Poets of other languages

Penny's Poetry Pages focus on poetry written in English. Occasionally, though, we will print articles on poets who write in another language, either because of their international contribution to the art, or because of a connection (such as translation or influence) with poetry in English''. ''The following list is in no way definitive nor representative of the contributions to world literature of any language group.

Ancient Greek

 * Homer (c. 800 BC)
 * Pindar (c. 522-433 BC)
 * Sappho (c.630-570 BC)
 * Theocritus (fl. 3rd century BC)

Ancient Latin

 * Virgil (70-19 BC)
 * Saint Bede (672/3-735), England
 * William Alabaster (1567-1640), England

Chinese

 * Du Fu (712-770)

French

 * Anne-Marie Alonzo (1951-2005), Canada
 * Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918), France
 * Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), France
 * Louis-Honoré Fréchette (1839-1908), Canada
 * Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (1912-1943), Canada
 * Anne Hébert (1916-2000), Canada
 * Victor Hugo (1802-1885), France
 * Gustave Kahn (1859-1936), France
 * Émile Nelligan (1879-1941), Canada
 * Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891), France
 * Paul Verlaine (1844-1896), France
 * Voltaire (1694-1778), France

German

 * Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
 * Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
 * Johann Peter Klassen (1868-1947)
 * Christian Morgenstern (1871-1914)

Hebrew

 * Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000)
 * Abraham Regelson (1896–1981)

Hungarian

 * Bálint Balassi (1554-1594)
 * Sándor Petőfi (1823-1849)

Irish

 * Brendan Behan (1923–1964)
 * Flann Mainistrech (died 1056)
 * Brian Merriman (1747–1805)
 * Antoine Ó Raifteiri (1784–1835)

Italian

 * Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
 * Petrarch (1304-1374)

Persian

 * Rumi (1207 – 1273)

Polish

 * Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855}

Portuguese

 * Luís de Camões (1524-1580)

Russian

 * Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837)

Spanish

 * Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
 * Pablo Neruda (1904-1973)
 * Carmen Rodriguez (born 1948)

Swedish

 * Tomas Tranströmer (born 1931)