List of Romanian-language poets explained

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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)