This is a list of feminist poets. Historically, literature has been a male-dominated sphere, and any poetry written by a woman could be seen as feminist. Often, feminist poetry refers to that which was composed after the 1960s and the second-wave of the feminist movement.[1][2] This list focuses on poets who take explicitly feminist approaches to their poetry.
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This is a list of feminist poets Historically literature has been a male dominated sphere and any poetry written by a woman could be seen as feminist Often feminist poetry refers to that which was composed after the 1960s and the second wave of the feminist movement 1 2 This list focuses on poets who take explicitly feminist approaches to their poetry This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Contents 1 A D 2 E K 3 L R 4 S Z 5 ReferencesA D editKathy Acker 1947 1997 American experimental novelist punk poet playwright and essayist Maya Angelou 1928 2014 American author and poet Elvia Ardalani born 1963 Mexican poet writer and storyteller Margaret Atwood born 1939 Canadian poet novelist and critic Addie L Ballou 1837 1916 American poet and suffragist Djuna Barnes 1892 1982 American modernist lesbian writer Aphra Behn 1640 1689 dramatist of the English Restoration and among first English professional female writers Elizabeth Bishop 1911 1979 American poet and short story writer Eavan Boland 1944 2020 Irish poet Sophia Elisabet Brenner 1659 1730 Swedish writer poet feminist and salon hostess Olga Broumas born 1949 Greek poet living in the United States Lucille Clifton 1936 2010 American writer and educator Mary Collier c 1688 1762 English poet Jeni Couzyn born 1942 Canadian poet and anthologist of South African extraction H D Hilda Doolittle 1886 1961 American poet novelist and memoirist known for Imagist poetry Emily Dickinson 1830 1886 American poet Diane Di Prima 1934 2020 American poet Carol Ann Duffy born 1955 Scottish poet and playwright first female and first Scottish Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom Rachel Blau DuPlessis born 1941 American poet and essayist known as a feminist critic and scholarE K editMuzi Epifani 1935 1984 Italian writer and poet Fehmida Riaz 1946 2018 Urdu writer poet and feminist of Pakistan Mary Eliza Fullerton 1868 1946 Australian feminist poet short story writer journalist and novelist Alice Fulton born 1952 American author poet Frances Dana Barker Gage 1808 1884 American writer poet reformer feminist and abolitionist Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1860 1935 American sociologist author poet and lecturer for social reform Hedwig Gorski born 1949 American poet author artist dramatist and scholar Judy Grahn born 1940 American feminist lesbian poet Barbara Guest 1920 2006 American poet author Marilyn Hacker born 1942 American poet translator and critic Judith Hall born 1951 American poet literary editor educational writer essayist illustrator and educator Jane Eaton Hamilton born 1954 Canadian poet fiction writer photographer visual artist Gwen Harwood 1920 1995 Australian poet and librettist Allison Hedge Coke born 1958 American Canadian poet Lyn Hejinian born 1941 American poet essayist translator and publisher Dorothy Hewett 1923 2002 Australian feminist poet novelist librettist and playwright Susan Howe born 1937 American poet scholar essayist and critic closely associated with the Language poets Kiyemis born 1993 French Afro feminist and poet Maryam Jafari Azarmani born 1977 Iranian poet Sonneteer essayist literary critic translator Kishwar Naheed born 1940 Urdu poet from Pakistan known for her pioneering feminist poetry Carolyn Kizer 1925 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning American poet noted for her feminist poetry Terri L Jewell 1954 1995 author poet and Black lesbian activistL R editSue Lenier born 1957 English poet and playwright Anna Maria Lenngren 1754 1817 Swedish writer poet feminist translator and salonniere Denise Levertov 1923 1997 British born American poet Patricia Lockwood born 1982 American poet and essayist Audre Lorde 1934 1992 Caribbean American writer poet and activist Mina Loy 1882 1966 artist poet playwright and novelist Futurist Chris Mansell born 1953 Australian poet and publisher Edna St Vincent Millay 1892 1950 American lyrical poet playwright and feminist Gabriela Mistral Lucila Godoy Alcayaga 1889 1957 Chilean poet educator and feminist first Latin American to win Nobel Prize in Literature Marianne Moore 1887 1972 American Modernist poet and writer Barbara Mor 1936 2015 American feminist of the Goddess movement Robin Morgan born 1941 American poet author political theorist and activist Eileen Myles born 1949 American poet and writer Guggenheim Fellowship recipient and LGBT activist Lorine Niedecker 1903 1970 American poet only woman associated with Objectivist poets Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht 1718 1763 Swedish poet feminist and salon hostess Alice Notley born 1945 American poet and feminist Alicia Ostriker born 1937 American poet and scholar writing Jewish feminist poetry Grace Paley 1922 2007 American Jewish short story writer poet and political activist Sylvia Pankhurst 1882 1960 English suffragist poet Dorothy Parker 1893 1967 American poet short story writer critic and satirist Parveen Shakir 1952 1994 Urdu poet teacher and a civil servant in Pakistan Sylvia Plath 1932 1963 American poet novelist and short story writer Katha Pollitt born 1949 American feminist poet essayist and critic Qiu Jin 1875 1907 Chinese revolutionary feminist and writer Rita Mae Reese living American poet fiction writer and publisher Adrienne Rich 1929 2012 American poet essayist and feminist Dorothy Richardson 1873 1957 English novelist poet essayist and short story writer Lola Ridge 1873 1941 anarchist poet and editor of avant garde feminist and Marxist publications Ethel Rolt Wheeler 1869 1958 English poet author and journalist Christina Rossetti 1830 1894 English writer of romantic devotional and children s poems Muriel Rukeyser 1913 1980 American poet and political activistS Z editNandini Sahu born 1973 Indian poet writing in English Sonia Sanchez born 1934 African American poet often associated with Black Arts Movement Sappho fl 6th century BCE Ancient Greek poet one of the nine lyric poets Henriette Sauret 1890 1976 French feminist pacifist poet writer journalist Anne Sexton 1928 1974 American poet known for personal confessional verse Jo Shapcott born 1953 English poet editor and lecturer Elena Shirman 1908 1942 Russian poet Edith Sitwell 1887 1964 British poet and critic eldest of three literary Sitwells Stevie Smith 1902 1971 English poet and novelist Gertrude Stein 1874 1946 American writer poet and art collector who spent most of life in France Alfonsina Storni 1892 1938 Swiss Argentine poet Lynn Strongin born 1939 American poet May Swenson 1913 1989 American poet and playwright Sara Teasdale 1884 1933 American lyrical poet Ann Townsend born 1962 American poet and essayist Marina Tsvetaeva 1892 1941 Russian and Soviet poet Anne Waldman born 1945 American poet Rosmarie Waldrop born 1935 American poet translator and publisher Alice Walker born 1944 American author poet and activist Phyllis Webb 1927 2021 Canadian poet and radio broadcaster Nellie Wong born 1934 Chinese American feminist poet Merle Woo born 1941 Asian American teacher poet and activist Judith Wright 1915 2000 Australian poet environmentalist and campaigner for Aboriginal land rights Elinor Wylie 1885 1928 American poet and novelist Halima Xudoyberdiyeva 1947 2018 Uzbek poet People s Poet of Uzbekistan Mitsuye Yamada born 1923 Japanese American activist feminist essayist poet story writer editor and professor Esperanza Zambrano 1901 1992 Mexican poet of Modernismo movementReferences edit The Feminist Encyclopedia of Italian Literature 1 publ ed Westport Conn u a Greenwood Press 1997 p 105 ISBN 978 0 313 29435 8 Feminist Theory Reader 3rd ed Routledge 2013 p 159 ISBN 978 1 135 07383 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of feminist poets amp oldid 1161381569, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
