poetry:
Hearts in Mosaic (Srdcia na mozaike, 1938),
Zodiac (Zvieratník, 1941),
Seal of Full Amphorae (Pečať plných amfor, 1944),
An Age with Stigmata (Stigmatizovaný vek, 1944),
The Spider Pilgrim (Pavúk pútnik, 1946),
Good Morning, Mr Villon (Dobrý deň, pán Villon, 1947),
The Promised Land (Zasľúbená zem, 1947),
The Sword and the Laurel (Meč a vavrín, 1948),
The Visit (Návšteva, 1955),
After Me Others (Po mne iní, 1957),
Icarus Living Forever (Ikar večne živý, 1960),
The Miraculous Sober Ark (Zázračný triezvy koráb, 1960),
Seizing the Day (Osmelenie do dňa, 1962),
Twelve Times Woman (Dvanásťkrát žena, 1964),
The Muse Besieges Troy (Múza oblieha Tróju, 1965),
Pilgrimage After the Hummingbird (Púť za kolibríkom, 1966),
Midsummer Dream (Svetojanský sen, 1974),
The Emerald Fleece (Smaragdové rúno, 1977),
Black Ophelia (Čierna Ofélia, 1984),
Toboggan (Tobogan, 1992),
A Little Summer Suite (Malá letná suita, 1995), Orchidea Nostalgis (Orchidea nostalgis, 2004). The collection of poems, Nenogista roze, published in 2011 in Latvien contains also selected poems by him.
play in verse:
Solstice (Slnovraty, 1946)
poems for children:
The Miraculous Eyes (Zázračné oči, 1954), Legends and Myths (1957), The Firework (Ohňostroj, 1961), The Cuckoo Clock (Kukučkové hodiny, 1964), The Red Ladle (Červená žufanka, 1974)
prose:
Apennine Air (Apenínsky vzduch, 1947), Down South (Dolu na juhu, 1955), Azure Anabasis (Azúrová anabáza, 1972), The Smiling Valley (Úsmevné údolie, 1976),
A Year with a She-Wolf (Rok s vlčicou, 1982), Some Day from the End of Summer (Ktorýsi deň z konca leta, 1998), The Trap of a Fair Muse (Spanilej múzy osídla alebo Malé literárne múzeum, 2001)
essays:
The Removal of Masks (Snímanie masiek, 1979), The Hundred-Tower Poet (Stovežatý básnik, 1981, an essay on V. Nezval), Golden-Mouthed Tellers of Tales (Zlatoústi rozprávači, 1984), Meetings with Poets (Rande s básnikmi, 1988), The Recent Bygone World (Nedávny dávny svet, 1995), An Anecdotal Dictionary of Writers (Anekdotický slovník slovenských spisovateľov, 1996), Bratislava Walker (Bratislavský chodec, 2004)
translations by the author:
Žáry is a renowned translator of French, Italian, and Spanish poetry (G. Apollinaire, P. Eluard, A. Gatto, F. García Lorca, N. Guillén, P. Neruda, P. P. Pasolini,
S. Quasimodo, A. Rimbaud, G. Ungaretti, and others).
works translated:
Žáry's poems were translated into many languages and published in dozens of literary magazines and anthologies abroad.
Bird Pihi (1998, selection in Italian, French, German, and English)
