- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
- Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)
- Joseph von Eichendorff (1788-1854)
- Jacques Prévert (1900-1977)
- Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
- Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)
- Mélanie Waldor (1796-1871)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)
- Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
- Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924-1942)
- William Henry Davies (1871-1940)
- Hélène Vacaresco (1866-1931)
- Friedrich Hebbel (1813-1863)
- Ernest de Ganay (1880-1963)
- Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786-1859)
Prévert participated actively in the surrealist movement and was a member of the Rue du Château group along with Raymond Queneau and Marcel Duchamp.
Prévert’s poems were published in his books Paroles (Words) (1946), Histoires (Stories) (1963), Spectacle (1951), La Pluie et le beau temps (Rain and Good Weather) (1955), Fatras (1971) and Choses et autres (Things and Others) (1973).
His poems are often about life in Paris and life after the Second World War. They are widely taught in schools in France and frequently appear in French language textbooks throughout the world.
Some of Prévert’s poems, such as "Les Feuilles mortes" ("Autumn Leaves"), were set to music by Joseph Kosma, Germaine Tailleferre of Les Six, Christiane Verger and Hanns Eisler, and were also sung by prominent 20th century French vocalists including Yves Montand and Édith Piaf as well as by the American singer Joan Baez. The British remix DJs Coldcut released their own version in 1993.
