acclaim and helped to establish his reputation
40. Lopez de Ayala, Pedro   European. Born: 1332, Died: 1407, 4 poems.
    A Spanish diplomat who is also remembered for his poetic, social satire Rimado de Palacio.
41. Ivanov, Vyacheslav Ivanovich   European. Born: 1866, Died: 1949, 6 poems.
    Philosopher, Scholar and leading light of the Russian Symbolist movement.
42. D Aubigne, Theodore Agrippa   European. Born: 1552, Died: 1630, 4 poems.
    D'Aubigne is also remembered for his "Baroque masterpiece" Les Tragiques
43. Yavorov, Peyo Kracholov   European. Born: 1878, Died: 1914, 3 poems.
44. Fergusson, Robert   European. Born: 1750, Died: 1774, 4 poems.
    One of Scotlands greastest Prose Poets. He wrote his first prominent known poem “Elegy on the Death of Mr David Gregory”, late Professor of Mathematic’s at the University, in 1762.
45. Arnim, Elisabeth Von   European. Born: 1785, Died: 1859, 1 poems.
    She was also a talented sculptor and musician. Her mother, had been close friends with Goethe and Bettina too became a good friend of his until 1811 when Goethe's wife Christiane found the friendship inappropriate.
46. Blaga, Lucian   European. Born: 1895, Died: 1961 (modern), 6 poems.
47. Gezelle, Guido   European. Born: 1830, Died: 1899, 2 poems.
    Gezelle was the inimitable reviver of poetry in Flanders. He also had a great influence on the development of other movements in the 20th century.
48. Lautreamont, Le Comte de   European. Born: 1846, Died: 1870, 1 poems.
    Le Comte de Lautreamont was the pseudonym of nineteenth century French poet Isidore Lucien Ducasse. He is most remembered for his epic prose poem Songs of Malador from the book Malador (1868).
49. Vasek, Vladimir   European. Born: 1867, Died: 1958 (modern), 2 poems.
50. Vigny, Comte Alfred Victor de   European. Born: 1797, Died: 1863, 1 poems.
    One of France's foremost Romantics Poets. His poetry expressed a stoic philosophy of pessimism, stressing the lonliness of one's struggle

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