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List of poets who have written in the French language:

A

Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813–1890)
Adam de la Halle (v.1250 – v.1285)
Dominique Aguessy (1937– )^[1]
Pierre Albert-Birot (1876–1967)
Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012)
Pierre Alféri (1963)
Marc Alyn (1937)
Catherine d'Amboise (1475–1550)
Jean Amrouche (1906–1962)
Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918)
Louis Aragon (1897–1982)
Jacques Arnold (1912–1995)
Hans Arp (1887–1966)
Antonin Artaud (1896–1948)
Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552–1630)
Jacques Audiberti (1899–1965)
Pierre Autin-Grenier (1947–2014)

B

Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532–1589)
Théodore de Banville (1823–1891)
Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1807–1889)
Henri Auguste Barbier (1805–1882)
Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972)
Linda Maria Baros (1981)
Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590)
Henry Bataille (1872–1922)
Henry Bauchau (1913–2012)
Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)
Marcel Béalu (1908–1993)
Philippe Beck (1963)
Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
Joachim du Bellay (1522–1560)
Rémy Belleau (1528–1577)
Charles Beltjens (1832–1890)
Tahar Ben Jelloun (1944)
Isaac de Benserade (1612–1691)
Annie Bentoiu (1927–2015)^[2]
Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780–1857)
Christian Bernard (1950)
Béroul (12th century)
Louky Bersianik (1965)
Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841)
Gérard Bessière (1928)
Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003)
Blondel de Nesle (12th–13th centuries)
Christian Bobin (1951–2022)
Jean Bodel (1165–1210)
Étienne de La Boétie (1530–1563)
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711)
Bonaventure Des Périers (1500–1544)
Yves Bonnefoy (1923–2016)
Pétrus Borel (1809–1859)
Bertran de Born (1150–1215 ?)
Robert de Boron (12th–13th centuries)
Théodore Botrel (1868–1925)
André du Bouchet (1924–2001)
Daniel Boulanger (1922–2014)
Stéphane Bouquet (1967)
Joë Bousquet (1897–1950)
Georges Brassens (1921–1981)
Jacques Brault (1933–2022)
André Breton (1896–1966)
Nicole Brossard (1943)
Aristide Bruant (1851–1925)
Gace Brulé (c.1160 – after 1213)
Andrée Brunin (1937–1993)
Michel Butor (1926–2016)

C

Louis Calaferte (1928–1994)
Susana Calandrelli (1901–1978)
Jean-Pierre Calloc'h (1888–1917)
Émile Cammaerts (1878–1953)
Côtis-Capel (1915–1986)
Placide Cappeau (1808–1877)
Adolphe Joseph Carcassonne (1826–1891)
Francis Carco (1886–1958)
Maurice Carême (1899–1978)
Jean Cayrol (1911–2005)
Rose Celli (1895–1982)
Blaise Cendrars (1887–1961)
Aimé Césaire (1913–2008)
Jean Chapelain (1595–1674)
Maurice Chappaz (1916–2009)
René Char (1907–1988)
Alain Chartier (1385–1430)
François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848)
Malcolm de Chazal (1902–1981)
Andrée Chedid (1920–2011)
Charles-Julien Lioult de Chênedollé (1769–1833)
François Cheng (1929)
André Chénier (1762–1794)
Jacques Chessex (1934–2009)
Chrétien de Troyes (c.1135 – c.1183)
Paul Claudel (1868–1955)
William Cliff (1940)
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)
Gabrielle de Coignard (1550–1586)
Louise Colet (1810–1876)
Danielle Collobert (1940–1978)
Claude Confortès (1928–2016)
Conon de Béthune (c.1150 – 1220)
Benoît Conort (1956)
François Coppée (1842–1908)
Tristan Corbière (1845–1875)
Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
Charles Cotin (1604–1681)
Gaston Couté (1880–1911)
Watriquet de Couvin (active 1319–1329)
Octave Crémazie (1827–1879)
René Crevel (1900–1935)
Charles Cros (1842–1888)

D

Jean Daive (1941)
Léon-Gontran Damas (1914–1978)
René Daumal (1908–1944)
François David (1870–1939)
Anne-Marie de Backer (1908–1987)
Lise Deharme (1898–1979)
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1880–1945)
Yanette Delétang-Tardif (1902–1976)
Jacques Delille (1738–1813)
René Depestre (1926)
Tristan Derème (1889–1941)
Paul Déroulède (1846–1914)
Maryline Desbiolles (1959)
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786–1859)
Émile Deschamps (1791–1871)
Eustache Deschamps (1346–1406)
Robert Desnos (1900–1945)
Philippe Desportes (1546–1606)
Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers (1939–2013)
Bruno Destrée (1867–1919)
Léon Deubel (1879–1913)
Souéloum Diagho
Mohammed Dib (1920–2003)
David Diop (1927–1960)
Charles Dobzynski (1929–2014)
Jean Dorat (1508–1588)
Hélène Dorion (1958)
Christian Dotremont (1922–1979)
Minou Drouet (1947)
Caroline Dubois (1960)
Bernard Dubourg (1945–1992)
Georges Duhamel (1884–1966)
Jacques Dupin (1927–2012)
Jean-Pierre Duprey (1930–1959)
Marie Dauguet (1860-1942)

E

Paul Éluard (1895–1952)
Claude Esteban (1935–2006)

F

Nabile Farès (1940–2016)
Léon-Paul Fargue (1876–1947)
Jean-Pierre Faye (1925)
Léo Ferré (1916–1993)
Jean Follain (1903–1971)
Xavier Forneret (1809–1884)
Paul Fort (1872–1960)
Marie de France (1154–1189)
Martin Le Franc (1410–1461)
Frankétienne (1936)
Pauline Fréchette (1889-1943)
André Frédérique (1915–1957)
Jean Froissart (v.1337-v.1410)

G

Pierre Gabriel (1926–1994)
Serge Gainsbourg (1928–1991)
Augièr Galhard (16th-century)
Pierre Gamarra (1919–2009)
Joachim Gasquet (1873–1921)
Armand Gatti (1924–2017)
Théophile Gautier (1811–1872)
Jean Genet (1910–1986)
Amélie Gex (1835–1883)
Henri Ghéon (1875–1644)
Roger Gilbert-Lecomte (1907–1943)
Iwan Gilkin (1858–1924)
Roger Giroux (1925–1974)
Edouard Glissant (1928–2011)
Guy Goffette (1947)
Claire Goll (1890–1977)
Yvan Goll (1891–1950)
Jean Ogier de Gombauld (1576–1666)
Remy de Gourmont (1858–1915)
Xavier Grall (1930–1981)
Benoît Gréan
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset (1709–1777)
Jacques Grévin (1538–1570)
Jean Grosjean (1912–2006)
Maurice de Guérin (1810–1839)
Georges Guillain (1876–1961)
Guillaume de Lorris (c.1200 – c.1238)
Pernette du Guillet (1520–1545)
Eugène Guillevic (1907–1997)

H

Adam de la Halle (1237–1288)
Anne Hébert (1916–2000)
Markus Hediger (1959)
Bernard Heidsieck (1928–2014)
Georges Henein (1914–1973)
José-Maria de Heredia (1842–1905)
Antoine Héroet (d. 1567)
Michel Houellebecq (1958)
Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
Marie Huot (1965)

I

Jacques Izoard (1936–2008)

J

Edmond Jabès (1912–1991)
Philippe Jaccottet (1925–2021)
Max Jacob (1876–1944)
Francis Jammes (1868–1938)
Amadis Jamyn (1538–1592)
Alfred Jarry (1873–1907)
Sandra Jayat (c.1939)
Georges Jean (1920–2011)
Jean de Meung (1250 – c.1305)
Étienne Jodelle (1532–1573)
Jean Joubert (1928–2015)
Jacques Jouet (1947)
Alain Jouffroy (1928–2015)
Pierre Jean Jouve (1887–1976)
Charles Juliet (1934)

K

Gustave Kahn (1859–1936)
Kama Sywor Kamanda (1952)
Abdelkebir Khatibi (1938–2009)
Vénus Khoury-Ghata (1937)
Tristan Klingsor (1874–1966)
Anise Koltz (1928–2023)
Petr Kral (1941–2020)
Seyhan Kurt (1971)

L

Abdellatif Laâbi (1942)
Louise Labé (1524–1566)
Pierre Labrie (1972)
Jacques Lacarrière (1925–2005)
Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695)
Jules Laforgue (1860–1887)
Jean Lahor (1840–1909)
Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869)
Bernard de La Monnoye (1641–1728)
Jane de La Vaudère (1857-1908)
Valery Larbaud (1881–1957)
Josaphat-Robert Large (1942–2017)
Rina Lasnier (1910–1997)
Isidore Ducasse, comte de Lautréamont (1846–1870)
Pierre-Antoine Lebrun (1785–1873)
Félix Leclerc (1914–1988)
Leconte de Lisle (1818–1894)
Michel Leiris (1901–1990)
Jean Lemaire de Belges (1473–1520)
Charles Le Quintrec (1926–2008)
Jean-François Leriget de La Faye (1674–1731)
Alain Le Roux (c. 1040 – 1093)
Hervé Le Tellier (1957)
Henry Jean-Marie Levet (1874–1906)
Tristan L'Hermite (1601–1655)
Liska (1956–2011)
Guillaume de Lorris (1200–1240)
Pierre Louÿs (1870–1925)
Ghérasim Luca (1913–1994)
Jean-Pierre Luminet (1951)

M

Guillaume de Machaut (1300–1377)
Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949)
François de Malherbe (1555–1628)
Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898)
Pierre de Marbeuf (1595–1645)
Clément Marot (1495–1544)
Jean Marot (1450–1526)
Anne de Marquets (1533-1588)
Fabien Marsaud (born 1977)
Charles Maurras (1868–1952)
Catulle Mendès (1841–1909)
Élisa Mercœur (1809–1835)
Thierry Metz (1956–1997)
Jean de Meun (1240–1304)
Henri Michaux (1899-1984)
Jean Michel (c. 1435–1501)
Jean Moréas (1856—1910)
Hégésippe Moreau (1810–1838)
Camille de Morel
Colin Muset
Alfred de Musset (1810–1857)

N

Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549)
Émile Nelligan (1879–1941)
Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855)

O

René de Obaldia (1918–2022)
Charles, duc d'Orléans (1394–1465)

P

Évariste de Parny (1753–1814)
Charles Péguy (1873–1914)
Benjamin Péret (1899–1959)
Louis Pergaud (1882–1915)
Saint-John Perse (1887–1975)
Christine de Pizan (1364–c. 1430)
Francis Ponge (1899–1988)
Jacques Prévert (1900–1977)
Guiot de Provins
Sully Prudhomme (1839–1907)

Q

Raymond Queneau (1903–1976)

R

Nicolas Rapin (1535–1608)
Henri de Régnier (1864–1936)
Pierre Reverdy (1889–1960)
Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891)
Jules Romains (1885–1972)
Pierre de Ronsard (1524–1585)
Jaufré Rudel (1113–1170)
Rutebeuf (1245–1285)

S

Janou Saint-Denis (1930–2000)
Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (1912–1943)
Mellin de Saint-Gelais (1491–1558)
Jean François de Saint-Lambert (1716–1803)
Benoît de Sainte-Maure
André Salmon (1881–1969)
Albert Samain (1858–1900)
Henriette Sauret (1890–1976)
Paul Scarron (1610–1660)
Maurice Scève (1501–1564)
Georges Schehadé (1907–1989)
Pierre Seghers (1906–1987)
Léopold Senghor (1906–2001)
Louisa Siefert (1845–1877)^[3]
Dominique Sorrente (born 1953)
Philippe Soupault (1897–1990)
André Spire (1868–1966)
Jules Supervielle (1884-1960)

T

Taillefer (1001–1066)
Jean de La Taille (1535–1608)
Jean Tardieu (1903–1995)
Thomas of Britain
Khal Torabully (born 1956)
Julien Torma (1902–1933)
Paul-Jean Toulet (1867–1920)
Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972)
Chrétien de Troyes
Pontus de Tyard (1521–1605)
Tristan Tzara (1896–1963)

V

Paul Valéry (1871–1945)
Jean-Pierre Vallotton (born 1955)
Léonise Valois (1868–1936)^[4]
Jean Venturini (1919–1940)
Serge Venturini (born 1955)
Emile Verhaeren (1855–1916)
Paul Verlaine (1844–1896)
Francis Viélé-Griffin (1864–1937)
Boris Vian (1920–1959)
Claude Vigée (1921–2020)
Alfred de Vigny (1797–1863)
François Villon (1431–1463)
Roger Vitrac (1899–1952)
Vincent Voiture (1597–1648)
Voltaire (1694–1778)

References

^ "Amina Dominique Aguessy". aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
^ Publications, Europa (2004). International Who's Who in Poetry. p. 30. ISBN 1857431782.
^ Paliyenko, Adrianna M (2017). Genius Envy: Women Shaping French Poetic History, 1801–1900. pp. 197–209. ISBN 978-0271079172.
^ Warren, Louise (2016). "Valois, Léonise". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XVI (1931–1940) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

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