List of Maltese-language poets

This is a list of Maltese-language poets, together with some of their best-known poems.

Poets

• Pietru Caxaru (died 1485) - The first noted Maltese poet
• Ġan Franġisk Bonamico (1639–1680)
• Gioacchino Navarro (1748–1813)
• Patri Fidiel, (c. 1762–1824)
• Mons. Ludovik Mifsud Tommasi (1796–1879) - Canon of the Collegiate of Cospicua
• Ġan Anton Vassallo (1817–1868)
• Ġużè Muscat Azzopardi (1853–1927)
• Manwel Dimech (1860–1921)
• Dun Karm Psaila (1871–1961)
• Rużar Briffa (1906–1963)
• Anton Buttigieg (1912–1983)
• Kilin (1917–2008)
• Marjanu Vella (1927–1988)
• Pawlu Aquilina (born 1929)
• Joe Friggieri (born 1946)
• Oliver Friggieri (born 1947)
• Ray Buttigieg (born 1955)
• Immanuel Mifsud (born 1967)

References

• Il-Poeżija Maltija, an anthology by Oliver Friggieri, Malta University Publishers.