List of Hebrew-language poets
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List of Hebrew language poets (year links are to corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
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[edit] Biblical
[edit] Early Middle Ages
[edit] Golden Age in Spain
- Joseph ibn Abitur
- Abraham Abulafia
- Meir Halevi Abulafia
- Todros ben Judah Halevi Abulafia
- Samuel he-Hasid
- Todros Abulafia
- Levi ibn Altaban
- Yehuda Alharizi (1190-1240)[1]
- Judaben Samuel Halevi (born c. 1086[1]
- Joseph ibn Hisdai
- Dunash ben Labrat (10th century)[1]
- Santob De Carrion (late 14th century), also a proverb writer[1]
- Abraham ibn Ezra, also known as Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra (1088-1167), known mainly for Biblical commentaries and grammar works[1]
- Isaac ibn Ezra
- Moses ibn Ezra (1070-1139)[1]
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol (1021-1058)[1]
- Isaac ibn Ghiyyat
- Yehuda Halevi
- Joseph Kimhi (1105-1170), born in Spain, he fled to Narbonne, Provence, where he became known as a grammarian, exegete, poet, and translator.[1]
- Shmuel haNagid, also known as Samuel ibn Naghrela or Samuel Ha-Naggid (992-1055)[1]
- Isaac ibn Khalfun
- Isaac ibn Mar Shaul
- Joseph ibn Sahl
- Menahem ibn Saruq
- Joseph ibn Suli
- Joseph ben Jacob ibn Zaddik (died 1149)
[edit] Medieval Germany
- Baruch of Worms (early 13th century), liturgical poet and commentator[2]
- Meir ben Baruch, known as Ma'aram of Rothenburg (1215-1293), a Talmudist, Tosafist and liturgical poet[1]
- Judah Halevi (born c. 1086)
- Judah he-Hasid
- Samuel he-Hasid
- Eleazer ben Judah ben Kalonymus of Worms (1176-1238), a Talmudist, Cabalist, moralist, scientist and poet[1]
[edit] Medieval France
- David Hakohen (late 13th century), composer of piyyutim from Avignon
- Isaac Gorni (late 13th century), troubadour from Aire-sur-l'Adour
- Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi (1270–1340), a poet, philosopher and physician born in Béziers[1]
- Joseph ben Isaac Bekor Shor (12th century), a Tosafist, exegete and poet from Orléans[1]
[edit] Safed, Palestine Cabalists
- Solomon Alkabiz (16th century)[1]
- Israel ben Moses Najara[1] (c. 1555 - c. 1625)
[edit] Italian Renaissance
- Samuel Archevolti
- Deborah Ascarelli (17th century)[1]
- Rafael da Faenza
- Immanuel Dei Rossi
- Immanuel Frances
- Jacob Frances
- Immanuel the Roman also known as Immanuel ben Solomon and Immanuel of Rome (1270-1330), a satirical poet and scholar[1]
- Daniel ben Judah (late 14th century), liturgical poet[2]
- Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, also known as Moses Hayyim Luzzatto (1707-1747)
- Judah Leone Modena, also known as: Leon Modena or Yehudah Aryeh Mi-modena (1571-1648), a rabbi, orator, scholar, teacher and poet[1]
- Moses da Rieti
- Sarah Copia Sullam (died 1641)[1]
- Joseph Zarfati
[edit] North Africa and Yemen
[edit] Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah)
- Isaac Erter (1792-1851) satirist and poet[1]
- Mordecai Aaron Ginzberg
- Judah Leib Gordon, also known as "Judah Löb ben Asher Gordon" or "Leon Gordon" (1831-1892)[1]
- Abraham Baer Gottlober (1811-1899)[1]
- Abraham Dob Bär Lebensohn (1789-1878)[1]
- Micah Joseph Lebensohn (1828-1852)[1]
- Meir Halevi Letteris (1800-1871)[1]
- Isaac Baer Levinsohn (1788-1860)[1]
- Samuel David Luzzatto (1800-1865)[1]
- Rahel Luzzatto Morpurgo (1790-1871)[1][3]
- Süsskind Raschkow
- Constantin Shapiro (1841-1900)[1]
- Hermann Wassertrilling
- Naphtali Hirz Wessely (1725-1805)[1]
[edit] Modern Hebrew
[edit] A
- Shimon Adaf (born 1972), Israeli poet and author
- Shmuel Yosef Agnon
- Lea Aini
- Nathan Alterman, also known as Natan Alterman (1910-1970), Israeli journalist, translator and popular poet
- Ronen Altman Kaydar (born 1972)
- Yehudah Amichai (1924-2000) Israeli poet and one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew
- Aharon Amir
- Aharon Appelfeld
- Roy Arad
- Dan Armon
- David Avidan (1934–1995), Israeli poet, painter, filmmaker, publicist and playwright
[edit] B
- Simon Bacher
- Yocheved Bat-Miriam (1901–1979), German-born Israeli
- Menahem Ben (Braun)
- Itamar Ben Canaan
- Yakir Ben Moshe
- Avraham Ben-Yitzhak
- Reuven Ben-Yosef
- Fania Bergstein
- Haim Nachman Bialik (1873-1934)[1]
- Ya'qub Bilbul
- Erez Biton
[edit] C
[edit] D
[edit] E
[edit] F
- Jacob Fichman (1881-1958) a critic, essayist and poet[1]
- Ezra Fleischer
- Simeon Samuel Frug (1860-1922), wrote in Russian, Yiddish and Hebrew[1]
[edit] G
- Yehonatan Geffen
- Mordechai Geldman
- Amir Gilboa
- Simon Ginzburg (1890-1944)[1]
- Haim Gouri
- Leah Goldberg (1911-1970), born in Lithuania, emigrated to Israel[2]
- Uri Zvi Greenberg (Tur Malka)
[edit] H
- Simon Halkin
- Avigdor Hameiri (1886-1970), born in Carpato-Russ and emigrated to Israel in 1921; also a novelist[2]
- Hedva Harekhavi
- Shulamith Hareven
- Paul Hartal
- Galit Hasan-Rokem
- Haim Hazaz
- Haim Hefer
- Daliyah Herts
- Amira Hess
- Ayin Hillel
- Yair Hurvitz
[edit] I
- Naphtali Herz Imber (1856-1909), the author of Hatikvah ("The Hope"), called "the Jewish national hymn"[1]
[edit] K
- Yehudit Kafri
- Ben Kalman, see Abraham Reisen
- Yitzhak Katzenelson, alternate English spelling, "Isaac Katzenelson" (1886-1944), perished in Auschwitz, where he wrote a famous poem about the extermination of the Jews[2]
- Admiel Kosman
- Abba Kovner
[edit] L
- Yitzhak Lamdan (1899-1954)[1]
- Yitzhak Laor (born 1948) Israeli poet, author, and journalist
- Haim Lensky also known as "Hayyim Lensky" (1905–1942 or 1943), Russian poet who wrote in Hebrew; imprisoned in Soviet labor camps after 1934, where he wrote most of his verse
- Giora Leshem
- Hezi Leskali
- Amasai Levin
- Hanoch Levin
- Judah Lob Levin (1845-1925)[1]
- Ephraim Lisitzky (1885-1962)[1]
[edit] M
- Meir Leibush Malbim (1809-1879), notable Russian Bible commentator who wrote some poetry in Hebrew[2]
- Salomon Mandelkern (1846-1902), Ukrainian poet and scholar; author of the Hebrew concordance, Hekal Hakodesh[2]
- Mordecai Zevi Manne (1859-1886)[1]
- Reda Mansour
- Salman Masalha
- Margalit Matitiahu
- Agi Mishol (born 1947) Hungarian-born Israeli poet
[edit] N
[edit] O
[edit] P
- Dan Pagis
- Alexander Penn
- Isaac Loeb Peretz (1851-1915) wrote in Hebrew and Yiddish[1]
- Israel Pinkas
- Anda Pinkerfeld Amir
- Elisha Porat
- Daniel Preil (1911- )[1]
- Gabriel Preil
[edit] R
- Rachel (Hebrew: רחל) in English, sometimes transcribed as "Ra'hel" or "Rahel", also known as "Rachel the poetess" (Hebrew: רחל המשוררת), pen name of Rachel Bluwstein Sela (1890–1931), poet who immigrated to Palestine in 1909
- Yonatan Ratosh
- Dahlia Rabikovitch
- Janice Rebibo
- Abraham Regelson
- Abraham Reisen (1870-1953) Russian native who emigrated to the United States; prolific poet and prose writer; pen name: Ben Kalman[2]
- Tuvya Ruebner
[edit] S
- Rami Saari
- Yossi Sarid
- Zalman Shneur (1887-1959), novelist and poet[1]
- A. A. Schwartz (1846-1931)[1]
- Aharon Shabtai
- Yaakov Shabtai
- Amnon Shamossh
- Zalman Shazar
- Naomi Shemer
- David Shimonowitz, also known as "David Shimoni" (1886-1956)[1]
- Abraham Shlonsky
- Ronny Someck
- Jacob Steinberg (1887-1948)[1]
[edit] T
- Shaul Tchernichovsky, also known as Saul Tchernihowsky* (1875-1943)[1]
[edit] V
[edit] W
[edit] Y
[edit] Z
- Nathan Zach
- Nurit Zarchi
- Zelda
- Eliezer Zebi Zweifel (1815-1888), also a Russian scholar, comentator and defender of Hassidism[2]
- Eliakum Zunser (1836-1913) wrote in Hebrew and Yiddish[1]
- Stephan Zweig (1881-1942), born in Vienna; also a biographer and dramatist[2]
- Zvi Yair
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw Kravitz, Nathaniel, "3,000 Years of Hebrew Literature", Chicago: Swallow Press Inc., 1972,
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kravitz, Nathaniel, "3,000 Years of Hebrew Literature", Chicago: Swallow Press Inc., 1972, Appendix B ("Other Hebrew Writers and Scholars"), pp 555-559
- ^ Breger, Jennifer. "Rachel Morpurgo". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/morpurgo-rachel.
[edit] See also
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