Bronisław Maj (born 19 November 1953) is a Polish poet, essayist, translator and academic.

Maj attended Jan Kasprowicz High School in Łódź.

He later graduated in Polish philology from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and there he obtained his Ph.D. in the humanities.

In 1984 he received the Kościelski Award for the poetry book Wspólne powietrze (The Common Air).

In his poems Maj often focuses on the metaphysical topics, though he avoids writing classical religious poetry.