21st-century Taiwanese poets

Deng Feng-Zhou (simplified Chinese: 邓丰洲; traditional Chinese: 鄧豐洲; pinyin: Dèng Fēngzhōu; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tēng Hong-chiu; born October 10, 1949, other names Deng Chang-dao 鄧昌島 or Shanyangzi 善陽子) is a Chinese poet, local history writer, Taoist Neidan academics and environmentalist.

Luo Yijun (Chinese: 駱以軍; pinyin: Luò Yǐjūn; born 29 March 1967) is a Taiwanese writer.

Xi Murong (Chinese: 席慕容; pinyin: Xí Mùróng; born 1943) is a writer and painter. She is most famous for her poetry, especially the collections Qi li xiang (Seven-li scent) and Wuyuan de qingchun (Unregrettable Youth).

Li Kuei-hsien (Chinese: 李魁賢; pinyin: Lǐ Kuíxián; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Khoe-hiân; 19 June 1937 – 15 January 2025) was a Taiwanese author, poet, cultural critic, translator, and inventor, born in Taipei during the period of Japanese rule. He mainly wrote poetry, but also provided reviews and translations.

Chan Tah Wei (Chinese: 陳大為; Jyutping: Can4 Daai6 Wai4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Tāi-ûi; born 28 September 1969) is a Malaysian Chinese poet, prose writer and academic. He is currently teaching at the National Taiwan University.

Kuo-ch'ing Tu (born 1941), born in Taichung, Taiwan is a poet, scholar, translator, critic, and professor. He is a professor in the East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he has taught for almost forty-five years. As the Lai Ho and Wu Cho-liu Endowed Chair, he is the Director of the Center for Taiwan Studies, as well as the founder and editor of the biannual journal, Taiwan Literature: English Translation Series《台灣文學英譯叢刊, which started its publication in 1996.

Hsia Yu (born December 18, 1956), known by the pen name Katie Lee, is a lyricist. She also uses the pen names Talung Tung and Fei Lee. Lee launched her career as a lyricist alongside her career as poet with the release of her first song “Gau Bie 告別”.

Yang Mu (Chinese: 楊牧; pinyin: Yáng Mù, September 6, 1940 - March 13, 2020) is the pen name of a Taiwanese poet, essayist and critic in Chinese language. He was born as Wang Ching-hsien (王靖獻) on 6 September 1940 in Hualien County, Taiwan. As one of the representative figures in the field of contemporary Taiwanese literature, he is famous for combining the graceful style and writing techniques of Chinese classical poetry with elements of Western culture. Apart from romantic feelings, his works also reflect strong awareness of humanistic concern, which has thus brought him widespread attention and high respect. He was named the laureate of the 2013 Newman Prize for Chinese Literature, making him the first poet and the first Taiwanese writer to win the award.

Mo Yun-tuan (Chinese: 莫運端; pinyin: Mò Yùnduān; 11 May 1928 – 19 March 2018), known by the pen name Luo Fu (洛夫; Luòfū), was a Taiwanese writer and poet.