Poets who wrote, or write, much or all of their

poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...

in the

Yiddish language Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...

include:

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* Moyshe Altman

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* Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim * Israil Bercovici * Olexander Beyderman * Źmitrok Biadula *

Hayim Nahman Bialik Hayim Nahman Bialik (; January 9, 1873 – July 4, 1934) was a Jewish poet who wrote primarily in Hebrew language, Hebrew and Yiddish. Bialik is considered a pioneer of modern Hebrew poetry, part of the vanguard of Jewish thinkers who gave voice ...

* Benjamin J. Bialostotzky * Rachel Boymvol * Moishe Broderzon * Srul Bronshtein

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* Der Nister (Pinchus Kahanovich) * Celia Dropkin

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* David Edelstadt * Mendel Elefant * Israel Emiot''Britannica Book of the Year 1967'', 1967 (for events of 1966), "Literature" section, "Jewish" subsection, "Yiddish" sub-subsection, page 493 * Alter Esselin

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

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* Mordechai Gebirtig * Aron Glantz-Leieles (alternative English spelling: Glanz-Leyeles (

1899 Events January * January 1 ** Spanish rule formally ends in Cuba with the cession of Spanish sovereignty to the U.S., concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.''The American Monthly Review of Reviews'' (February 1899), p ...

–

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

), Polish native and Yiddish poet writing in the United States)Kravitz, Nathaniel, "3,000 Years of Hebrew Literature", Chicago: Swallow Press Inc., 1972, Appendix B ("Other Hebrew Writers and Scholars"), pp 555-559 * Jacob Glatstein (alternative English spelling: Yankev Glatshteyn) * Hirsh Glick *

Abraham Goldfaden Abraham Goldfaden (; born Avrum Goldnfoden; 24 July 1840 – 9 January 1908), also known as Avram Goldfaden, was a Russian-born Jewish poet, playwright, stage director and actor in Yiddish and Hebrew languages and author of some 40 plays. Goldfad ...

* Pincus Goodman * Chaim Grade * Eliezer Greenberg *

Uri Zvi Greenberg Uri Zvi Greenberg (; September 22, 1896 – May 8, 1981; also spelled Uri Zvi Grinberg) was an Israeli poet, journalist and politician who wrote in Yiddish and Hebrew. Widely regarded among the greatest poets in the country's history, he was a ...

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* Moyshe-Leyb Halpern * Binem Heller * David Hofstein

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* Reuben Iceland

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

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* Mani Leib * H. Leivick ( 1888-

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

), born in Russia, emigrated to the United States; called "foremost" Yiddish poet and dramatist * Abraham Liessin (

1872 Events January * January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years. *January 20 – The Cavite mutiny was an uprising of Filipino military personnel of Fort S ...

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

), American * Moshe Lifshits (

1894 Events January * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * Ja ...

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, events related to World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *Janu ...

)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. * Malka Locker * A. Lutzky

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Itzik Manger Itzik Manger (30 May 1901, Czernowitz, then Austrian-Hungarian Empire – 21 February 1969, Gedera, Israel; ) was a prominent Yiddish language, Yiddish poet and playwright, a self-proclaimed folk bard, visionary, and 'master tailor' of the writ ...

* Anna Margolin * Peretz Markish * Yoel Matveyev * N. B. Minkoff * Kadia Molodowsky

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

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* Abraham Regelson * Avrom Reyzen (Abraham Reisen) * Chava Rosenfarb * Morris Rosenfeld

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* Boris Sandler * Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman * Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath * Eliezer Schindler * S.L. Shneiderman * Meyer Shtiker * Fradl Shtok * Joel Slonim * Abraham Nahum Stencl * Jacob Sternberg * Abraham Sutzkever

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* Dora Teitelboim * Malka Heifetz Tussman

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* Miryem Ulinover

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* Leyb Vaserman

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* Morris Winchevsky

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* Yehoash (Blumgarten)

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* Aaron Zeitlin *

Rajzel Żychlińsky Rajzel Żychlińsky (July 27, 1910 – June 13, 2001) was a Polish-born writer of poetry in Yiddish. She published seven collections over six decades. Her first two collections were published in Warsaw, Poland in 1936 and 1939, just prior to Worl ...

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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Yiddish Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...

Poets A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...