Naomi Shihab Nye (born March 12, 1952) is a poet, songwriter, and novelist.

Saima Rauha Maria Harmaja (May 8, 1913, Helsinki April 21, 1937) was a Finnish poet and writer.

Eva Strittmatter (née Braun 8 February 1930 3 January 2011) was a German writer of poetry, prose, and children's literature.

Mina Assadi ( born March 12, 1943 in Sari, Iran) is a poet, author, journalist and songwriter who lives in exile in Stockholm, Sweden.

Roya Hakakian () born 1966 in Iran) is an Iranian American poet, journalist and writer living in the United States.

An atheist can become a nuclear scientist if he has the faculty, a highly devoted Muslim can be a successful poet if he has the potential.. and so on..

Lobat Vala (born 1930 in Tehran) is an Iranian poet,and campaigner for the Women Liberation and Equal Rights in Iran.

Paula Preradović (12 October 1887 25 May 1951), known professionally as Paula von Preradović or by her married name as Paula Molden, was an Austrian writer and poet.

The poet Ava (c. 1060 7 February 1127), also known as Frau Ava, Ava of Göttweig or Ava of Melk, was the first named female writer in any genre in the German language.

In 1993, Angelou recited her poem On the Pulse of Morning at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton, becoming the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at President John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961.