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]- Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim
- Israil Bercovici
- Olexander Beyderman
- Źmitrok Biadula
- Hayim Nahman Bialik
- Benjamin J. Bialostotzky
- Rachel Boymvol
- Moishe Broderzon
- Srul Bronshtein
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[edit]- Der Nister (Pinchus Kahanovich)
- Celia Dropkin
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[edit]- 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
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[edit]- 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
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[edit]- Rikuda Potash
- Gabriel Preil (alternative English spelling: "Gabriel Preyl") [1]
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[edit]- Abraham Regelson
- Avrom Reyzen (Abraham Reisen)
- Chava Rosenfarb[1][8]
- Morris Rosenfeld
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[edit]- Boris Sandler
- Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman[9]
- Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath[10]
- Eliezer Schindler[11]
- S.L. Shneiderman
- Meyer Shtiker[1]
- Fradl Shtok
- Joel Slonim[12]
- Abraham Nahum Stencl
- Jacob Sternberg
- Abraham Sutzkever
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References
[edit]- ^ 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.