• Aeschylus (c.525 BC-c.456 BC)
• Alcaeus (c.620 BC-c.580 BC)
• Alcott, Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)
• Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321)
• Anacreon (c.582 BC-c.488 BC)
• Apollinaire, Guillaume (1880-1918)
• Aretino, Pietro (1492-1556)
• Ariosto, Ludovico (1474-1533)
• Arp, Jean (1886-1966)
• Astruc, Zacharie (1833-1907)