20th-century poets

first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)

French physicist (1902–1984)

Iranian writer, scholar of Islam, and political activist(1933-1977)

Tatar poet

Mozambican writer

Ivorian writer and politician (1916–2019)

Kazakh intellectual (1872-1937)

Ivorian writer and academic

Ivorian and French writer and painter

Mozambican poet (1922-2003)

Balkar Soviet writer (1917–1985)

Palestinian poet (1905–1941)

poet and politician from Sao Tome and Principe (1926-2010)

Zimbabwean poet and writer (1956–2015)

Bosnian writer (1930-2002)

Turkish-French sociologist (born 1971)

Cigerxwîn or Cegerxwîn (, ; 1903 – 22 October 1984) was a Kurdish writer and poet. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Kurdish literature. Many of his poems were later adapted into songs, and his work played an important role in the preservation and development of Kurdish culture and literary heritage.

Zimbabwean writer (1952-1987)

Senegalese poet (1927-1960)

Equatorial Guinean writer

Montenegrin poet (1907–1986)

São Tomé and Príncipe poet

Mozambican poet and journalist (1926–2002)

Barbadian poet (1930–2020)

Mongolian writer (born 1944)

Tanzanian writer (1909–1962)

Bosnia and Herzegovina writer

writer and poet (1936-2015)

Master of Nimatullahi Sufi Order (1926–2008)

Zambian politician (1938-2009)

Kazakh poet, writer and politician

Nauruan writer (1924–1990)

Seychellois writer and poet (1934–2004)

Soviet academic and poet (1900–1973)

Yiddish author (1910–1982)

Iranian journalist, poet and playwright (1894–1924)

artist (1884-1918)

Ethiopian writer (1936-2006)

writer and journalist (1883-1943)

Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame (1943 – 18 August 2022), known by the pseudonym Hadrawi, was a Somali poet, philosopher and songwriter. Having written many notable protest works, Hadrawi has been likened by some to Shakespeare, and his poetry has been translated into various languages. He is the older brother of Hurre Walanwal, another Somali poet and songwriter.

African philosopher (1912-1981)

São Tomé and Príncipe poet, writer and narrator

Chechen guerilla leader (1910–1944)

Ashraf poet

Equatoguinean writer

Vanuatuan poet, politician, activist

Guinean poet, novelist and playwright

Chinese poet (1922–1945)

Finnish-Swedish journalist and poet from Finland (1916-1995)

Guinea-Bissauan musician

Gambian writer (1932–2009)

writer and filmmaker (1941–1999)

Chechen writer (1933–2005)

Chadian writer and academic

Cook Islands writer

Cypriot politician

English actor and director (1900–1971)

politician in Guinea-Bissau

Maldivian Dhivehi-language poet, author

Kurdish scholar