List of Yiddish-language poets
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Poets who wrote, or write, much or all of their poetry in the Yiddish language include:
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[edit] B
- Zelik Barditshever
- Rachel Baumvoll
- Elye Beyder
- Chaim Beyder
- Olexander Beyderman
- Alexander Belousov
- Lev Berinsky
- Israil Bercovici
- Hayim Nahman Bialik
- Menachem Boreisho
- Itshe Borukhovitsh
- Joseph Bovshover
- Moishe Broderzon
- Srul Bronshtein
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[edit] D
[edit] E
[edit] F
[edit] G
- Mordechai Gebirtig
- Aron Glantz-Leieles, alternative English spelling: Glanz-Leyeles (1899-1968), Polish native and Yiddish poet writing in the United States[3]
- Jacob Glatstein (alternative English spelling: Yankev Glatshteyn)[1]
- Hirsh Glick
- Abraham Goldfaden
- Avrom Gontar
- Chaim Grade
- Uri Zvi Greenberg
- Yankev Groper
- Motl Grubian
[edit] H
[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
- Yosef Kotliar
- 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[3]
- Moyshe Lemster
- Mani Leib
- Reuben Ludwig
- Abraham Lyessin (1872-1948), American[3]
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[edit] O
[edit] P
- Gabriel Preil (alternative English spelling: "Gabriel Preyl") [1]
[edit] R
- Avrom Reyzen (Abraham Reisen)
- Abraham Regelson
- Max Riant
- Hertsl Rivkin
- Khava Rosenfarb[1]
- Morris Rosenfeld
[edit] S
- Motl Saktsier
- Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman
- Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath
- Eliezer Shteinbarg
- Meyer Shtiker[1]
- Moyshe Shimel(in Polish: Maurycy Szymel)
- Yisroel Shtern
- Esther Shumiatcher Hirschbein
- Simkhe Simkhovich
- Alexander Spiegelblat
- Abraham Nahum Stencl
- Jacob Sternberg
- Abraham Sutzkever
[edit] T
- Moyshe Teif
- Ziame Telesin
- Velvl Tshernin (Velvl Chernin)
[edit] V
[edit] W
[edit] Y
[edit] Z
- Aaron Zeitlin
- Eliakum Zunser
- Rajzel Żychlińsky
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f Britannica Book of the Year 1967, 1967 (for events of 1966), "Literature" section, "Jewish" subsection, "Yiddish" sub-subsection, page 493
- ^ Liptzin, Sol, A History of Yiddish Literature, Jonathan David Publishers, Middle Village, NY, 1972, ISBN 0-8246-0124-6, pp.352-353.
- ^ 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
