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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## A

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* Moyshe Altman

## B

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* Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim
* Israil Bercovici
* Olexander Beyderman
* Źmitrok Biadula
* Hayim Nahman Bialik
* Benjamin J. Bialostotzky
* Rachel Boymvol
* Moishe Broderzon
* Srul Bronshtein

## D

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* Der Nister (Pinchus Kahanovich)
* Celia Dropkin

## E

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* David Edelstadt
* Mendel Elefant
* Israel Emiot[1]
* Alter Esselin[2]

## F

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* Itzik Fefer
* Leon Feinberg
* Mikhoel Felsenbaum
* Rukhl Fishman
* Chaim Leib Fox

## G

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* Mordechai Gebirtig
* Aaron Glanz-Leyeles, 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

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* Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
* Binem Heller
* David Hofstein

## I

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* Reuben Iceland

## K

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* Itzhak Katzenelson
* Emmanuil Kazakevich
* Evgeny Kissin
* Rokhl Korn[4]
* Moyshe Kulbak
* Leib Kvitko

## L

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* 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

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* Leib Malach
* Itzik Manger
* Anna Margolin[6]
* Peretz Markish
* Yoel Matveyev
* N. B. Minkoff
* Kadia Molodowsky[7]

## O

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* Hirsch Osherovich

## P

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

## R

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* Abraham Regelson
* Avrom Reyzen (Abraham Reisen)
* Chava Rosenfarb[1][8]
* Morris Rosenfeld

## S

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* Boris Sandler
* Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman[9]
* Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath[10]
* Eliezer Schindler[11]
* S.L. Shneiderman
* Meyer Stiker[1]
* Fradl Shtok
* Joel Slonim[12]
* Abraham Nahum Stencl
* Jacob Sternberg
* Abraham Sutzkever

## T

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* Dora Teitelboim[13]
* Malka Heifetz Tussman[14]

## U

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* Miriam Ulinover[15]

## V

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* Leyb Vaserman[1]

## W

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* Morris Winchevsky

## Y

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* Yehoash (Blumgarten)

## Z

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* Aaron Zeitlin
* Rajzel Żychlińsky[16]

## See also

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* List of Hebrew-language poets

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## References

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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.
3. ^ 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
4. ^ Korn, R. (1982). Generations: Selected Poems (R. Augenfeld and S. Mayne, Trans.). Oakville, Ont.: Mosaic Press/Valley Editions.
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.
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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