List of Yiddish-language poets

Poets who wrote, or write, much or all of their poetry in the Yiddish language include:

A

Moyshe Altman

B

D

Der Nister (Pinchus Kahanovich)
Celia Dropkin

E

F

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
Pincus Goodman
Chaim Grade
Eliezer Greenberg
Uri Zvi Greenberg

H

I

Reuben Iceland

K

L

Mani Leib
H. Leivick (1888-1962), born in Russia, emigrated to the United States; called "foremost" Yiddish poet and dramatist^[3]
Abraham Liessin (1872-1948), American^[3]
Moshe Lifshits (1894-1940)^[5]
Malka Locker
A. Lutzky

M

P

Rikuda Potash
Gabriel Preil (alternative English spelling: "Gabriel Preyl") ^[1]

R

S

T

U

Miryem Ulinover^[15]

V

Leyb Vaserman^[1]

W

Morris Winchevsky

Y

Yehoash (Blumgarten)

Z

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
^ Korn, R. (1982). Generations: Selected Poems (R. Augenfeld and S. Mayne, Trans.). Oakville, Ont.: Mosaic Press/Valley Editions.
^ Reyzen, Zalman 1927: Leksikon fun der yidisher literatur : Prese un filologye. Vol. II, Vilnius. Zalmen Zilbertsvayg, Jacob Mestel: Leksikon fun yidishen teater. Vol. II, 1934, Column 1130 ff. The Hebrew Actors Union of America. Warsaw; Samuel Niger, Jacob Shatzky: Leksikon fun der nayer yidisher literatur. Vol. V, 1963, Col. 220 ff. New York.
^ Margolin, A. (2005). Drunk From the Bitter Truth: the Poems of Anna Margolin (S. Kumove, Trans.). Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press.
^ Molodowsky, K. (1999). Paper Bridges: Selected Poems of Kadya Molodowsky (K. Hellerstein, Trans.). Detroit: Wayne State University Press.
^ Rosenfarb, C. (2013). Exile at Last: Selected Poems (G. Morgentaler, Ed.). Toronto: Guernica.
^ Schaechter-Gottesman, B. (1995). Lider (T. Bird, et al., Trans.). Merrick, N.Y.: Cross-Cultural Communications.
^ Scaechter-Viswanath, G. (2003). Plutsemdiker Regn: Lider (Y. Shandler and S. Berger, Trans.). Tel Aviv: Yisroel Bukh.
^ "Eliezer (Layzer) Schindler". The Bais Yaakov Project.
^ Landman, Isaac, ed. (1943). The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York, N.Y.: The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Inc. p. 568 – via Google Books.
^ Teitelboim, D. (1995). All My Yesterdays Were Steps: the Selected Poems of Dora Teitelboim (A. Kramer, Trans.). Hoboken, N.J.: Dora Teitelboim Foundation, Ktav Publishing House.
^ Tussman, M. (1992). With Teeth in the Earth: Selected Poems of Malka Heifetz Tussman (M. Falk, Trans.). Detroit: Wayne State University Press.
^ Hellerstein, Kathryn. "Ulinover, Miryem". The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. OCLC 638985861. Retrieved 2019-02-23. Article in an online version of a print encyclopedia.
^ Zychlinsky, R. (1997). God Hid His Face: Selected Poems (B. Zumoff, A. Kramer, M. Kanter, et al., Trans.). Santa Rosa, C.A.: Word & Quill Press.

[boy67-1] ^ ^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

[2] Liptzin, Sol, A History of Yiddish Literature, Jonathan David Publishers, Middle Village, NY, 1972, ISBN 0-8246-0124-6, pp.352-353.

[nk-3] Kravitz, Nathaniel, "3,000 Years of Hebrew Literature", Chicago: Swallow Press Inc., 1972, Appendix B ("Other Hebrew Writers and Scholars"), pp 555-559

[4] Korn, R. (1982). Generations: Selected Poems (R. Augenfeld and S. Mayne, Trans.). Oakville, Ont.: Mosaic Press/Valley Editions.

[lifshits-5] Reyzen, Zalman 1927: Leksikon fun der yidisher literatur : Prese un filologye. Vol. II, Vilnius. Zalmen Zilbertsvayg, Jacob Mestel: Leksikon fun yidishen teater. Vol. II, 1934, Column 1130 ff. The Hebrew Actors Union of America. Warsaw; Samuel Niger, Jacob Shatzky: Leksikon fun der nayer yidisher literatur. Vol. V, 1963, Col. 220 ff. New York.

[6] Margolin, A. (2005). Drunk From the Bitter Truth: the Poems of Anna Margolin (S. Kumove, Trans.). Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press.

[7] Molodowsky, K. (1999). Paper Bridges: Selected Poems of Kadya Molodowsky (K. Hellerstein, Trans.). Detroit: Wayne State University Press.

[8] Rosenfarb, C. (2013). Exile at Last: Selected Poems (G. Morgentaler, Ed.). Toronto: Guernica.

[9] Schaechter-Gottesman, B. (1995). Lider (T. Bird, et al., Trans.). Merrick, N.Y.: Cross-Cultural Communications.

[10] Scaechter-Viswanath, G. (2003). Plutsemdiker Regn: Lider (Y. Shandler and S. Berger, Trans.). Tel Aviv: Yisroel Bukh.

[11] "Eliezer (Layzer) Schindler". The Bais Yaakov Project.

[:3-12] Landman, Isaac, ed. (1943). The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York, N.Y.: The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Inc. p. 568 – via Google Books.

[13] Teitelboim, D. (1995). All My Yesterdays Were Steps: the Selected Poems of Dora Teitelboim (A. Kramer, Trans.). Hoboken, N.J.: Dora Teitelboim Foundation, Ktav Publishing House.

[14] Tussman, M. (1992). With Teeth in the Earth: Selected Poems of Malka Heifetz Tussman (M. Falk, Trans.). Detroit: Wayne State University Press.

[15] Hellerstein, Kathryn. "Ulinover, Miryem". The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. OCLC 638985861. Retrieved 2019-02-23. Article in an online version of a print encyclopedia.

[16] Zychlinsky, R. (1997). God Hid His Face: Selected Poems (B. Zumoff, A. Kramer, M. Kanter, et al., Trans.). Santa Rosa, C.A.: Word & Quill Press.

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