List of Romanian-language poets
# 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):

## 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)

## 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)
* 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)
* 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)
* Mariana Marin (1956–2003)
* Angela Marinescu (born 1941)
* Alexandru Mușina (1954–2013)
* Marta Petreu (born 1955)
* Cristian Popescu (1959–1995)
