Top 10 Female Poets
The Top Ten
1 Emily Dickinson
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet . Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts .
Although part of a prominent family with strong ties to its community, Dickinson lived much of her life in reclusive isolation . ...read more.
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet . Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts .Although part of a prominent family with strong ties to its community, Dickinson lived much of her life in reclusive isolation . ...read more.
Ya girl had was rarely published in her life, profusely after death, and defied every rule of poetry at the time. Enough said.
2 Maya Angelou
3 Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer.
Plath is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for her two published collections, The Colossus and Other Poems, and Ariel. She also wrote The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her death. She was clinically depressed for most of her adult life and died by suicide in 1963, aged 30.
In 1982, she won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for The Collected Poems.
Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer.
Plath is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for her two published collections, The Colossus and Other Poems, and Ariel. She also wrote The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her death. She was clinically depressed for most of her adult life and died by suicide in 1963, aged 30.
In 1982, she won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for The Collected Poems.
4 Anna Akhmatova
5 Edna St. Vincent Millay
6 Adrienne Rich
I love her poems on women empowerment. Like Aunt Jennifer's Tigers.
7 Christina Rossetti
Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems. She is famous for writing Goblin Market and Remember, and the words of the Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter.
Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems. She is famous for writing Goblin Market and Remember, and the words of the Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter.
8 Elizabeth Bishop
9 Tove Ditlevsen
10 Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Newcomers
? Phillis Wheatley
? Anne Bradstreet
The Contenders
11 Sappho
12 Nikki Giovanni
13 Gwendolyn Brooks
14 Anna Maria van Schurman
15 Gertrude Stein
16 Anne Sexton
I'm just voting because of her name.
17 George Eliot
18 Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht
19 Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (June 20, 1786 – July 23, 1859) was a French poet and novelist. The publication of her innovative volume of elegies in 1819 marks her as one of the founders of French romantic poetry.
Her poetry is also known for taking on dark and depressing themes, which reflects her troubled life. She is the only female writer included in the famous Les Poètes maudits anthology published by Paul Verlaine in 1884. A volume of her poetry was among the books in Friedrich Nietzsche's library.
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (June 20, 1786 – July 23, 1859) was a French poet and novelist. The publication of her innovative volume of elegies in 1819 marks her as one of the founders of French romantic poetry.
Her poetry is also known for taking on dark and depressing themes, which reflects her troubled life. She is the only female writer included in the famous Les Poètes maudits anthology published by Paul Verlaine in 1884. A volume of her poetry was among the books in Friedrich Nietzsche's library.
20 Alfonsina Storni
21 Gabriela Mistral
22 Lesya Ukrainka
23 Inger Christensen
24 Karen Blixen
25 Anna Louisa Karsch
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