The following is a list of Ukrainian-language poets (chronological by year of birth).
16th century +PoetPortraitDateBirthplaceNotable WorksJan Zhoravnytskyi15??-1589Lutsk (?), Grand Duchy of Lithuania or Kingdom of Poland"Khto ydesh mymo, stan' hodynu..." (1575)Herasym Smotrytskyi15??-1594Smotrychi (?), Podolian Voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania or Kingdom of Poland"Zry siia znameniia kniazhate slavnaho..." (1580–81), "Vsiakoho chyna pravoslavyi chytateliu..." (1580-81)Pamvo Berynda1550s-70s - 1632religious panegyrical poetry Vitaliisecond half of the 16th century - early 17th centuryReligious poetry Kyrylo Tankvilion-Stavrovetskyi15??-1646Panegyrical poetry Kasiian Sakovych1578-1647Podtelychi, Bielsk county, GaliciaPanegyrical poems for Hetman Petro SahaidachnyiOleksandr Myturalate 16th - first half of the 17 centuryReligious poetry Stepan Beryndalate 16th - first half of the 17 centuryReligious and panegyrical poetry Havryiil DorofiievychLviv (?), GaliciaReligious and panegyrical poetry Damian Nalyvaiko -1627Ternopil region (?), Grand Duchy of Lithuania or Kingdom of PolandPanegyrical poems for the Ostrogski dynasty Davyd AndriievychReligious poetry Tarasii Zemka -1632Galicia, Ruthenian VoivodeshipPanegyrical poetry Pavlo Domzhyv-Liutkovych -1634Religious poetry Avraam Biloborodskyi -17th century"Nynu veselyi nam den' nastal" Lavrentii Zyzanii16th century-after 1634Lviv (?), Ruthenian Voivodeship, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth"Epihramma na Hrammatiku", "Stikhy ku mladentsiem, vuvudiashchiy ikh na dulo", "Typohraf mladentsiem"
17th century +PoetPortraitDateBirthplaceNotable WorksIvan Velychkovskyi16??-1726Cossack 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)Petro Popovych-Huchenskyisecond half of the 17th centuryTerebovlia region(?), Western Podolia, Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthVirshi Nyshchens'kiiStefan Yavorskyi1658-1722Yavoriv, Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthTheofan Prokopovych1681-1736Kyiv, Cossack HetmanateIllia Bachynskyilate 17th - early 18th centurywestern Ukraine"Pisn svitova"
18th century +PoetPortraitDateBirthplaceNotable WorksOleksandr Padalskyi18th centuryTranscarpathia (?)"Pisn' o sviti" (Song about the world, 18th century)Ivan Pashkovskyi18th centuryMyshkovychi, Ternopil Region (?)"Poky zh dumaty, bozhe, dai znaty" (1764), "Musysh ty sia pryznaty", "Tiazhkaia rich liubyty", "Okh, mni zhal ne pomalu" Fedir Kastevych18th century"Pisnia o sviti marnom" Yakiv Semerzhynskyi18th century"Kara z neba, sertse moie, yak zhadaiu...", religious poetry Vasyl Pashkovskyi18th century"Pisn o bidnom syroti" Ioann18th century"O slvanykh voienykh diisviiakh voisk zaporozkykh vkratsi z raznykh istorii prostorichno sochyneni" (1784)Semen Klymovskyi1705 (?) -1785 (?)left bank Cossack Hetmanate or Lower Zaporozhian Host "Ikhav kozak za dunai" (A Cossack rode beyond the Danube, mid 18th century)Hryhorii Skovoroda1722-1794Lubny Regiment, Cossack HetmanateThe Garden of Divine Songs that Sprang from the Seeds of Holy ScriptureAntin Holovatyic. 1732-1744 - 1797Novi 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)Ivan Pastelii1741-1799Transcarpathia"Pastyriu dushevnyi" Ivan Nekrashevych1742- after 1796Vyshenky, 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)Yuliyan Dobrylovskyic. 1760-1825Zinkiv, 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)Ivan Kotliarevskyi1769-1838Poltava, Russian EmpireEneida (1789), Natalka Poltavka (1819)Vasyl Gogol-Yanovskyic. 1777-1825Kubyntsi, Malorossia Governorate, Russian EmpireStepan Pysarevskyi178?-1839Sloboda Ukraine Governorate, Russian Empire‘Za Neman' idu’ [I’m Going beyond the Neman], ‘De ty brodysh moia dole?’ [Where Are You Roaming, My Fate?]Petro Hulak-Artemovskyi1790-1865Horodyshche, Novorossiya Governorate Russian Empire ‘Rybalka’ (The Fisherman) and ‘Tvardovs’kyi’Yakiv Kukharenko1799-1862Stanytsia Medvedivska, Kuban Region"Kharko, zaporoz'kyi koshovyi" (Kharko, the zaporozhian Kish Otaman)
19th century +PoetPortraitDateBirthplaceNotable WorksMykola Markevych1804-1860Dunaiets, Chernigov Governorate, Russian EmpireUkrainskiia melodii (Ukrainian Melodies, 1831)Levko Borovykovskyi1806-1889 Myliushky, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire 'Marusia' (1829)Viktor Zabila1808-1869Kukurivshchyna 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)Markiyan Shashkevych1811-1843Pidlyssia, Złoczów Powiat, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian EmpireIvan Vahylevych1811-1866Yasen (today in Kalush Raion), Stanisławów Powiat, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian EmpireAntin Mohylnytskyi1811-1873 Pidhirtsi, near Kalush, Stryi county, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian EmpireYevhen Hrebinka1812-1848Ubizhyshche, (today – Marianivka), Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire‘Ukrainskaia melodiia’ (A Ukrainian Melody, 1839)Yakiv Holovatskyi1814-1888Chepeli, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian EmpireTaras Shevchenko1814-1861Moryntsi, Zvenyhorodka Raion, Kiev Governorate, Russian EmpireKobzarAmvrosii Metlynskyi1814-1870 Sary, Hadiach county, Poltava Governorate, Russian EmpireDumky i pisni ta shche deshcho (Thoughts and Songs and Some Other Things, 1839)Kostiantyn Dumytrashko1814-1886Zolotonosha, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire‘Chorniï brovy, kariï ochi’ [Black Eyebrows, Hazel Eyes, 1859] Mykhailo Petrenko1817-1862Sloviansk, Sloboda Ukraine Governorate, Russian Empire"Dyvlius ya na nebo" (I look up to the sky)Panteleimon Kulish1819-1897Voronizh, Chernigov Governorate, Russian EmpireYakiv Shchoholiv1823-1898Okhtyrka, Sloboda Ukraine Governorate, Russian Empire‘Priakha’ (The Spinner), ‘Cherevychky’ (Shoes), and ‘Zymovyi vechir’ (A Winter’s Evening)Leonid Hlibov1827-1893Veselyi Podil, Khorol county, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire'Zhurba' (Sorrow)Stepan Rudanskyi1834-1873Khomutyntsi, Vinnytsia county, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire‘Povii vitre, na Vkraïnu’ (Blow, Wind, on Ukraine)Yurii Fedkovych1834-1888Putyla, Bukovina District, Austrian EmpireAnatolii Svydnytskyi1834-1871Mankivtsi, Lityn county, Podolia Governorate, Russian EmpireOleksandr Konyskyi1836-1900Perekhodivka, Nezhinsky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian EmpirePrayer for UkraineSydir Vorobkevych1836-1903Chernivtsi, Bukovina District, Austrian EmpirePavlo Chubynskyi1839-1884Hora, Pereyaslav county, Poltava Governorate, Russian EmpireShche ne vmerla UkrainaMykhailo Starytskyi1840-1904Klishchyntsi, Zolotonosha county, Poltava Governorate, Russian EmpireVasyl Mova1842-1920 khutir near Starodereviankivska, Kuban Region, Russian EmpireIvan Manzhura1851-1893Kharkiv, Kharkov Governorate, Russian EmpireStepovi dumy ta spivy (Steppe Dumas and Songs, 1889)Ivan Franko1856–1916 Nahuievychi, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian EmpireUliana Kravchenko1860-1947Mykolaiv, Zhydachiv county, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian EmpireBorys Hrinchenko1863-1910Vilkhovyi Yar khutir, Kharkov Governorate, Russian EmpireHryts’ko Kernerenko1863-1941Huliaipole, Russian EmpirePavlo Hrabovskyi1864-1902Pushkarne, Okhtyrka county, Kharkov Governorate, Russian EmpireProlisok (The Glade, 1894) and Z pivnochi (From the North, 1896)Volodymyr Samiilenko1864-1925Sorochyntsi, Mirgorod county, Poltava Governorate, Russian EmpireZ poezii Volodymyra Samiilenka (From the Poetry of Volodymyr Samiilenko, published 1890), Ukraïni (To Ukraine, 1884-1906)Osyp Makovei1867-1925Yavoriv, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian EmpireMykola Cherniavskyi1868-1948Torska Oleksiivka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian EmpirePisni kokhannia (Songs of Love, 1895), Donets'ki sonety (Donets Sonnets, 1898), and Zori (Stars, 1903)Lesia Ukrainka1871-1913Zviavel, Volynia Governorate, Russian EmpireMykola Voronyi1871-1938Rostov-on-Don, Don Cossack Region, Russian EmpireVasyl Shchurat1871-1948Vysloboky, Lviv county, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian EmpireAhatanhel Krymskyi1871-1942Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Volynia Governorate, Russian Empirethree books of lyrical poetry on Oriental themes entitled Pal’move hillia: Ekzotychni poeziï (Palm Branches: Exotic Poems, 1901, 1908, 1922)Bohdan Lepkyi1872-1941Krehulets, Husiatyn county, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian EmpireMykhailo Yatskiv1873-1961Lesivka, Stanyslaviv county, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian EmpirePetro Karmanskyi1878-1956Chesaniv, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian EmpireVasyl Pachovskyi1878-1942Zhulychi, Zolochiv county, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian EmpireOleksandr Oles1878-1944Bilopillia, Sumy county, Kharkov Governorate, Russian EmpireZ zhurboiu radist' obnialas''' (Joy and Sorrow Embraced, 1907) |- |Hrytsko Chuprynka | |1879-1921 |Hoholiv, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
|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) |- |Khrystia Alchevska | |1882-1931 |Kharkiv, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire
|Mykyta Shapoval | |1882-1932 |Sriblianka, Bakhmut county, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire |Sny viry (Dreams of Faith, 1908) and Samotnist’ (Loneliness, 1910) |- |Ostap Lutskyi | |1883-1941 |Luka, Sambir county, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian Empire
|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) |- |Mykola Zerov | |1890-1937 |Zinkiv, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire
|Pavlo Tychyna | |1891-1967 |Pisky, Kozelets county, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire |Soniashni kliarnety (Clarinets of the Sun, 1918; repr 1990) |- |Mykola Khvylovyi | |1893-1933 |Trostianets, Akhtyrsky Uyezd, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire
|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). |- |Volodymyr Sosiura | |1898-1965 |Debaltseve, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire |Love Ukraine, The Late Summer (Babyne Lito), To Maria, Stalin''
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