Below is a list of poets who wrote or write much of their poetry in Croatian.

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Borislav Arapović Borislav Arapović (born Bišina Nevesinje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 11 April 1935) is a Bosnian- Croatian born poet, linguist, literary scholar and Bible translator. He adopted Swedish nationality and writes in Swedish and Croatian. In 1999 he ...

(born 1935)

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* Lidija Bajuk (born 1965) *

Juraj Baraković Juraj Baraković (1548 – August 1, 1628) was a Croatian Renaissance poet from Zadar. Baraković was born in the village of Plemići, Rtina. He wrote several distinguished pieces (''"Jarula"'', Venice 1618 - Old and New Testament in story ...

(1548–1628) *

Milan Begović Milan Begović (January 19, 1876 – May 13, 1948) was a Croatian writer, born in Vrlika, in the territory of today's Croatia. He was educated in Split, Zagreb and Vienna and spent some time as high school professor in Split before going to Hambu ...

(1876–1948) *

Ivan Belostenec Ivan Belostenec (c. 1594 – 2 February 1675) was a Croatian linguist, lexicographer and poet. Life In 1616 he joined the Paulists. He studied philosophy in Vienna and theology in Rome. Belostenec was a prior of Pauline monasteries in Lepoglava ...

(1593/1594–1675) *

Mirko Bogović Mirko Bogović (2 February 1816, in Varaždin – 4 May 1893, in Zagreb) was a Croatian poet and politician. He graduated in philosophy in Szombathely in 1830, cadet school in Petrovaradin (1833–1837) and law in Pest, Hungary, Pest in 1844. He ...

(1816–1893) *

Tituš Brezovački Tituš Brezovački (January 4, 1757 – October 29, 1805) was a Croatian playwright, satirist and poet. Brezovački, as the great comedian of the period, wrote all of his dramatic works in Kajkavian dialect. His poems were chiefly written in Ger ...

(1757–1805) * Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938) * Ivan Bunić Vučić (1591/1592–1658)

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* Dobriša Cesarić (1902–1980) *

Ilija Crijević Elio Lampridio Cervino or Cerva (, sh, Ilija Crijević; 1463–1520) was a Ragusan poet who wrote in Latin. Life Cerva was born in 1463, belonging to one of the most important noble families of Ragusa, the House of Cerva. He spent several yea ...

(1463–1520)

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* Arsen Dedić (1938–2015) * Mak Dizdar (1917–1971) *

Dragutin Domjanić Dragutin Domjanić (12 September 1875 – 7 June 1933) was a Croatian poet. Domjanić was born in Krči, a village near the town of Sveti Ivan Zelina. Having graduated law, he served as a judge in Zagreb and as a counsellor for Ban's Bench ...

(1875–1933) * Džore Držić (1461–1501) * Marin Držić (1508–1567)

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Drago Gervais Drago Gervais (April 18, 1904 – July 3, 1957) was a Croatian Istrian poet and playwright, and one of the most prominent poets writing in the Chakavian dialect of Croatian. Drago Gervais was born in 1904 in Opatija. His father Artur, a descenda ...

(1904–1957) *

Stanka Gjurić Stanka Gjurić (; born 20 January 1956) is a Croatian poet, essayist, actress, filmmaker and ex model. She is a member of the Croatian Writers' Association, Croatian Academy of Science and Art in Diaspora (Basel, Switzerland) and Croatian Society o ...

(Born 1956) *

Vladimir Gotovac Vladimir "Vlado" Gotovac (18 September 1930 – 7 December 2000) was a Croatian poet and politician. Early activism In the late 1960s, Gotovac joined the Croatian movement demanding political and economic reform, which eventually led to the Croa ...

(1930–2000) *

Ivan Gundulić Dživo Franov Gundulić ( it, Gianfrancesco Gondola; 8 January 1589 – 8 December 1638), better known today as Ivan Gundulić, was the most prominent Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa (now in Croatia). He is regarded as the Croatian nati ...

(1589–1638)

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August Harambašić August Harambašić (14 July 1861 – 16 July 1911) was a Croatian writer, poet, publisher, politician and translator from the 19th century. He was born in Donji Miholjac, and studied law in Vienna and Zagreb. Politically he followed the sharp ...

(1861–1911) * Petar Hektorović (1487–1572)

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Dragojla Jarnević Dragojla Jarnević (also spelled Jarnjević), (4 January 1812 in Karlovac – 12 March 1875 in Karlovac) was a Croatian poet and teacher. She became a member of the Illyrian movement, being most famous for writing of women's rights issues. Sh ...

(1812–1875) *

Ivan Franjo Jukić Ivan Franjo Jukić (8 July 1818 – 20 May 1857) was a Bosnian writer and Franciscan friar from Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose life and cultural and political legacy have left an indelible mark on the cultural history of the country, where he is re ...

(1818–1857)

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Petar Kanavelić Pietro Canavelli (in Italian, his personal spelling; known as Petar Kanavelić in Croatian; 27 December 1637 – 16 January 1719) was a Croatian writer who wrote poems in Croatian and Italian. He is regarded as one of the greatest Croatian writers ...

(1637–1719) *

Brne Karnarutić Brne Karnarutić (1515–1573) was a Croats, Croatian Renaissance poet. His most famous work was ''Vazetje Sigeta grada'', a historical epic on the Battle of Szigetvár. Life He was born in Zadar, probably in 1515, from an old noble family. Afte ...

(1515–1573) *

Jure Kaštelan Juraj "Jure" Kaštelan (18 December 1919 – 24 February 1990) was a Croatian poet and writer. Education and career Juraj "Jure" Kaštelan was born on 18 December 1919 in Zakučac in Dalmatia. He attended primary school in Split and then matricu ...

(1919–1990) *

Jerolim Kavanjin Jerolim Kavanjin (Italian: Girolamo Cavagnini) (4 February 1641 – 29 November 1714) was a Croatian language poet from Split then in Republic of Venice, today in Croatia. He was born into a wealthy and noble family of Split, as a descendant of C ...

(1641–1714) *

Ivan Goran Kovačić Ivan Goran Kovačić (; 21 March 1913 – 12 July 1943) was a Croatian poet and writer. Early life and background He was born in Lukovdol (part of Vrbovsko), a town in Gorski Kotar, to a Croat father, Ivan Kovačić, and Transylvanian Jewi ...

(1913–1943) *

Ivo Kozarčanin Ivo Kozarčanin (Hrvatska Dubica, October 14, 1911 - Zagreb, February 4, 1941) was a Croatian writer, poet and literary critic. Soon after his birth Kozarčanin's family moved to the Hungarian town of Oreglak, where his faither worked on the rai ...

(1911–1941) * Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981) *

Rajmund Kupareo Rajmund Kupareo (Spanish: Raimundo Kupareo) (16 November 1914 – 1996) was a Croatian Roman Catholic priest, poet, theological writer, composer, translator and editor. He wrote in Croatian, Czech, Latin and Spanish. He spent most productive ye ...

(1914–1996)

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* Marko Marulić (1450–1524) *

Antun Gustav Matoš Antun Gustav Matoš (; 13 June 1873 – 17 March 1914) was a Croatian poet, short story writer, journalist, essayist and travelogue writer. He is considered the champion of Croatian modernist literature, opening Croatia to the currents of E ...

(1873–1914) * Šiško Menčetić (1457–1527) * Andrija Kačić Miošić (1704–1760)

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* Vladimir Nazor (1876–1949) * Vjenceslav Novak (1859–1905)

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Ilija Okrugić Ilija Okrugić-''Sr(i)emac'' (May 12, 1827, Sremski Karlovci - May 30, 1897, Petrovaradin) was a Croatian poet and playwright from Syrmia, one of members of Illyrian movement and a Catholic priest. Biography Ilija Okrugić was born in Sremski Karl ...

(1827–1897)

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Vesna Parun Vesna Parun (; 10 April 1922 – 25 October 2010) was a Croatian poet. Biography After schooling in Zlarin, Šibenik, and Split, she studied Romance languages and philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. ...

(1922–2010)

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Sonja Smolec Sonja Smolec (born 1953) is a Croatian artist, writer, and poet. Biography Smolec was born in Pula, Croatia. From 1956 to 1985, she lived in Zagreb, and currently resides in Velika Gorica. Smolec was, at one time, a member of the art group '69', ...

(born 1953) *

Đuro Sudeta Đuro Sudeta ( Stara Plošćica near Bjelovar, April 10, 1903 — Koprivnica, April 30, 1927) was a Yugoslav writer. After finishing the gymnasium in Zagreb, in 1922 he started working as a teacher at the civil school in Virje. Ever since the sum ...

(1903–1927)

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* Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić (1724–1787) *

Antun Branko Šimić Antun Branko Šimić (18 November 1898 – 2 May 1925) was a Croatian expressionist poet, considered to be one of the most important poets of Croatian literature of the 20th century. Life He was born to a Croat family from Drinovci near Grude on ...

(1898–1925) *

Antun Šoljan Antun Šoljan (1 December 1932, Belgrade - 12 July 1993, Zagreb) was a Croatian writer in a period of Cold War who appeared as a part of the literary magazine ''Krugovi'' (Circles, from 1952 onwards). Šoljan was active as a poet, novelist, short s ...

(1932–1993) *

Dragutin Tadijanović Dragutin Tadijanović (4 November 1905 – 27 June 2007) was a Croatian poet, and in his native Croatia he is referred to as a " Bard." Tadijanović was born in the village of Rastušje close to Slavonski Brod in the region of Slavonia. He pub ...

(1905–2007)

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Tin Ujević Augustin Josip "Tin" Ujević (; 5 July 1891 – 12 November 1955) was a Croatian poet, considered by many to be the greatest poet in 20th century Croatian literature. From 1921, he ceased to sign his name as Augustin, thereafter using the sig ...

(1891–1955)

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Viktor Vida Viktor Vida (October 2, 1913 – September 25, 1960) was a Croatian writer. Early life Vida was born in Kotor. After completing his ''matura'' in Podgorica in 1932, he moved with his parents to Zagreb, where he graduated from the University of ...

(1913–1960) * Vladimir Vidrić (1875–1909)

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Ljubo Wiesner Ljubo Wiesner (February 2, 1885 in Zagreb – July 3, 1951 in Rome) was a Croatian poet. He was a follower of Antun Gustav Matoš's work.

(1885–1951) {{DEFAULTSORT:Croatian language poets Lists of poets by language *

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 ...