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Truman Elwell Rickard (1881-1948), Arthur Wheelock Upson (1877-1908)
Abdalla Shams El-Din (1921-1977)
Abdul Bari Jahani (b.1948)
Abdul-Mone'm Al-Rifai' (1917-1985)
Abdulla Oripov (b.1941)
Abdullah Abdulwahab Noa'man (1916-1982)
Abolghasem Halat (1919-1992)
Abu-Al-Asar Hafeez Jullandhuri (1900-1982)
Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (1779-1850)
Aden Elmi (b.1950)
Afaese Manoa (b.1942)
Ahmad Mushari Al-Adwani (1923-1992)
Ahmed Javad (1892-1937)
Al Baschir Al Arebi (dates unknown)
Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo (b.1926)
Aleksander Stavre Drenova (1872-1947)
Alex Casimir-Dosseh (1923-2007)
Alexei Mateevici (b.1962)
Ali Squalli Houssaini (b.1932)
Almarhum Abdullah Syed Hussain Shahabuddin (1871-1936)
Almarhum Syed Hamzah Shafi Jamalullail (c.1895-1958)
Amata Kabua (1928-1995)
Amilcar Lopes Cabral (1924-1973)
Amilcar Spencer Lopes (b.1948)
Ananda Samarakoon (1911-1962)
Andrease Enoke Fanyana Simelane (b.1934)
Andrei Muresianu (1816-1863)
Andrew Caldecott (1884-1951)
Antun Mihanović (1796-1861)
Archibald Leonard Luker (1917-1971)
Aref Al Sheikh Abdullah Al Hassan (dates unknown)
Arthur James Marsh (1895-1966)
Arthur John Fynn (1857-1930)
Assefa Gebre-Mariam Tessama (b.1936)
Atanasio Ndongo Miyono (1928-1969)
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798-1874)
Augusto Constancio Coello (1883-1941)
Aurel Baranga (1913-1979)
Author unknown
Awaiting Competition Results
Axali Doeseb (b.1954)
Baba Ould Cheikh (d.1934)(year of birth unknown)
Barthélémy Boganda (1910-1959)
Bertha Raffetto (1885-1952)
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832-1910)
Boka Di Mpasi Londi (b.1929)
Boudleaux Bryant (1920-1987), Felice Bryant (1925-2003)
Brewster Higley (1823-1911)
Carl Wilhelm August Strandberg (1818-1877)
Celtic Words: Liam O'Rinn (1888-1950), English Words: Peadar Kearney (1883-1942)
Chakrapani Chalise (1884-1959)
Chamorro Words: José Pangelinan (dates unknown), Carolinian Words: David Peter (dates unknown)
Charles Cavendish Boyle (1849-1916)
Charles Chamberlin (1841-1894)
Charles Cohan (1884-1969)
Charles Edwin Winter (1870-1948)
Charles Hall (b.1956)
Charles Jesse (1897-1985)
Chuon Nat (1883-1969)
Claude-Joseph Rouget de L'isle (1760-1836)
Clifford Nelson Fyle (1933-2006)
Collectively
Cornelis Jacob Langenhoven (1873-1932)
Costis Palamas (1895-1943)
Cynthia Ryan (dates unknown)
Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815-1880)
David François Marc André (b.1958), George Charles Robert Payet (b.1959)
Dawit Magradse (dates unknown)
Deecort Hammitt (1893-1970)
Dereje Melaku Mengesha (b.1957)
Diane Martin (b.1956)
Dionysios Solomós (1798-1857)
Djamil Sadykov (b.1932), Eshmambet Kuluev (b.1942)
Donald Anderson McLeod (1911-1975)
Doralice Fontane (1906-1981)
Douglas Malloch (1877-1938)
Dun Karm Psaila (1871-1961)
Dutch Words: Cornelis Atses Hoekstra (1852-1911), Sranan Words: Henry de Ziel (1916-1975)
Edin Dervishalidović (b.1962)
Eduardo Marquina (1879-1946), José María Pemán y Pemartín (1897-1981)
Edward Khoury (1916-2001)
Elias Blix (1836-1902)
Elizabeth Garrett (1885-1947)
Ellen Amanda King (1846-1927)
Emilio Prud'homme (1856-1932)
English Words: Hubert Allen Courtney (1878-1959), Malay Words: Haji Muhammed Said bin Haji Sulieman (1876-1955)
English Words: Thomas Bracken (1843-1898), Maori Words: Thomas Henry Smith (1824-1907)
Enoch Mankayi Sontonga (1860-1904), Cornelis Jacob Langenhoven (1873-1932)
Eugen Frunza (b.1917), Dan Desliu (1927-1996)
Eusebio Lillo Robles (1826-1910), Bernardo de Vera y Pintado (1789-1826)
Eva Ware Barnett (1881-1978)
Evan James (1809-1893)
Evan Stephens (1854-1930)
Faustin Murigo (dates unknown)
Ferenc Kölcsey (1790-1838)
François Coillard (1834-1904)
François Vincent Ayssav (b.1955)
France Preseren (1800-1849)
Francis Bernard Silverwood (1863-1924)
Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791)
Francis Scott Key (1779-1843)
Francisco Esteban Acuña de Figueroa (1791-1862)
Francisco González Bocanegra (1824-1861)
Fransisco Borja da Costa (b.1946)
French Words: Charles Latour Rogier (1800-1885), Dutch Words: Victor Ceulemans (1887-1969)
French Words: Justin Lhérisson (1873-1907)
Creole Words: Raymond A Moïse (dates unknown)
French Words: Sir Adolphe Basile Routhier (1839-1920), English Words: Robert Stanley Weir (1856-1926)
George Deighton (1869-1935)
George Hynson (1862-1926), Donn Devine (b.1929)
George Wilberforce Kakomoa (b.1923)
Georges Aleka Damas (1902-1982)
German Words: Leonhard Widmer (1808-1868), French Words: Charles Chatelanat (1833-1907), Italian Words: Camillo Valsangiacomo (1898-1978). (Rumantsch words are to be added soon by the Swiss Government)
Gilbert Jean Dagnon (b.1926)
Gilles Vigneault (b.1928)
Giosué Carducci (1835-1907)
Goffredo Mameli (1827-1849)
Gulnazar Keldi (b.1945)
Gyaldun Dasho Thinley Dorji (1914-1966)
Helen Davis (1905-1992)
Hendrik Tollens (1780-1856)
Henri Boniface Hermann (1888-1964)
Henri Lopes (b.1937)
Henrik Lund (1875-1948)
Henrique Lopes de Mendonça (1856-1931)
Henry Timrod (1828-1867)
Hugh Braham Sherlock (1905-1998)
Ibrahim Hefeth Touqan (1905-1941)
Ibrahim Khafaji (b.1935)
Irva Merle Baptiste-Blackett (b.1924)
Irving Louis Burgie (b.1924)
Isak Mikkel Person Saba (1875-1921)
Ismail Hassan (1922-1991)
Józef Wybicki (1747-1822)
Jakob Joseph Jauch (1802-1859)
Jalaleddine El-Naccache (1910-1989)
James Allen Bland (1854-1911)
James Fras (1925-2002), Guy Gage Miller (1922-1986)
James Royce (1881-1946), [pseudonym James Royce Shannon]
James Ryder Randall (1839-1908)
James W Boyle (1922-1971)
James William Foley (1874-1939)
Janko Matuska (1821-1877)
Jean Georges Prosper (b.1933)
Jean-Baptiste Ntahokaja (b.1920)
Jerónimo de la Ossa (1847-1907)
Joan Benlloch i Vivó (1864-1926)
Joaquim Osório Duque Estrada (1870-1927)
Johan Nordahl Brun (1745-1816)
Johann Voldemar Jannsen (1819-1900)
Johannes Ewald (1743-1781)
Johannes Joseph Winkelaar (1913-1980)
Johannes Robert Becher (1891-1958)
John Andrew Buchanan (1863-1935)
John Franklin Holmes (1878-1955)
José de la Torre Ugarte (1786-1831)
José Ignacio de Sanjinés (1786-1864)
José Joaquín Palma (1844-1911)
José María Zeledón Brenes (1877-1949)
Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808-1856)
Joseph Rocco Mascari (b.1922), [pseudonym Red Mascara]
Josephine Hovey Perry (1885-1952)
Jovan Djordjević (1826-1900)
Jovan Djordjević (1826-1900), Antun Mihanović (1796-1861), Śimón Jenko (1835-1869)
Juan José Cañas (1826-1918)
Juan León Mera (1832-1894)
Julia Strudwick Tutwiler (1841-1916)
Justino Sigaulane Chemane (1923-2003)
Karlis Baumanis (1834-1904)
Kenrick Anderson Georges (b.1955)
Kgalemang Tumedisco Motsete (1900-1974)
Khalil Mardam Bey (1895-1959)
King David Kalakaua (1836-1891)
King Dom Pedro IV (1798-1834)
Kote Potskhverashvili (1889-1959)
Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001)
Leila Ross-Shier (1886-1968)
Levent Kimbangui
Lilian Jean Williams (dates unknown)
Louis Gidrol (b.1922) (year of death unknown)
Louis Notari (1879-1961)
Luang Saranuprapan (1896-1954)
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Luu Huu Phuoc (1921-1989)
Mahmood bin Hamzah (1893-1971)
Manuel Fernández Juncos (1846-1928)
Manuel Rui Alves Monteiro (b.1941)
Margaret Hendrie (1924-1990)
Margaret Rowe Clifford (1896-1926)
Marie Drake (1888-1963)
Mariota Tiumalu Tuiasosopo (1905-1957)
Mary Kieftenbeld (b.1965)
Mathieu Ekra (b.1917)(year of death unknown), Joachim Bony (b.1927), Pierre-Marie Coty (b.1927)
Matthias Jochumsson (1835-1920)
Maurice Albert Thiriet (1906-1969)
Maxim Klimkovich (1899-1954), Uladzimir Karyzna (b.1938)
Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873-1936)
Michael Francis Alexander Prescott (1928-2006)
Michael-Fredrick Paul Sauka (1934-200*)
Michel Lentz (1820-1893)
Miqayél Ghazari Nalbandyan (1829-1866)
Mohamad Haschim Afsar (1880-1940)
Mohamad Hashim Abu Bakar (1896-1962)
Mohamed Jameel Didi (1915-1989)
Mohammed Makhtar (dates unknown)
Mufdi Zakariah (1930-1978)
Mustafa Sadik Al-Rafii (1880-1937), Abdoul Kacem Chabbi (1909-1934)
Muzafar Alimbayev (b.1923)
Naftali Herz Imber (1856-1909)
Neil Harris (1925-2000)
Nguyen Van Cao (1923-1995)
Nikola Furnadzhiev (1903-1968), Mladen Issaev (b.1907)(year of death unknown), Elisaveta Bagrjana (1893-1991)
Nikola Zhivkov (1847-1890)
Nikolai Fogtmann (1788-1851)
No information available
None
Novelle Hamilton Richards (1917-1986)
Original Words: René Djam Afame (1910-1981), French Words: Moïse Nyatte Nko'o (1910-1978), English Words: Bernard Nsokika Fonlon (1924-1986)
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960)
Pak Se-Yong (1902-1989)
Panapasa Balekana (b.1929), Matila Balekana (b.1932)
Pasteur Rahajason (1897-1971)
Patrick Stanislaus Castagne (1916-2000)
Paul Dresser (1837-1906)
Paula von Preradović (1887-1951)
Pavlo Platonovich Chyubynsky (1839-1884)
Pedro Figueredo (1819-1870)
Pengiran Haji Mohamed Yusuf bin Abdul Rahim (b.1923)
Peter Dodds McCormick (1834-1916)
Peter Emberley (b.1955)
Philip van Marnix von Sint Aldegonde (1540-1598)
Phyllis Joyce McClean Punnett (1917-2004)
Pradeep Kumar Rai (b.1973)
Prince Narisara Nuvadtivongs (1863-1947) [Modified c.1913 by King Vajiravudh (1881-1925)]
Prince Uelingatoni Ngu Tupoumalohi (1854-1885)
Public Contributions
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
Rachid Nakhlé (1873-1939)
Rafael Núñez (1825-1894)
Raffaello Lavagna (b.1918)
Raja Ngah Manur bin Raja Abdullah (dates unknown)
Ramon Manalisay Sablan (1901-1970)
Rashid bin Uzayyiz Al-Khusaidi (dates unknown)
Richard Dybeck (1811-1877)
Richard Morris (b.1931)
Robert Ouédraogo (1922-2002)
Roger Vinton Snow (1890-1952)
Roy Williamson (1936-1990)
Símun av Skardi (1872-1942)
Said Al-Muzayin (dates unknown)
Said Hachim Sidi Abderemane (b.1942)
Saiful Bahri (1924-1976)
Salah Shahyn (dates unknown)
Salomón Ibarra Mayorga (1890-1985)
Sam Francis (b.1937), Gary Francis (b.1968)
Samuel Alfred Haynes (1898-1971)
Samuel Hawkins Marshall Byers (1838-1933)
Samuel Tomasik (1813-1887)
Sauni Iiga Kuresa (1900-1978)
Saya Tin (1914-1947)
Sayed Ahmad Muhammad Salih (1896-1971)
Sekula Drljević (1885-1945)
Selected from the poems collection of Kokinshu, 9th century
Serge Plotnikoff (b.1938)
Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (b.1913)
Seydou Badian Kouyaté (b.1928)
Shafiq Abdul Jabar Al-Kamali (1930-1984)
Sheikh Mubarak bin Saïf al-Thani (b.1953)
Simon-Pierre Boka di Mpasi Londi (1929-2006)
Sisana Sisane (1922-1999)
Solomon Mangwiro Mutswairo (1924-2005)
Solomon Tsehaye Beraki (b.1956)
Stan Garchinski (b.1961)
Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864)
Steven Karmen (b.1937)
Stuart Graham Steven Gorrell (1901-1963)
Suleiman Laeq (b.1930)
Sun Yat-Sen (1866-1925)
Swedish Words: Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804-1877), Finnish Words: Paavo Eemil Kajander (1846-1913)
Tagalog Words: Felipe Padilla de Leon (1912-1992), Original Spanish Words: José Palma (1876-1903)
The Government of Ghana
The Government of Nigeria
Thomas Clarke Brown (1886-1953)
Thomas Sankara (1949-1987)
Thomas Shacklady (1917-2006)
Tian Han (1898-1968)
Timothy Gibson (1903-1978)
Traditional
Trijang Rinpoche (1900-1981)
Tsendiin Damdinsuren (1908-1986)
Tsvetan Tsvetkov Radoslavov (1863-1931)
Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903-1990)
Urium Tamuera Ioteba (1910-1988)
Various authors
Vasile Alecsandri (1821-1890)
Vicente López y Planes (1785-1856)
Vicente Salias (1786-1814)
Vincas Kudirka (1858-1899)
Virginia Julie Howe (b.1927)
Vlado Maleski (1919-1984)
Wage Rudolf Soepratman (1903-1938)
Wah Idris (year of birth unknown)
Wilbert B McBride (dates unknown)
Wilfred Oscar Morgan Pond (1912-1985)
William Henry Gill (1839-1923)
William Houston Davis (1914-1987)
William John Marsh (1880-1971)
William Joseph Gaston (1778-1844)
Words:Albert John Tompkins (1882-1968), McKinley Helm (1896-1963)
Written collectively
Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973)
Younis al-Qadi (dates unknown)
Yun Ch'i-Ho (1865-1946) or An Ch'ang-Ho (1878-1938)
Zhumeken Nazhimedenov (1935-1983), Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev (b.1940)
Zubir Said (1907-1987)