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The following is a list of Ukrainian-language poets (chronological by year of birth).

16th century

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Poet Portrait Date Birthplace Notable Works
Jan Zhoravnytskyi 15??-1589 Lutsk (?), Grand Duchy of Lithuania or Kingdom of Poland "Khto ydesh mymo, stan' hodynu..." (1575)[1]
Herasym Smotrytskyi 15??-1594 Smotrychi (?), Podolian Voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania or Kingdom of Poland "Zry siia znameniia kniazhate slavnaho..." (1580–81), "Vsiakoho chyna pravoslavyi chytateliu..." (1580-81)[2]
Pamvo Berynda 1550s-70s - 1632 religious panegyrical poetry [3]
Vitalii second half of the 16th century - early 17th century Religious poetry [4]
Kyrylo Tankvilion-Stavrovetskyi 15??-1646 Panegyrical poetry [5]
Kasiian Sakovych 1578-1647 Podtelychi, Bielsk county, Galicia Panegyrical poems for Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi[6]
Oleksandr Mytura late 16th - first half of the 17 century Religious poetry [7]
Stepan Berynda late 16th - first half of the 17 century Religious and panegyrical poetry [8]
Havryiil Dorofiievych Lviv (?), Galicia Religious and panegyrical poetry [9]
Damian Nalyvaiko -1627 Ternopil region (?), Grand Duchy of Lithuania or Kingdom of Poland Panegyrical poems for the Ostrogski dynasty [10]
Davyd Andriievych Religious poetry [11]
Tarasii Zemka -1632 Galicia, Ruthenian Voivodeship Panegyrical poetry [12]
Pavlo Domzhyv-Liutkovych -1634 Religious poetry [13]
Avraam Biloborodskyi -17th century "Nynu veselyi nam den' nastal" [14]
Lavrentii Zyzanii 16th century-after 1634 Lviv (?), Ruthenian Voivodeship, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth "Epihramma na Hrammatiku", "Stikhy ku mladentsiem, vuvudiashchiy ikh na dulo", "Typohraf mladentsiem" [15]
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17th century

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Ivan Velychkovskyi 16??-1726 Cossack Hetmanate (?) Virshi het’manovi Samoilovychevi (Poems for Hetman Ivan Samoilovych) and two manuscript collections of old-Ukrainian poetry, ‘Zegar ...’ (Clock ..., 1690) and ‘Mleko ...’ (Milk ..., 1691)[16][17]
Stefan Yavorskyi 1658-1722 Yavoriv, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth [18]
Theofan Prokopovych 1681-1736 Kyiv, Cossack Hetmanate [19]
Illia Bachynskyi late 17th - early 18th century western Ukraine "Pisn svitova" [20]
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18th century

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Oleksandr Padalskyi 18th century Transcarpathia (?) "Pisn' o sviti" (Song about the world, 18th century)[21]
Ivan Pashkovskyi 18th century Myshkovychi, Ternopil Region (?) "Poky zh dumaty, bozhe, dai znaty" (1764), "Musysh ty sia pryznaty", "Tiazhkaia rich liubyty", "Okh, mni zhal ne pomalu" [22]
Fedir Kastevych 18th century "Pisnia o sviti marnom" [23]
Yakiv Semerzhynskyi 18th century "Kara z neba, sertse moie, yak zhadaiu...", religious poetry [24]
Vasyl Pashkovskyi 18th century "Pisn o bidnom syroti" [25]
Ioann 18th century "O slvanykh voienykh diisviiakh voisk zaporozkykh vkratsi z raznykh istorii prostorichno sochyneni" (1784)[26]
Semen Klymovskyi 1705 (?) -1785 (?) left bank Cossack Hetmanate or Lower Zaporozhian Host "Ikhav kozak za dunai" (A Cossack rode beyond the Danube, mid 18th century)[27]
Hryhorii Skovoroda 1722-1794 Lubny Regiment, Cossack Hetmanate The Garden of Divine Songs that Sprang from the Seeds of Holy Scripture[28]
Antin Holovatyi c. 1732-1744 - 1797 Novi Sanzhary, Cossack Hetmanate "Oi bozhe nash, bozhe mylostyvyi", Ei, hodi nam zhurytysia, pora perestaty" (Song of the Black Sea Army upon receiving the highest decrees on land, 1792)[29][30]
Ivan Pastelii 1741-1799 Transcarpathia "Pastyriu dushevnyi" [31]
Ivan Nekrashevych 1742- after 1796 Vyshenky, Chernihiv regiment, Cossack Hetmanate ‘Spor dushi i tila’ (The Struggle of the Soul and the Flesh, 1773), versified dialogue ‘Ispovid'’ (Confession, 1789), and ‘Iarmarok’ (The Marketplace, 1790)[32][33]
Yuliyan Dobrylovskyi c. 1760-1825 Zinkiv, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth "Dai, zhe Bozhe, dobryi chas" (Lord grant us a good time) and "Stan'mo brattia v kolo" (Let's gather in a circle brothers)[34][35]
Ivan Kotliarevskyi 1769-1838 Poltava, Russian Empire Eneida (1789), Natalka Poltavka (1819)[36]
Vasyl Gogol-Yanovskyi c. 1777-1825 Kubyntsi, Malorossia Governorate, Russian Empire [37]
Stepan Pysarevskyi 178?-1839 Sloboda Ukraine Governorate, Russian Empire ‘Za Neman' idu’ [I’m Going beyond the Neman], ‘De ty brodysh moia dole?’ [Where Are You Roaming, My Fate?][38]
Petro Hulak-Artemovskyi 1790-1865 Horodyshche, Novorossiya Governorate

Russian Empire

 ‘Rybalka’ (The Fisherman) and ‘Tvardovs’kyi’[39]
Yakiv Kukharenko 1799-1862 Stanytsia Medvedivska, Kuban Region "Kharko, zaporoz'kyi koshovyi" (Kharko, the zaporozhian Kish Otaman)[40]
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19th century

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Mykola Markevych 1804-1860 Dunaiets, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire Ukrainskiia melodii (Ukrainian Melodies, 1831)[41]
Levko Borovykovskyi 1806-1889 Myliushky, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire 'Marusia' (1829)[42]
Viktor Zabila 1808-1869 Kukurivshchyna estate (now Zabilivshchyna), Borzna county, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire ‘Hude viter vel’my v poli’ (The Wind Is Blowing Much in the Field) and ‘Ne shchebechy soloveiku’ (Don't Sing, Nightingale)[43]
Markiyan Shashkevych 1811-1843 Pidlyssia, Złoczów Powiat, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire [44]
Ivan Vahylevych 1811-1866 Yasen (today in Kalush Raion), Stanisławów Powiat, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire [45]
Antin Mohylnytskyi 1811-1873 Pidhirtsi, near Kalush, Stryi county, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire [46]
Yevhen Hrebinka 1812-1848 Ubizhyshche, (today – Marianivka), Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire ‘Ukrainskaia melodiia’ (A Ukrainian Melody, 1839)[47]
Yakiv Holovatskyi 1814-1888 Chepeli, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire [48]
Taras Shevchenko 1814-1861 Moryntsi, Zvenyhorodka Raion, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire Kobzar[49]
Amvrosii Metlynskyi 1814-1870 Sary, Hadiach county, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire Dumky i pisni ta shche deshcho (Thoughts and Songs and Some Other Things, 1839)[50]
Kostiantyn Dumytrashko 1814-1886 Zolotonosha, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire ‘Chorniï brovy, kariï ochi’ [Black Eyebrows, Hazel Eyes, 1859]
Mykhailo Petrenko 1817-1862 Sloviansk, Sloboda Ukraine Governorate, Russian Empire "Dyvlius ya na nebo" (I look up to the sky)
Panteleimon Kulish 1819-1897 Voronizh, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire [51]
Yakiv Shchoholiv 1823-1898 Okhtyrka, Sloboda Ukraine Governorate, Russian Empire ‘Priakha’ (The Spinner), ‘Cherevychky’ (Shoes), and ‘Zymovyi vechir’ (A Winter’s Evening)[52]
Leonid Hlibov 1827-1893 Veselyi Podil, Khorol county, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire 'Zhurba' (Sorrow)[53]
Stepan Rudanskyi 1834-1873 Khomutyntsi, Vinnytsia county, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire ‘Povii vitre, na Vkraïnu’ (Blow, Wind, on Ukraine)[54]
Yurii Fedkovych 1834-1888 Putyla, Bukovina District, Austrian Empire
Anatolii Svydnytskyi 1834-1871 Mankivtsi, Lityn county, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire [55]
Oleksandr Konyskyi 1836-1900 Perekhodivka, Nezhinsky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire Prayer for Ukraine[56]
Sydir Vorobkevych 1836-1903 Chernivtsi, Bukovina District, Austrian Empire [57]
Pavlo Chubynskyi 1839-1884 Hora, Pereyaslav county, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire Shche ne vmerla Ukraina
Mykhailo Starytskyi 1840-1904 Klishchyntsi, Zolotonosha county, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire [58]
Vasyl Mova 1842-1920 khutir near Starodereviankivska, Kuban Region, Russian Empire [59]
Ivan Manzhura 1851-1893 Kharkiv, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire Stepovi dumy ta spivy (Steppe Dumas and Songs, 1889)[60]
Ivan Franko 1856–1916 Nahuievychi, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire [61]
Uliana Kravchenko 1860-1947 Mykolaiv, Zhydachiv county, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire [62]
Borys Hrinchenko 1863-1910 Vilkhovyi Yar khutir, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [63]
Hryts’ko Kernerenko 1863-1941 Huliaipole, Russian Empire
Pavlo Hrabovskyi 1864-1902 Pushkarne, Okhtyrka county, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire Prolisok (The Glade, 1894) and Z pivnochi (From the North, 1896)[64]
Volodymyr Samiilenko 1864-1925 Sorochyntsi, Mirgorod county, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire Z poezii Volodymyra Samiilenka (From the Poetry of Volodymyr Samiilenko, published 1890), Ukraïni (To Ukraine, 1884-1906)[65]
Osyp Makovei 1867-1925 Yavoriv, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire [66]
Mykola Cherniavskyi 1868-1948 Torska Oleksiivka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire Pisni kokhannia (Songs of Love, 1895), Donets'ki sonety (Donets Sonnets, 1898), and Zori (Stars, 1903)[67]
Lesia Ukrainka 1871-1913 Zviavel, Volynia Governorate, Russian Empire [68]
Mykola Voronyi 1871-1938 Rostov-on-Don, Don Cossack Region, Russian Empire [69]
Vasyl Shchurat 1871-1948 Vysloboky, Lviv county, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian Empire [70]
Ahatanhel Krymskyi 1871-1942 Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Volynia Governorate, Russian Empire three books of lyrical poetry on Oriental themes entitled Pal’move hillia: Ekzotychni poeziï (Palm Branches: Exotic Poems, 1901, 1908, 1922)[71]
Bohdan Lepkyi 1872-1941 Krehulets, Husiatyn county, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian Empire [72]
Mykhailo Yatskiv 1873-1961 Lesivka, Stanyslaviv county, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian Empire [73]
Petro Karmanskyi 1878-1956 Chesaniv, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian Empire [74]
Vasyl Pachovskyi 1878-1942 Zhulychi, Zolochiv county, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian Empire [75]
Oleksandr Oles 1878-1944 Bilopillia, Sumy county, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire Z zhurboiu radist' obnialas' (Joy and Sorrow Embraced, 1907)[76]
Hrytsko Chuprynka 1879-1921 Hoholiv, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire [77]
Stepan Charnetskyi 1881-1944 Shmankivtsi, Chortkiv county, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian Empire V hodyni sumerku (In the Twilight Hour, 1908), V hodyni zadumy (In the Hour of Contemplation, 1917), Sumni idem (Unhappy We Go, 1920)[78]
Khrystia Alchevska 1882-1931 Kharkiv, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [79]
Mykyta Shapoval 1882-1932 Sriblianka, Bakhmut county, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire Sny viry (Dreams of Faith, 1908) and Samotnist’ (Loneliness, 1910)[80]
Ostap Lutskyi 1883-1941 Luka, Sambir county, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian Empire [81]
Sydir Tverdokhlib 1886-1922 Berezhany, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian Empire V svichadi plesa (In the Mirror of the River's Surface, 1908)[82]
Mykola Zerov 1890-1937 Zinkiv, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire [83]
Pavlo Tychyna 1891-1967 Pisky, Kozelets county, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire Soniashni kliarnety (Clarinets of the Sun, 1918; repr 1990)[84]
Mykola Khvylovyi 1893-1933 Trostianets, Akhtyrsky Uyezd, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [85]
Maksym Rylskyi 1895-1964 Kyiv, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire Synia dalechin’ (The Blue Distance, 1922), Poemy (Poems, 1924), Kriz’ buriu i snih (Through Storm and Snow, 1925), Trynadtsiata vesna (The Thirteenth Spring, 1926), Homin i vidhomin (The Resonance and the Echo, 1929), and De skhodiat’sia dorohy (Where the Roads Meet, 1929).[86]
Volodymyr Sosiura 1898-1965 Debaltseve, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire Love Ukraine, The Late Summer (Babyne Lito), To Maria, Stalin
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20th century

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Natalia Livytska-Kholodna 1902-2005 Zolotonosha, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire
Ivan Bahrianyi 1906-1963 Kuzemyn, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire
Olena Teliha 1906-1942 Ilyinskoye, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
Bohdan Ihor Antonych 1909-1937 Nowica, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Leonid Vysheslavsky 1914-2002 Mykolaiv, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Iryna Senyk 1926-2009 Lviv, Lwów Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
Lina Kostenko 1930- Rzhyshchiv, Kyiv okruha, USSR
Atena Pashko 1931-2012 Bystrytsia, Lwów Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
Emma Andijewska 1931- Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Vasyl Stus 1938-1985 Rakhnivka, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Bohdana Durda 1940- Buchach, Chortkiv Raion, Western Ukraine
Daria Chubata 1940- Ternopil, Western Ukraine
Hanna Chubach 1941-2019 Ploske village, Vinnytsya Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Roman Kudlyk 1941-2019 Jaroslaw, Western Ukraine
Vasyl Holoborodko 1945- Adrianopil, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Moisei Fishbeyn 1946-2020 Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Yaroslav Pavuliak 1948-2010 Nastasiv, Ternopil Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Oleh Lysheha 1949-2014 Tysmenytsia, Stanislav Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Natalka Bilotserkviets 1954- Kuianivka, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [87]
Tetiana Yakovenko 1954- Sobolivka, Teplyk Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Ihor Rymaruk 1958-2008 Miakoty, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Yurii Andrukhovych 1960- Stanislav, Stanislav Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Ihor Pavliuk 1967- Rozhysche Raion, Volyn Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Halyna Petrosaniak 1969- Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [88]
Taras Chubai 1970- Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Eugenia Chuprina 1971- Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Marianna Kiyanovska 1973- Zhovkva, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [89]
Mariana Savka 1973- Kopchyntsi, Ternopil Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [90]
Tetiana Cherep-Perohanych 1974- Stara Basan, Bobrovytsia Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Serhii Zhadan 1974- Starobilsk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [91]
Yurii Ruf 1980-2022 Berezhany, Ternopil Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Oksana Maksymchuk 1982- Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Kateryna Mikhalitsyna 1982- Mlyniv, Rivne Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [92]
Iya Kiva 1984- Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Lyubov Yakymchuk 1985- Pervomaisk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [91]
Iryna Shuvalova 1986- Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [93]
Maksym Kryvtsov 1990-2024 Rivne, Rivne Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [94]
Myroslav Laiuk 1990- Smodna, Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [95]
Yaryna Chornohuz 1995- Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
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