List of Yiddish language poets
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Poets who wrote or write much of their poetry in the Yiddish language include:
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[edit] A
- Moshe Altman
- Efraim Auerbach
- Zelik Axelrod
[edit] B
- Zelik Barditshever
- Rachel Baumvoll
- Elye Beyder
- Chaim Beyder
- Alexander Beyderman
- Alexander Belousov
- Lev Berinsky
- Israil Bercovici
- Menachem Boreisho
- Itshe Borukhovitsh
- Joseph Bovshover
- Moshe Brodersohn
- Srul Bronshtein
[edit] D
- Shike Driz
- Celia Dropkin
[edit] E
- David Edelstadt
- Israel Emiot[1]
[edit] F
- Itzik Fefer
- Mikhoel Felsenbaum
- Ezra Fininberg
- Rokhel Fishman
[edit] G
- Mordechai Gebirtig
- Aron Glantz-Leieles, alternative English spelling: Glanz-Leyeles (1899-1968), Polish native and Yiddish poet writing in the United States[2]
- Jacob Glatstein (alternative English spelling: Yankev Glatshteyn)[1]
- Hirsh Glick
- Avrom Gontar
- Chaim Grade
- Uri Zvi Greenberg
- Yankev Groper
- Motl Grubian
[edit] H
- Shmuel Halkin
- Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
- Malka Heifetz-Tussman
- Binem Heller
- David Hofstein
[edit] K
- Shmerke Kacherginsky
- Menke Katz
- Ariel Koprov
- Avrom Karpinovich (Karpinowicz)
- Itzhak Katzenelson
- Emmanuil Kazakevich
- Dov-Ber Kerler (writing as Boris Karloff)
- Yosef Kerler
- Meyer Kharatz
- Rokhel Korn
- Moyshe Kulbak
- Aron Kushnirov
- Leib Kvitko
[edit] L
- Malke Lee
- H. Leivick (1888-1962 in poetry), born in Russia, emigrated to the United States; called "foremost" Yiddish poet and dramatist[2]
- Moshe Lemster
- Mani Leib
- Reuben Ludwig
- Abraham Lyessin (1872-1948), American[2]
[edit] M
- Itzik Manger
- Anna Margolin
- Peretz Markish
- Ida Maza
- Kadia Molodowsky
[edit] N
- Leib Neidus
[edit] O
- Hirsh Osherovich
[edit] P
- Gabriel Preil (alternative English spelling: "Gabriel Preyl") [1]
- Abraham Reisen
- Max Riant
[edit] R
- Abraham Regelson
- Herz Rivkin
- Khava Rosenfarb[1]
- Morris Rosenfeld
[edit] S
- Motl Saktsier
- Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman
- Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath
- Eliezer Shteinbarg
- Meyer Shtiker[1]
- Esther Shumiatcher Hirschbein
- Simkhe Simkhovich
- Alexander Spiegelblat
- Abraham Nahum Stencl
- Jacob Sternberg
- Abraham Sutzkever
[edit] T
- Moshe Teif (alternative English spelling: "Moyshe Tayf")[1]
- Velvel Tshernin
[edit] V
- Leyb Vaserman[1]
- Rashel Veprinski
- Aharon Vergelis
[edit] W
- Mark Warschawski
- Lyuba Wasserman
- Zisye Weitzman
- Morris Winchevsky
[edit] Y
- Yankel Yankelevich
- Azriel Yanover
- Yehoash (Blumgarten)
- Yudica
[edit] Z
- Aaron Zeitlin
- Eliakum Zunser
- Reyzl Zhichlinsky
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g Britannica Book of the Year 1967, 1967 (for events of 1966), "Literature" section, "Jewish" subsection, "Yiddish" sub-subsection, page 493
- ^ a b c Kravitz, Nathaniel, "3,000 Years of Hebrew Literature", Chicago: Swallow Press Inc., 1972, Appendix B ("Other Hebrew Writers and Scholars"), pp 555-559
