List of Yiddish-language poets
Poets who wrote, or write, much or all of their poetry in the Yiddish language include:
A
B
- Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim
- Israil Bercovici
- Olexander Beyderman
- Źmitrok Biadula
- Hayim Nahman Bialik
- Benjamin J. Bialostotzky
- Rachel Boymvol
- Moishe Broderzon
- Srul Bronshtein
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)
- Jacob Glatstein (alternative English spelling: Yankev Glatshteyn)
- Hirsh Glick
- Abraham Goldfaden
- Pincus Goodman
- Chaim Grade
- Eliezer Greenberg
- Uri Zvi Greenberg
H
I
K
L
- Mani Leib
- H. Leivick (1888-1962), born in Russia, emigrated to the United States; called "foremost" Yiddish poet and dramatist
- Abraham Liessin (1872-1948), American
- Moshe Lifshits (1894-1940)
- Malka Locker
- A. Lutzky
M
P
- Rikuda Potash
- Gabriel Preil (alternative English spelling: "Gabriel Preyl")
R
- Abraham Regelson
- Avrom Reyzen (Abraham Reisen)
- Chava Rosenfarb
- Morris Rosenfeld
S
- 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
T
- Dora Teitelboim
- Malka Heifetz Tussman
U
- Miryem Ulinover
V
- Leyb Vaserman