28 Albanian language poets

Besim Bokshi was an Albanian poet, linguist and philologist. He served as the president of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo during 2008-2011.

Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, commonly known by the pen name Asdreni, was an Albanian poet, rilindas, translator, writer and the author of the poem which later became the national anthem of Albania. He is regarded as one of the most influential Albanian writers of the 20th century and composed most of his Albanian Renaissance-inspired known works during that period.

Tahir Efendi Jakova, also known as Tahir Efendi Boshnjaku or The Great Efendi, was an Albanian religious leader of the Yakova region in Kosovo, as well one of the most known Albanian bejtexhi. He lived and served as a clergyman in Yakova. The best known work from him, Emni Vehbije was published with Arabic alphabet in Istanbul in 1835. A reprint of it with Latin alphabet was done in 1907 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Gjergj Fishta was an Albanian Franciscan friar, poet, educator, politician, rilindas, translator and writer. He is regarded as one of the most influential Albanian writers of the 20th century due to his epic masterpiece Lahuta e Malcís and the editor of two of the most autoritative magazines after Albania's independence, Posta e Shypniës and Hylli i Dritës.

Nezim Berati, alternatively known as Nezim Frakulla or Ibrahim Nezimi, was the first major poet among the Bejtexhinj, popular poets in the Muslim tradition who wrote in Albanian but used Arabic script. He was born in the village of Frakull near Fier and lived part of his life in Berat. Frakulla studied in Istanbul where he wrote his first poetry in Turkish, Persian and perhaps Arabic, including two divans. About 1731, he returned to Berat where he is known to have been involved in literary rivalry with other poets of the period, notably with Imam Ali, mufti of Berat. Between 1731 and 1735 he composed a divan and various other poetry in Albanian, including an Albanian-Turkish mini-dictionary in verse form. Although we do not possess the whole of the original divan, we do have copies of ca. 110 poems from it. Some of his verse was put to music and survived the centuries orally. Nezim Frakulla asserts that he was the first person to compose a divan in Albanian.

Mid'hat Frashëri was an Albanian diplomat, writer and politician. The son of Abdyl Frashëri, one of the most important activists of the Albanian National Awakening in 1908 he participated in the Congress of Monastir. In 1942 he became the president of Balli Kombëtar, an Albanian anti-fascist and anti-communist resistance movement. Frashëri was one among others, a father of Albanian Nationalism.

Naim Bey Frashëri, more commonly Naim Frashëri, was an Albanian patriot, historian, journalist, poet, rilindas and translator who was proclaimed national poet of Albania. He is regarded as the pioneer of modern Albanian literature and one of the most influential Albanian cultural icons of the 19th century.

Veli Karahoda is an Albanian writer, poet, novelist and essayist. He studied at the University of Pristina, Faculty of Arts.

Jeton Kelmendi is academic, Albanian journalist, poet, translator, university professor and political analyst.

Ernest Koliqi was an Albanian journalist, politician, translator, teacher and writer. Along with Mitrush Kuteli he is considered as the founder of modern Albanian prose commonly known by the pen names Borizani, Hilushi or Hilush Vilza.

Loni Logori (1871–1929) was an Albanian-Egyptian entrepreneur, poet, and activist of the Albanian National Awakening.

Sejfulla Malëshova was an Albanian politician and writer. He was an early member of the Communist leadership in post-World War II Albania and served as the Ministry of Culture and Propaganda.

Din Mehmeti was an Albanian poet from Kosovo. He was among the best-known classical representatives of contemporary verse in Kosovo.

Ndre Mjeda was an Albanian philologist, poet, priest, rilindas, translator and writer of the Albanian Renaissance. He was a member of the Mjeda family.

Haxhi Et'hem Bey also known as Haxhi Et'hem bey Mollaj (1783–1846) was an Ottoman Albanian administrator, landlord and bejtexhi.

Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, commonly known by the acronym pen name Migjeni, was an Albanian poet and writer, considered as one of the most important of the 20th century. After his death, he was recognized as one of the influential writers of interwar Albanian literature.

Arshi Pipa was an Albanian-American philosopher, writer, poet and literary critic.

Ali Podrimja was an Albanian poet. He was born in Gjakova, at the time part of Italian-controlled Albania under Italy.

Llazar Sotir Gusho, commonly known by the pen name Lasgush Poradeci, was an Albanian philologist, poet, translator, writer and pioneer of modern Albanian literature. He is regarded as one of the most influential Albanian writers of the 20th century whose works are directly connected with Romanticism and Realism.

Girolamo de Rada was an Arbëreshë folklorist, journalist, lawyer, playwright, poet, rilindas and writer. He is regarded as one of the most influential Albanian writers of the 19th century who played an essential role in the Albanian Renaissance.

Kadrush Radogoshi is an Albanian poet, novelist, play-writer, and literary critic from Kosovo. He is a dissident who opposed the revocation of the autonomy of Kosovo from the Milosevic's regime, consequently being arrested and imprisoned. Radogoshi served as President of Writers' Union of Kosovo. In 2010 he settled in Canada.

Giuseppe Schirò was an Arbëreshë neo-classical poet, linguist, publicist and folklorist from Sicily. His literary work marked the transition to modern Albanian literature in Italy. He was a major protagonist of the Rilindja, the Albanian cultural awakening or Albanian Renaissance, in Italy.

Giuseppe Serembe was an Arbëresh lyric poet. He has left some of the best poetic collections in Albanian language in the 19th century. The atmosphere of despair and tragedy that haunted him throughout his life surfaces time and time again in his verse.

Filip Shiroka (1859–1935) was a classical Rilindja poet.

Dhimitër Shuteriqi was an Albanian scholar, literary historian, and writer.

Ndue Sinishtaj is an Albanian poet, and former Catholic priest from Montenegro known for writing poems in Gheg Albanian.

Giulio Variboba was an Arbëresh poet that gave an important contribution to the literature in the Albanian language.

Vaso Pasha, also known as Pashko Vasa or Wassa Pasha, was an Ottoman Albanian writer, poet and publicist of the Albanian National Awakening, and mutasarrif of Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate from 1882 until his death.