Editing List of French-language poets

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'''List of poets [[French poetry|who have written in the French language]]''':
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==A==
Céline Arnauld (1885-1952)
* [[Louise-Victorine Ackermann]] (1813–1890)
* [[Adam de la Halle]] (v.1250 – v.1285)
* [[Dominique Aguessy]] (1937– )<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amina Dominique Aguessy |url=https://aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au/AMINAaguessy2008.html |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au}}</ref>
* [[Pierre Albert-Birot]] (1876–1967)
* [[Anne-Marie Albiach]] (1937–2012)
* [[Pierre Alféri]] (1963)
* [[Marc Alyn]] (1937)
* [[Catherine d'Amboise]] (1475–1550)
* [[Jean Amrouche]] (1906–1962)
* [[Guillaume Apollinaire]] (1880–1918)
* [[Louis Aragon]] (1897–1982)
* [[Jacques Arnold]] (1912–1995)
* [[Jean Arp|Hans Arp]] (1887–1966)
* [[Antonin Artaud]] (1896–1948)
* [[Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné]] (1552–1630)
* [[Jacques Audiberti]] (1899–1965)
* [[Pierre Autin-Grenier]] (1947–2014)

==B==
* [[Jean-Antoine de Baïf]] (1532–1589)
* [[Luisa Ballesteros Rosas]] (born 1957)
* [[Théodore de Banville]] (1823–1891)
* [[Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly]] (1807–1889)
* [[Henri Auguste Barbier]] (1805–1882)
* [[Natalie Clifford Barney]] (1876–1972)
* [[Linda Maria Baros]] (1981)
* [[Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas]] (1544–1590)
* [[Henry Bataille]] (1872–1922)
* [[Henry Bauchau]] (1913–2012)
* [[Charles Baudelaire]] (1821–1867)
* [[Marcel Béalu]] (1908–1993)
* [[Philippe Beck]] (1963)
* [[Samuel Beckett]] (1906–1989)
* [[Joachim du Bellay]] (1522–1560)
* [[Rémy Belleau]] (1528–1577)
* [[Charles Beltjens]] (1832–1890)
* [[Tahar Ben Jelloun]] (1944)
* [[Isaac de Benserade]] (1612–1691)
* [[Annie Bentoiu]] (1927–2015)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JhXmEYWHDHYC&pg=PA30 |title=International Who's Who in Poetry  |page=30 |year=2004 |isbn=1857431782|last1=Publications |first1=Europa }}</ref>
* [[Pierre-Jean de Béranger]] (1780–1857)
* [[Christian Bernard]] (1950)
* [[Béroul]] (12th century)
* [[Louky Bersianik]] (1965)
* [[Aloysius Bertrand]] (1807–1841)
* [[Gérard Bessière]] (1928)
* [[Maurice Blanchot]] (1907–2003)
* [[Blondel de Nesle]] (12th–13th centuries)
* [[Christian Bobin]] (1951–2022)
* [[Jean Bodel]] (1165–1210)
* [[Étienne de La Boétie]] (1530–1563)
* [[Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux]] (1636–1711)
* [[Bonaventure Des Périers]] (1500–1544)
* [[Yves Bonnefoy]] (1923–2016)
* [[Pétrus Borel]] (1809–1859)
* [[Bertran de Born]] (1150–1215 ?)
* [[Robert de Boron]] (12th–13th centuries)
* [[Théodore Botrel]] (1868–1925)
* [[André du Bouchet]] (1924–2001)
* [[Daniel Boulanger]] (1922–2014)
* [[Stéphane Bouquet]] (1967)
* [[Joë Bousquet]] (1897–1950)
* [[Georges Brassens]] (1921–1981)
* [[Jacques Brault]] (1933–2022)
* [[André Breton]] (1896–1966)
* [[Nicole Brossard]] (1943)
* [[Aristide Bruant]] (1851–1925)
* [[Gace Brulé]] (c.1160 – after 1213)
* [[Andrée Brunin]] (1937–1993)
* [[Michel Butor]] (1926–2016)

==C==
* [[Louis Calaferte]] (1928–1994)
* [[Susana Calandrelli]] (1901–1978)
* [[Jean-Pierre Calloc'h]] (1888–1917)
* [[Émile Cammaerts]] (1878–1953)
* [[Côtis-Capel]] (1915–1986)
* [[Placide Cappeau]] (1808–1877)
* [[Adolphe Joseph Carcassonne]] (1826–1891)
* [[Francis Carco]] (1886–1958)
* [[Maurice Carême]] (1899–1978)
* [[Jean Cayrol]] (1911–2005)
* [[Rose Celli]] (1895–1982)
* [[Blaise Cendrars]] (1887–1961)
* [[Aimé Césaire]] (1913–2008)
* [[Jean Chapelain]] (1595–1674)
* [[Maurice Chappaz]] (1916–2009)
* [[René Char]] (1907–1988)
* [[Alain Chartier]] (1385–1430)
* [[François-René de Chateaubriand]] (1768–1848)
* [[Malcolm de Chazal]] (1902–1981)
* [[Andrée Chedid]] (1920–2011)
* [[Charles-Julien Lioult de Chênedollé]] (1769–1833)
* [[François Cheng]] (1929)
* [[André Chénier]] (1762–1794)
* [[Jacques Chessex]] (1934–2009)
* [[Chrétien de Troyes]] (c.1135 – c.1183)
* [[Paul Claudel]] (1868–1955)
* [[William Cliff]] (1940)
* [[Jean Cocteau]] (1889–1963)
* [[Gabrielle de Coignard]] (1550–1586)
* [[Louise Colet]] (1810–1876)
* [[Danielle Collobert]] (1940–1978)
* [[Claude Confortès]] (1928–2016)
* [[Conon de Béthune]] (c.1150 – 1220)
* [[Benoît Conort]] (1956)
* [[François Coppée]] (1842–1908)
* [[Tristan Corbière]] (1845–1875)
* [[Pierre Corneille]] (1606–1684)
* [[Charles Cotin]] (1604–1681)
* [[Gaston Couté]] (1880–1911)
* [[Watriquet de Couvin]] (active 1319–1329)
* [[Octave Crémazie]] (1827–1879)
* [[René Crevel]] (1900–1935)
* [[Charles Cros]] (1842–1888)

==D==
* [[Jean Daive]] (1941)
* [[Léon-Gontran Damas]] (1914–1978)
* [[René Daumal]] (1908–1944)
* [[François David]] (1870–1939)
* [[Anne-Marie de Backer]] (1908–1987)
* [[Lise Deharme]] (1898–1979)
* [[Lucie Delarue-Mardrus]] (1880–1945)
* [[Yanette Delétang-Tardif]] (1902–1976)
* [[Jacques Delille]] (1738–1813)
* [[René Depestre]] (1926)
* [[Tristan Derème]] (1889–1941)
* [[Paul Déroulède]] (1846–1914)
* [[Maryline Desbiolles]] (1959)
* [[Marceline Desbordes-Valmore]] (1786–1859)
* [[Émile Deschamps]] (1791–1871)
* [[Eustache Deschamps]] (1346–1406)
* [[Robert Desnos]] (1900–1945)
* [[Philippe Desportes]] (1546–1606)
* [[Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers]] (1939–2013)
* [[Bruno Destrée]] (1867–1919)
* [[Léon Deubel]] (1879–1913)
* [[Souéloum Diagho]]
* [[Mohammed Dib]] (1920–2003)
* [[David Diop]] (1927–1960)
* [[Charles Dobzynski]] (1929–2014)
* [[Jean Dorat]] (1508–1588)
* [[Hélène Dorion]] (1958)
* [[Christian Dotremont]] (1922–1979)
* [[Minou Drouet]] (1947)
* [[Caroline Dubois (poet)|Caroline Dubois]] (1960)
* [[Bernard Dubourg]] (1945–1992)
* [[Georges Duhamel (author)|Georges Duhamel]] (1884–1966)
* [[Jacques Dupin]] (1927–2012)
* [[Jean-Pierre Duprey]] (1930–1959)
* [[Marie Dauguet]] (1860–1942)

==E==
* [[Paul Éluard]] (1895–1952)
* [[Claude Esteban]] (1935–2006)

==F==
* [[Nabile Farès]] (1940–2016)
* [[Léon-Paul Fargue]] (1876–1947)
* [[Jean-Pierre Faye]] (1925)
* [[Léo Ferré]] (1916–1993)
* [[Jean Follain]] (1903–1971)
* [[Xavier Forneret]] (1809–1884)
* [[Paul Fort]] (1872–1960)
* [[Marie de France]] (1154–1189)
* [[Martin Le Franc]] (1410–1461)
* [[Frankétienne]] (1936)
* [[Pauline Fréchette]] (1889–1943)
* [[André Frédérique]] (1915–1957)
* [[Jean Froissart]] (v.1337-v.1410)

==G==
* [[Pierre Gabriel]] (1926–1994)
* [[Serge Gainsbourg]] (1928–1991)
* [[Augièr Galhard]] (16th-century)
* [[Pierre Gamarra]] (1919–2009)
* [[Joachim Gasquet]] (1873–1921)
* [[Armand Gatti]] (1924–2017)
* [[Théophile Gautier]] (1811–1872)
* [[Jean Genet]] (1910–1986)
* [[Amélie Gex]] (1835–1883)
* [[Henri Ghéon]] (1875–1644)
* [[Roger Gilbert-Lecomte]] (1907–1943)
* [[Iwan Gilkin]] (1858–1924)
* [[Roger Giroux]] (1925–1974)
* [[Jean-Marie Gleize]] (1946)
* [[Edouard Glissant]] (1928–2011)
* [[Guy Goffette]] (1947)
* [[Claire Goll]] (1890–1977)
* [[Yvan Goll]] (1891–1950)
* [[Jean Ogier de Gombauld]] (1576–1666)
* [[Remy de Gourmont]] (1858–1915)
* [[Xavier Grall]] (1930–1981)
* [[Benoît Gréan]]
* [[Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset]] (1709–1777)
* [[Jacques Grévin]] (1538–1570)
* [[Jean Grosjean]] (1912–2006)
* [[Maurice de Guérin]] (1810–1839)
* [[Georges Guillain]] (1876–1961)
* [[Guillaume de Lorris]] (c.1200 – c.1238)
* [[Pernette du Guillet]] (1520–1545)
* [[Eugène Guillevic]] (1907–1997)

==H==
* [[Adam de la Halle]] (1237–1288)
* [[Anne Hébert]] (1916–2000)
* [[Markus Hediger]] (1959)
* [[Bernard Heidsieck]] (1928–2014)
* [[Georges Henein]] (1914–1973)
* [[José-Maria de Heredia]] (1842–1905)
* [[Antoine Héroet]] (d. 1567)
* [[Emmanuel Hocquard]] (1940-2019)
* [[Michel Houellebecq]] (1958)
* [[Victor Hugo]] (1802–1885)
* [[Marie Huot]] (1965)

==I==
* [[Jacques Izoard]] (1936–2008)

==J==
* [[Edmond Jabès]] (1912–1991)
* [[Philippe Jaccottet]] (1925–2021)
* [[Max Jacob]] (1876–1944)
* [[Francis Jammes]] (1868–1938)
* [[Amadis Jamyn]] (1538–1592)
* [[Alfred Jarry]] (1873–1907)
* [[Sandra Jayat]] (c.1939)
* [[Georges Jean]] (1920–2011)
* [[Jean de Meung]] (1250 – c.1305)
* [[Étienne Jodelle]] (1532–1573)
* [[Jean Joubert]] (1928–2015)
* [[Jacques Jouet]] (1947)
* [[Alain Jouffroy]] (1928–2015)
* [[Pierre Jean Jouve]] (1887–1976)
* [[Charles Juliet]] (1934)

==K==
* [[Gustave Kahn]] (1859–1936)
* [[Kama Sywor Kamanda]] (1952)
*[[Abdelkebir Khatibi]] (1938–2009)
* [[Vénus Khoury-Ghata]] (1937)
* [[Tristan Klingsor]] (1874–1966)
* [[Anise Koltz]] (1928–2023)
* [[Petr Kral]] (1941–2020)
* [[Seyhan Kurt]] (1971)

==L==
* [[Abdellatif Laâbi]] (1942)
* [[Louise Labé]] (1524–1566)
* [[Pierre Labrie]] (1972)
* [[Jacques Lacarrière]] (1925–2005)
* [[Jean de La Fontaine]] (1621–1695)
* [[Jules Laforgue]] (1860–1887)
* [[Henri Cazalis|Jean Lahor]] (1840–1909)
* [[Alphonse de Lamartine]] (1790–1869)
* [[Bernard de La Monnoye]] (1641–1728)
* [[Jane de La Vaudère]] (1857–1908)
* [[Valery Larbaud]] (1881–1957)
* [[Josaphat-Robert Large]] (1942–2017)
* [[Rina Lasnier]] (1910–1997)
* [[Comte de Lautréamont|Isidore Ducasse, comte de Lautréamont]] (1846–1870)
* [[Pierre-Antoine Lebrun]] (1785–1873)
* [[Félix Leclerc]] (1914–1988)
* [[Leconte de Lisle]] (1818–1894)
* [[Michel Leiris]] (1901–1990)
* [[Jean Lemaire de Belges]] (1473–1520)
* [[Charles Le Quintrec]] (1926–2008)
* [[Jean-François Leriget de La Faye]] (1674–1731)
* [[Alain Le Roux]] (c. 1040 – 1093)
* [[Hervé Le Tellier]] (1957)
* [[Henry Jean-Marie Levet]] (1874–1906)
* [[Tristan L'Hermite]] (1601–1655)
* [[Liska]] (1956–2011)
* [[Guillaume de Lorris]] (1200–1240)
* [[Pierre Louÿs]] (1870–1925)
* [[Mary Stanley Low]] (1912–2007) 
* [[Ghérasim Luca]] (1913–1994)
* [[Jean-Pierre Luminet]] (1951)

==M==
*[[Guillaume de Machaut]] (1300–1377)
*[[Maurice Maeterlinck]] (1862–1949)
*[[François de Malherbe]] (1555–1628)
*[[Stéphane Mallarmé]] (1842–1898)
*[[Pierre de Marbeuf]] (1595–1645)
*[[Clément Marot]] (1495–1544)
*[[Jean Marot]] (1450–1526)
*[[Anne de Marquets]] (1533–1588)
*[[Fabien Marsaud]] (born 1977)
*[[Charles Maurras]] (1868–1952)
*[[Catulle Mendès]] (1841–1909)
*[[Élisa Mercœur]] (1809–1835)
*[[Thierry Metz]] (1956–1997)
*[[Jean de Meun]] (1240–1304)
*[[Henri Michaux]] (1899–1984)
*[[Jean Michel (poet)|Jean Michel]] (c. 1435–1501)
*[[Jean Moréas]] (1856–1910)
*[[Hégésippe Moreau]] (1810–1838)
*[[Camille de Morel]] 
*[[Colin Muset]]
*[[Alfred de Musset]] (1810–1857)

==N==
*[[Marguerite de Navarre]] (1492–1549)
*[[Émile Nelligan]] (1879–1941)
*[[Gérard de Nerval]] (1808–1855)

==O==
*[[René de Obaldia]] (1918–2022)
*[[Charles, duc d'Orléans]] (1394–1465)

==P==
*[[Évariste de Parny]] (1753–1814)
*[[Charles Péguy]] (1873–1914)
*[[Benjamin Péret]] (1899–1959)
*[[Louis Pergaud]] (1882–1915)
*[[Saint-John Perse]] (1887–1975)
*[[Christine de Pizan]] (1364–c. 1430)
*[[Francis Ponge]] (1899–1988)
*[[Jacques Prévert]] (1900–1977)
*[[Guiot de Provins]]
*[[Sully Prudhomme]] (1839–1907)

==Q==
*[[Raymond Queneau]] (1903–1976)

==R==
*[[Nicolas Rapin]] (1535–1608)
*[[Henri de Régnier]] (1864–1936)
*[[Pierre Reverdy]] (1889–1960)
*[[Arthur Rimbaud]] (1854–1891)
*[[Jules Romains]] (1885–1972)
*[[Pierre de Ronsard]] (1524–1585)
*[[Claude Royet-Journoud]] (1941)
*[[Jaufré Rudel]] (1113–1170) 
*[[Rutebeuf]] (1245–1285)

==S==
*[[Janou Saint-Denis]] (1930–2000)
*[[Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau]] (1912–1943)
*[[Mellin de Saint-Gelais]] (1491–1558)
*[[Jean François de Saint-Lambert]] (1716–1803)
*[[Benoît de Sainte-Maure]]
*[[André Salmon]] (1881–1969)
*[[Albert Samain]] (1858–1900)
*[[Henriette Sauret]] (1890–1976)
*[[Paul Scarron]] (1610–1660)
*[[Maurice Scève]] (1501–1564)
*[[Georges Schehadé]] (1907–1989)
*[[Pierre Seghers]] (1906–1987)
*[[Léopold Senghor]] (1906–2001)
*[[Louisa Siefert]] (1845–1877)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TeAaDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT197 |title=Genius Envy: Women Shaping French Poetic History, 1801–1900 |pages=197–209 |last=Paliyenko |first=Adrianna M |year=2017 |isbn=978-0271079172}}</ref>
*[[Dominique Sorrente]] (born 1953)
*[[Gabrielle Soumet]] (1814–1886)
*[[Philippe Soupault]] (1897–1990)
*[[André Spire]] (1868–1966)
*[[Jules Supervielle]] (1884–1960)

==T==
*[[Taillefer]] (1001–1066)
*[[Jean de La Taille]] (1535–1608)
*[[Jean Tardieu]] (1903–1995)
*[[Esther Tellermann]] (1947)
*[[Thomas of Britain]]
*[[Khal Torabully]] (born 1956)
*[[Julien Torma]] (1902–1933)
*[[Paul-Jean Toulet]] (1867–1920)
*[[Roland Michel Tremblay]] (born 1972)
*[[Chrétien de Troyes]]
*[[Doete de Troyes]] (1220-1265)
*[[Pontus de Tyard]] (1521–1605)
*[[Tristan Tzara]] (1896–1963)

==V==
*[[Paul Valéry]] (1871–1945)
*[[Jean-Pierre Vallotton]] (born 1955)
*[[Léonise Valois]] (1868–1936)<ref>{{cite DCB |title=Valois, Léonise |last=Warren |first=Louise |volume=16 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/valois_leonise_16E.html}}</ref> 
*[[Jean Venturini]] (1919–1940)
*[[Serge Venturini]] (born 1955)
*[[Emile Verhaeren]] (1855–1916)
*[[Paul Verlaine]] (1844–1896)
*[[Francis Viélé-Griffin]] (1864–1937)
*[[Boris Vian]] (1920–1959)
*[[Claude Vigée]] (1921–2020)
*[[Alfred de Vigny]] (1797–1863)
*[[François Villon]] (1431–1463)
*[[Roger Vitrac]] (1899–1952)
*[[Vincent Voiture]] (1597–1648)
*[[Voltaire]] (1694–1778)

==See also==
*[[:fr:Liste de poètes de langue française|Other French poets in the French Wikipedia]]
*[[French literature]]
*[[Francophone literature]]
*[[List of French-language authors]]
*[[List of French novelists]]
*[[List of French people]]
*[[Lists of Canadians]]

==References==
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