Modernist & 20Th Century Poets Codexery

A source-cited reference to modernist & 20th century poets

Modernist & 20Th Century Poets (17)

• Saint-John Perse — French poet-diplomat awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize in Literature.
• Salvatore Quasimodo — Sicilian-Greek poet of classical fire and tragic experience
• Sasha Chorny — Russian satirist and poet known for his sharp, popular verses.
• Sergei Yesenin — Russian lyric poet of peasant origins, known for his nostalgic and critical verses on village life and urbanization.
• Sohrab Sepehri — Iranian poet and painter of modern Persian verse.
• Srečko Kosovel — Slovenian modernist poet and avant-garde constructivist.
• Stephen Spender — English poet, novelist, and essayist on social injustice.
• Sully Prudhomme — First Nobel laureate in Literature, French poet and essayist.
• Tomas Tranströmer — Swedish poet and psychologist, Nobel laureate in literature.
• Valery Bryusov — Russian Symbolist poet, editor, and translator.
• Velimir Khlebnikov — Russian Futurist poet and playwright, inventor of zaum.
• Vicente Aleixandre — Spanish poet of the Generation of '27, Nobel laureate in 1977, known for surrealistic and nature-infused verse.
• Vladimir Mayakovsky — Russian Futurist poet and playwright who navigated revolution, censorship, and acclaim.
• W. H. Auden — British-American poet noted for stylistic and technical achievement across political, moral, love, and religious themes.
• Wallace Stevens — American modernist poet and insurance executive.
• Wisława Szymborska — Polish poet of ironic precision and winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature.
• Zbigniew Herbert — Polish poet, essayist, and moralist of the post-war era.

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