| Author | Birth - Death |
|---|---|
| Louis Aragon | 1897 - 1982 |
| Charles Baudelaire | 1821 - 1867 |
| Joachim du Bellay | 1522 - 1560 |
| Isaac de Benserade | 1613 - 1691 |
| Nicolas Boileau | 1636 - 1711 |
| Andre Breton | 1896 - 1966 |
| Aime Cesaire | 1913 - 2008 |
| Rene Char | 1907 - 1988 |
| Jacques Delille | 1738 - 1813 |
| Eustache Deschamps | 1346 - 1406 |
| Paul Eluard | 1895 - 1952 |
| Jean de La Fontaine | 1621 - 1695 |
| Marie de France | |
| Serge Gainsbourg | 1928 - 1991 |
| Theophile Gautier | 1811 - 1872 |
| Max Jacob | 1876 - 1944 |
| Tahar Ben Jelloun | 1944 - |
| Jules Laforgue | 1860 - 1887 |
| Alphonse de Lamartine | 1790 - 1869 |
| Comte de Lautreamont | 1846 - 1870 |
| Francois de Malherbe | 1555 - 1628 |
| Stephane Mallarme | 1842 - 1898 |
| John Petit-Senn | 1792 - 1870 |
| Jacques Prevert | 1900 - 1977 |
| Raymond Queneau | 1903 - 1976 |
| Jean Richepin | 1849 - 1926 |
| Arthur Rimbaud | 1854 - 1891 |
| Edmond Rostand | 1868 - 1918 |
| Paul Scarron | 1610 - 1660 |
| Paul Valery | 1871 - 1945 |
| Marceline Desbordes-Valmore | 1786 - 1859 |
| Paul Verlaine | 1844 - 1896 |
| Alfred de Vigny | 1797 - 1863 |
| Francois Villon | 1431 - 1484 |
| Vincent Voiture | 1597 - 1648 |
