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The following is a list of Ukrainian-language poets.


18th century

* Hryhori SkovorodaKharkiv Oblast


19th century

* Taras Shevchenko
Zvenyhorodsky Raion Zvenyhorodka ( uk, Звенигородка ; pl, Zwinogródka; russian: Звенигородка) is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine on the Hnylyi Tikych river. The town is the administrative center of the Z ...
, Cherkasy Oblast * Ivan Franko
Yavorivskyi Raion Yavoriv Raion ( uk, Яворівський район) is a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Yavoriv. It was established in 1939. Its estimated population is . On 18 July 2020, as part of the administra ...
, Lviv Oblast *
Leonid Hlibov Leonid Ivanovych Hlibov ( uk, Леонід Іванович Глібов ; 5 March 1827 – 10 November 1893) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, teacher, and civic figure. Life Hlibov was born in Veselyi Podil, Khorol county, Poltava gubernia. He gra ...
Khorolskyi Raion Khorol Raion ( uk, Хорольський район) was a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center was the town of Khorol. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Lubny Raion on ...
, Poltava Oblast * Yevhen Hrebinka – Ubizhyshche, (today – Marianivka), Poltava Governorate *
Levko Borovykovsky Levko Borovykovsky ( orovykovs'kyj(22 February 1806 – 26 December 1889 in Myliushky village, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire) was a Ukrainian romantic poet, writer, translator, and folklorist. After graduating in 1830 from Kharkiv Univer ...
– Myliushky, Poltava Governorate * Ivan Vahylevych – village of Yasen (today in
Kalush Raion Kalush Raion ( uk, Ка́луський райо́н, translit=Kalushsky raion) is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( province). The city of Kalush is the administrative center of the raion. Population: . On 18 July 2020, as part of ...
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Stanisławów Powiat Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk Obl ...
, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria * Markiyan Shashkevych
Pidlyssia Pidlyssia ( uk, Підли́сся) is a village (''selo'') in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, of Western Ukraine. It belongs to Zolochiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Area of the village totals is 0,948 km2 and the population of vil ...
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Złoczów Powiat Zolochiv ( uk, Золочів, pl, Złoczów, german: Solotschiw, yi, זלאָטשאָוו, ''Zlotshov'') is a small city of district significance in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine, the administrative center of Zolochiv Raion. It hosts the administrat ...
, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria * Panteleimon Kulish
Voronizh Voronizh ( uk, Воро́ніж, Voróniž, ; rus, links=1, Воро́неж, Vorónež, vɐˈronʲɪʂ) is an urban-type settlement in Shostka Raion of Sumy Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the Osota, a left tributary of the D ...
(now in
Sumy Oblast Sumy Oblast ( uk, Сумська́ о́бласть, translit=Sumska oblast; also referred to as Sumshchyna – uk, Су́мщина) is an oblast (province) in the northeastern part of Ukraine. Population: The oblast was created in its most r ...
) * Yuriy FedkovychPutyla (now in Chernivtsi Oblast) * Pavlo Chubynsky – village Hora, Pereyaslav county, Poltava Governorate


20th century

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Mykola Khvylovy Mykola Khvylovy ( ; – May 13, 1933) (who also used the pseudonyms "Yuliya Umanets", "Stefan Karol", and "Dyadko Mykola") was a Ukrainian novelist, poet, publicist, and political activist, one of the founders of post-revolutionary Ukraini ...
Trostianets Trostianets (also Trostyanets; uk, Тростянець, ) is a city in the Sumy Oblast in Ukraine, and serves as the administrative center of the Trostianets Raion. The city lies on the Boromlya River, from Sumy. Landmarks include a neo-Goth ...
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Sumy Oblast Sumy Oblast ( uk, Сумська́ о́бласть, translit=Sumska oblast; also referred to as Sumshchyna – uk, Су́мщина) is an oblast (province) in the northeastern part of Ukraine. Population: The oblast was created in its most r ...
* Olena Teliha – Moscow, Russia * Pavlo Tychyna
Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv Oblast ( uk, Черні́гівська о́бласть, translit=Chernihivska oblast; also referred to as Chernihivshchyna, uk, Черні́гівщина, translit=Chernihivshchyna) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. T ...
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Lesya Ukrainka Lesya Ukrainka ( uk, Леся Українка ; born Larysa Petrivna Kosach, uk, Лариса Петрівна Косач; – ) was one of Ukrainian literature's foremost writers, best known for her poems and plays. She was also an active ...
Zviahel Zviahel (, ; translit. ''Zvil'') is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. Originally known as ''Zviahel'', the city was renamed to ''Novohrad-Volynskyi'' () in 1795 after annexation of territories of Polish–Lithuanian ...
, Zhytomyr Oblast * Mykola ZerovZinkiv, Poltava Oblast *
Maksym Rylsky Maksym Tadeyovych Rylsky ( uk, Максим Тадейович Рильський; russian: Максим Фадеевич Рыльский; in Kyiv – 24 July 1964 ''id.'') was a Ukrainian poet, translator, academician, Doctor of Philolog ...
Kyiv * Ivan BahrianyiOkhtyrskyi Raion,
Sumy Oblast Sumy Oblast ( uk, Сумська́ о́бласть, translit=Sumska oblast; also referred to as Sumshchyna – uk, Су́мщина) is an oblast (province) in the northeastern part of Ukraine. Population: The oblast was created in its most r ...
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Volodymyr Sosiura Volodymyr Mikolayovich Sosiura ( uk , Володимир Сосюра; January 6, 1898, in Debaltseve, Yekaterinoslav Governorate (today Donetsk Oblast) of the Russian Empire – January 8, 1965, in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union) w ...
Debaltseve, Yekaterinoslav Governorate (today
Donbas The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, Донба́с ; russian: Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist groups as a result of the Russo-Ukrai ...
region) * Bohdan Ihor AntonychNowica *
Vasyl Holoborodko Vasyl Ivanovych Holoborodko (, born 7 April 1945) is a Ukrainian poet and a representative of the "Kyiv school of poetry". His poems are characterized by their Ukrainian fairytale-like style. Holoborodko's books have been translated into Englis ...
Adrianopil *
Moisey Fishbeyn Moysey (Moses) Abramovich Fishbein ( uk, Мойсей Абрамович Фішбейн; 1 December 1946 – 26 May 2020) was an influential Ukrainian poet and translator of Jewish origin. Biography Moysey Fishbein was born on 1 December 1946 in C ...
Kyiv *
Natalka Bilotserkivets Natalka Bilotserkivets (born November 8, 1954) is a Ukrainian poet and translator. She was born in the village of Kuianivka near Sumy and was educated at Kyiv University. She married the critic Mykola Riabchuk and lives in Kyiv Kyiv, also ...
Kyiv * Emma AndijewskaDonetsk *
Yuri Andrukhovych Yurii Ihorovych Andrukhovych ( uk, Юрій Ігорович Андрухович) is a Ukrainian prose writer, poet, essayist, and translator. Biography In 1985, Andrukhovych co-founded the Bu-Ba-Bu poetic group, which stands for «burlesqu ...
Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk O ...
* Lina KostenkoRzhyschiv, Kyiv Oblast *
Yaroslav Pavulyak Yaroslav Ivanovych Pavulyak ( ua, Ярослав Іванович Павуляк; 30 April 1948 – 25 November 2010), also known as "Jaroslav Pavuliak", was a Ukrainian poet. Life He was born in the village of Nastasiv in Ternopil, western Ukr ...
Ternopil Oblast * Vasyl StusHaisynskyi Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast *
Roman Kudlyk Roman Mykhailovych Kudlyk ( uk, Рома́н Миха́йлович Ку́длик; 4 May 1941 Jaroslaw, Poland – 21 January 2019)Jarosław, Poland * Taras ChubayLviv *
Bohdana Durda Bohdana Yosypivna Durda ( uk, Богдана Йосипівна Ду́рда; born May 24, 1940) is a Ukrainian artist, writer, poet, and songwriter, as well as a former design engineer. Her artwork includes portraits, landscapes, and still lifes ...
Buchach Buchach ( uk, Бучач; pl, Buczacz; yi, בעטשאָטש, Betshotsh or (Bitshotsh); he, בוצ'אץ' ''Buch'ach''; german: Butschatsch; tr, Bucaş) is a city located on the Strypa River (a tributary of the Dniester) in Chortkiv Raion of Te ...
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Semyon Gudzenko Semyon Petrovich Gudzenko (russian: Семён Петрович Гудзенко) (born ''Sario Gudzenko''; 5 March 1922, in Kyiv – 2 December 1953, in Moscow) was a Soviet literature, Soviet Russian poet of Ukrainian-Jewish origin, War generati ...
Kyiv *
Leonid Vysheslavsky Leonid Vysheslavsky ( uk, Леонід Миколайович Вишеславський; 18 March 1914 – 26 December 2002) was a Ukrainian Soviet poet, literary critic and translator. He wrote in the Russian and Ukrainian languages and publ ...
- Kyiv *
Ihor Pavlyuk Ihor Pavlyuk (sometimes spelled as Ihor Pawlyuk, Igor Pavlyk, Igor Pavluk; Ukrainian: І́гор Зино́війович Павлю́к, Russian: Игорь Зиновьевич Павлюк, born 1 January 1967 in Rozhysche Raion, Ukrainian SS ...
Kyiv *
Yuriy Ruf Yuriy Ruf ( uk, Юрій Руф), real name Yuriy Romanovych Dadak ( uk, Юрій Романович Дадак; 26 September 1980 – 1 April 2022) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, scientist, public figure, and founder of a literary project "" (" ...
Lviv * Oleh Lysheha
Tysmenytsia Tysmenytsia ( uk, Ти́смениця, translit=Tysmenycia; pl, Tyśmienica) is a city in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Tysmenytsia urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukr ...
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Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukrain ...
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Natalia Liwycka-Chołodna Natalia Andriyivna Livytska-Kholodna (June 15, 1902, in Zolotonosha – April 28, 2005, in Toronto) was a Ukrainian poet, best remembered for her poems ''Vohon' i popil'' (1934), ''Sim liter'' (1937) and ''Poeziji stari i nowi'' (1986). She was t ...
Zolotonosha * Iryna SenykBoryslav * Atena PashkoDrohobych Raion


21st century

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Daria Chubata Daria Dmytrivna Chubata (; born July 27, 1940) is a Ukrainian physician, author, and social activist. She became a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine in 2003, and twice served as a member of the Ternopil Oblast Council (1998- ...
Ternopil *
Eugenia Chuprina Eugenia Volodymyrivna Chuprina (Ukrainian: Євгенія Володимирівна Чуприна; pen name, Пані Друїдеса (Mrs. Druids); born July 24, 1971) is a contemporary Ukrainian poet, writer, and playwright. She is the Chair ...
– Kyiv *
Marianna Kiyanovska Marianna Kiyanovska (born November 17, 1973, in Zhovkva) is a Ukrainian poet, translator and a literary scholar and is a recipient of the Shevchenko National Prize (2020) and the Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award (2022) for the poet ...
Zhovkva * Iya KivaDonetsk *
Myroslav Laiuk Myroslav Laiuk (Ukrainian: Мирослав Миколайович Лаюк) (*31 July 1990, Carpathians) — Ukrainian writer. Biography and artworks Myroslav Laiuk was born in 1990 in Smodna, Kosiv region, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. ...
– Kyiv * Kateryna Mikhalitsyna
Mlyniv Mlyniv ( uk, Млинів; pl, Młynów) is an urban-type settlement in Rivne Oblast ( province) in western Ukraine. Mlyniv was also formerly the administrative center of Mlyniv Raion, housing the district's local administration buildings, a ...
* Halyna PetrosanyakUkrainian Carpathians *
Mariana Savka Mariana Savka, also spelled Maryana Savka (born February 21, 1973, in Kopychyntsi) is a Ukrainian poet, children's writer, translator and a publisher. In 2003 she was awarded the Vasyl Stus Award. Early life and education Mariana Savka was bo ...
Kopychyntsi Kopychyntsi (, pl, Kopyczyńce, yi, קאפיטשיניץ, Koptchintz) is a small city in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kopychyntsi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Kopychyntsi is the b ...
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Iryna Shuvalova Iryna Shuvalova ( uk, Ірина Леонідівна Шувалова; born 1986) is a Ukrainian poet, translator and scholar. Early life and education Iryna Shuvalova was born in 1986 in Kyiv. She studied at the Taras Shevchenko National ...
Kyiv *
Lyuba Yakimchuk Lyuba Yakimchuk, also known as Lyubov Yakymchuk ( uk, ; born 1985), is a Ukrainian poet, playwright, and screenwriter, living in Kyiv, Ukraine. Her work includes ''Apricots of Donbas'' (2015). Early life and education Yakimchuk was born and rai ...
Donbas The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, Донба́с ; russian: Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist groups as a result of the Russo-Ukrai ...
* Tetiana YakovenkoSobolivka *
Serhiy Zhadan Serhiy Viktorovych Zhadan ( uk, Сергі́й Ві́кторович Жада́н; born 23 August 1974 in Starobilsk, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian poet, novelist, essayist, musician, translator, and social activist. Life and career Z ...
– Donbas


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poets A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...