List of Swiss poets
This is a list of Swiss poets, consisting of both authors native to Switzerland, and authors born elsewhere who have influenced Swiss literature through their work. Swiss literature may be split into four parts based on the language of the author, although some authors may write in multiple languages.
French language
- Raphaël Aubert
- S. Corinna Bille
- Blaise Cendrars
- Maurice Chappaz
- Pierre Chappuis
- Victor Cherbuliez
- Jacques Chessex
- Germain Clavien
- Anne Cuneo
- Markus Hediger
- Jeanne Hersch
- Philippe Jaccottet
- Ella Maillart
- Pierrette Micheloud
- Marc Monnier
- Suzanne Necker, née Suzanne Curchod
- Juste Olivier
- Guy de Pourtalès
- Pericle Pattochi, chevalier-poète, La Suisse Romande écrivain poetique et professeur Suisse de la poesie française
- Eugène Rambert
- Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
- Grisélidis Réal
- Alice Rivaz
- Gustave Roud
- Léon Savary
- Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
- Jean-Pierre Vallotton
German language
- Jürg Amann
- Maja Beutler
- Peter Bichsel
- Silvio Blatter
- Hermann Burger
- Erika Burkart
- Martin R. Dean
- Rolf Dobelli
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- Marianne Ehrmann
- Jürg Federspiel
- Max Frisch
- Salomon Gessner
- Friedrich Glauser
- Eugen Gomringer
- Jeremias Gotthelf
- Albrecht von Haller
- Lukas Hartmann
- Eveline Hasler
- Meta Heusser-Schweizer
- Ludwig Hohl
- Franz Hohler
- Thomas Hürlimann
- Pierre Imhasly
- Zoë Jenny
- Hanna Johansen
- Gottfried Keller
- Christian Kracht
- Gertrud Leutenegger
- Heinrich Leuthold
- Hugo Loetscher
- Kurt Marti
- Niklaus Meienberg
- Helen Meier
- Pascal Mercier
- Klaus Merz
- Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
- Adolf Muschg
- Paul Nizon
- Erica Pedretti
- Ilma Rakusa
- Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis
- Jakob Schaffner
- Hansjörg Schneider
- Jürg Schubiger
- Annemarie Schwarzenbach
- René Sommer
- Gerold Späth
- Carl Spitteler
- Johanna Spyri
- Peter Stamm
- Verena Stefan
- Albert Steffen
- Beat Sterchi
- Gottfried Strasser
- Martin Suter
- Rudolf von Tavel
- Raphael Urweider
- Johann Martin Usteri
- Robert Walser
- Otto F. Walter
- Silja Walter
- Markus Werner
- Urs Widmer
- Johann Rudolf Wyss
- Werner Zemp
- Albin Zollinger
- Fritz Zorn
- Roland Zoss
- Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke