List of Hebrew language poets 1148074 192162666 2008-02-17T22:53:57Z 24.181.39.199 edited Hebrew name of "The Hope" '''List of [[Hebrew language]] [[poet]]s''': {{listdev}} ==Biblical== * [[King David]] * [[King Solomon]] * [[Jeremiah]] ==Early Middle Ages== * [[Yose ben Yose]] * [[Yannai]] * [[Eleazar Kalir|Eleazar ha-Kalir]] ==Golden Age in Spain== * [[Joseph ibn Abitur]] * [[Abraham Abulafia]] * [[Meir Halevi Abulafia]] * [[Todros Abulafia]] * [[Levi ibn Altaban]] * [[Yehuda Alharizi]] * [[Judaben Samuel Halevi]] (born c. [[1086 in poetry|1086]]<ref name=nk2>Kravitz, Nathaniel, "3,000 Years of Hebrew Literature", Chicago: Swallow Press Inc., 1972, </ref> * [[Joseph ibn Hisdai]] * [[Dunash ben Labrat]] (Tenth century)<ref name=nk2>Kravitz, Nathaniel, "3,000 years of Hebrew Literature"</ref> * [[Santob De Carrion]] (late Fourteenth century), also a proverb writer<ref name=nk2/> * [[Abraham ibn Ezra]], also known as [[Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra]] ([[1088 in poetry|1088]]-[[1167 in poetry|1167]]), known mainly for Biblical commentaries and grammar works<ref name=nk2/> * [[Isaac ibn Ezra]] * [[Moses ibn Ezra]] ([[1070 in poetry|1070]]-[[1139 in poetry|1139]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Solomon Ibn Gabirol]] ([[1021 in poetry|1021]]-[[1058 in poetry|1058]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Isaac ibn Ghiyyat]] * [[Yehuda Halevi]] * [[Judah al-Harizi]] ([[1190 in poetry|1190]]-[[1240 in poetry|1240]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Joseph Kimhi]] ([[1105 in poetry|1105]]-[[1170 in poetry|1170]]), born in Spain, he fled to [[Narbonne]], [[Provence]], where he became known as a grammarian, exegete, poet, and translator.<ref name=nk2/> * [[Samuel ibn Naghrela|Shmuel haNagid]], also known as "[[Samuel ibn Nagdela]]" or "Samuel Ha-Naggid]]" ([[992 in poetry|992]]-[[1055 in poetry|1055]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Isaac ibn Khalfun]] * [[Isaac ibn Mar Shaul]] * [[Joseph ibn Sahl]] * [[Menahem ben Saruq|Menahem ibn Saruq]] * [[Joseph ibn Suli]] * [[Joseph ben Jacob ibn Zaddik]] (died [[1149 in poetry|1149]]) ==Medieval Germany== * [[Baruch of Worms]] (early Thirteenth century), liturgical poet and commentator<ref name=nk>Kravitz, Nathaniel, "3,000 Years of Hebrew Literature", Chicago: Swallow Press Inc., 1972, Appendix B ("Other Hebrew Writers and Scholars"), pp 555-559</ref> * [[Meir ben Baruch]], known as [[Ma'aram of Rothenburg]] ([[1215 in poetry|1215]]-[[1293 in poetry|1293]]), a Talmudist, Tosafist and liturgidal poet ande one of the foremost leadeers of Ashkenazic Jews<ref name=nk2/> * [[Judah Ben Samuel Halevi]] (born c. [[1086 in poetry|1086]]), called the "greatest German-Jewish lyric poet"<ref name=nk2/> * [[Judah he-Hasid]] * [[Samuel he-Hasid]] * [[Eleazer ben Judah ben Kalonymus]] of Worms ([[1176 in poetry|1176]]-[[1238 in poetry|1238]]), a Talmudist, Cabalist, moralist, scientist and poet<ref name=nk2/> ==Medieval France== * [[Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi]] ([[1270 in poetry|1270]]-[[1340 in poetry|1340]]), a poet, philosopher and physician born in [[Beziers]]<ref name=nk2/> * [[Joseph ben Isaac Bekor Shor]] (Twelfth century) of [[Orleans]], a Tosafist, exegete and poet<ref name=nk2/> ==Safed, Palestine Cabalists== * [[Solomon Alkabiz]] (Sixteenth century)<ref name=nk2/> * [[Israel ben Moses Najara]]<ref name=nk2/> (c. [[1555 in poetry|1555]] - c. [[1625 in poetry|1625]]) ==Italian Renaissance== * [[Samuel Archevolti]] * [[Deborah Ascarelli]] (Seventeenth century)<ref name=nk2/> * [[Rafael da Faenza]] * [[Immanuel Dei Rossi]] * [[Immanuel Frances]] * [[Jacob Frances]] * [[Immanuel the Roman|Immanuel of Rome]] * [[Daniel ben Judah]] (late Fourteenth century), liturgical poet<ref name=nk/> * [[Moshe Chaim Luzzatto]], also known as Moses Hayyim Luzzatto ([[1707 in poetry|1707]]-[[1747 in poetry|1747]]) * [[Leon of Modena|Judah Leone Modena]], also known as: Leon Modena or Yehudah Aryeh Mi-modena ([[1571 in poetry|1571]]-[[1648 in poetry|1648]]), a rabbi, orator, scholar, teacher and poet<ref name=nk2/> * [[Moses da Rieti]] * [[Immanuel ben Solomon]], also known as [[Immanuel of Rome]] and [[Immanuel the Roman]] ([[1270 in poetry|1270]]-[[1330 in poetry|1330]]), a satirical poet and scholar<ref name=nk2/> * [[Sarah Copia Sullam]] (d. [[1641 in poetry|1641]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Joseph Zarfati]] ==North Africa and Yemen== * [[Saadiah ben Amram]] * [[Shimon Labi]] * [[Shalom Shabazi]] ==Jewish Enlightenment ([[Haskalah]])== * [[Isaac Erter]] ([[1792 in poetry|1792]]-[[1851 in poetry|1851]]) satirist and poet<ref name=nk2/> * [[Mordecai Aaron Ginzberg]] * [[Judah Leib Gordon]], also known as "Judah Löb ben Asher Gordon" or "Leon Gordon" ([[1831 in poetry|1831]]-[[1892 in poetry|1892]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Abraham Baer Gottlober]] ([[1811 in poetry|1811]]-[[1899 in poetry|1899]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Abraham Dob Bär Lebensohn]] ([[1789 in poetry|1789]]-[[1878 in poetry|1878]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Micah Joseph Lebensohn]] ([[1828 in poetry|1828]]-[[1852 in poetry|1852]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Meir Halevi Letteris]] ([[1800 in poetry|1800]]-[[1871 in poetry|1871]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Isaac Baer Levinsohn]] ([[1788 in poetry|1788]]-[[1860 in poetry|1860]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Samuel David Luzzatto]] ([[1800 in poetry|1800]]-[[1865 in poetry|1865]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Rahel Luzzatto Morpurgo]] ([[1790 in poetry|1790]]-[[1871 in poetry|1871]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Süsskind Raschkow]] * [[Constantin Shapiro]] ([[1841 in poetry|1841]]-[[1900 in poetry|1900]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Hermann Wassertrilling]] * [[Naphtali Hirz Wessely]] ([[1725 in poetry|1725]]-[[1805 in poetry|1805]])<ref name=nk2/> ==Modern Hebrew== ===A=== * [[Shimon Adaf]] (b. [[1972 in poetry|1972]]), Israeli poet and author * [[Nathan Alterman]], also known as Natan Alterman ([[1910 in poetry|1910]]-[[1970 in poetry|1970]]), Israeli journalist, translator and popular poet * [[Yehudah Amichai]] ([[1924 in poetry|1924]]-[[2000 in poetry|2000]]) Israeli poet and one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew * [[Roy Arad]] * [[Vered Ariel]] * [[Tirtza Atar]] * [[David Avidan]] * [[Reuben Avinoam]] (1905-) ===B=== * [[Maya Bejerano]] * [[Menahem Ben]] (Braun) * [[Yakir Ben Moshe]] * [[Bialik|Haim Nachman Bialik]] ([[1873 in poetry|1873]]-[[1934 in poetry|1934]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Erez Biton]] * [[Miri Ben Simhon]] ===C=== * [[Abraham Chalfi]] * [[Rahel Chalfi]] * [[T. Carmi]] * [[Shlomit Cohen-Assif]] * [[Sami Shalom Chetrit]] * [[Jacob Cohen (poet)|Jacob Cohen]] ([[1881 in poetry|1881]]-[[1960 in poetry|1960]])<ref name=nk2/> ===D=== * [[M. M. Dolitzki]] ([[1858 in poetry|1858]]-[[1931 in poetry|1931]])<ref name=nk2/> ===E=== * [[David Edelstadt]] (1866-1892), workers poet and one of the first Jewish poets in the United States<ref name=nk/> *[[Israel Efrat]] *[[Shelley Elkayam]] ===F=== * [[Jacob Fichman]] ([[1881 in poetry|1881]]-[[1958 in poetry|1958]]) a critic, essayist and poet<ref name=nk2/> *[[Larry Friefeld]] (Elazar) *[[Lois Friefeld]] * [[Simeon Samuel Frug]] ([[1860 in poetry|1860]]-[[1922 in poetry|1922]]), wrote in Russian, Yiddish and Hebrew<ref name=nk2/> ===G=== *[[Mordechai Geldman]] *[[Orit Gidali]] *[[Amir Gilboa]] * [[Simon Ginzburg]] ([[1890 in poetry|1890]]-[[1944 in poetry|1944]])<ref name=nk2/> *[[Haim Gouri]] *[[Leah Goldberg]] ([[1911 in poetry|1911]]-[[1970 in poetry|1970]]), born in Lithuania, emigrated to Israel<ref name=nk/> *[[Uri Zvi Greenberg]] (Tur Malka) ===H=== *[[Simon Halkin]] *[[Avigdor Hameyeri]] ([[1886 in poetry|1886]]-[[1970 in poetry|1970]]), born in Carpato-Russ and emigrated to Israel in [[1921]]; also a novelist<ref name=nk/> *[[Haim Hazaz]] *[[Judah he-Hasid]] *[[Samuel he-Hasid]] *[[Ayin Hillel]] *[[Yair Hurvitz]] ===I=== * [[Naphtali Herz Imber]] ([[1856 in poetry|1856]]-[[1909 in poetry|1909]]), the author of ''Hatikvah'' ("The Hope"), called "the Jewish national hymn"<ref name=nk2/> ===K=== *[[Ben Kalman]], ''see'' Abraham Reisen *[[Yitzhak Katzenelson]], alternate English spelling, "[[Isaac Katzenelson]]" ([[1886 in poetry|1886]]-[[1944 in poetry|1944]]), perished in [[Auschwitz]], where he wrote a famous poem about the extermination of the Jews<ref name=nk/> *[[Admiel Kosman]] *[[Abba Kovner]] ===L=== * [[Isaac Lamdan]] ([[1899 in poetry|1899]]-[[1954 in poetry|1954]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Yitzhak Laor]](b. [[1948 in poetry|1948]]) Israeli poet, author, and journalist * [[Haim Lensky]] * [[Hezy Leskly]] * [[Judah Lob Levin]] ([[1845 in poetry|1845]]-[[1925 in poetry|1925]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Ephraim Lisitzky]] ([[1885 in poetry|1885]]-[[1962 in poetry|1962]])<ref name=nk2/> ===M=== * [[Meir Leibush Malbim]] ([[1809 in poetry|1809]]-[[1879 in poetry|1879]]), notable Russian Bible commentator who wrote some poetry in Hebrew<ref name=nk/> * [[Solomon Mandelkern]] ([[1846 in poetry|1846]]-[[1902 in poetry|1902]]), Ukrainian poet and scholar; author of the Hebrew concordance, Hekal Hakodesh<ref name=nk/> * [[Mordecai Zevi Manne]] ([[1859 in poetry|1859]]-[[1886 in poetry|1886]])<ref name=nk2/> *[[Sabina Messeg]] *[[Agi Mishol]] (b. [[1947 in poetry|1947]]) Hungarian-born Israeli poet ===O=== *[[Jacob Orland]] *[[Amir Or]] ===P=== *[[Dan Pagis]] *[[Alexander Penn]] * [[Isaac Loeb Peretz]] ([[1851 in poetry|1851]]-[[1915 in poetry|1915]]) wrote in Hebrew and Yiddish<ref name=nk2/> *[[Elisha Porat]] * [[Daniel Preil]] ([[1911 in poetry|1911]]- )<ref name=nk2/> ===R=== *[[Rachel (poet)|Rachel]] ([[1887 in poetry|1887]]-[[1959 in poetry|1959]])<ref name=nk2/> *[[Yonathan Ratosh]] *[[Dahlia Rabikovitch]] *[[Janice Rebibo]] *[[Abraham Regelson]] *[[Asher Reich]] *[[Abraham Reisen]] ([[1870 in poetry|1870]]-[[1953 in poetry|1953]]) Russian native who emigrated to the United States; prolific poet and prose writer; pen name: [[Ben Kalman]]<ref name=nk/> *[[Aharon Reuveni]] *[[Tuvya Ruebner]] ===S=== * [[Yossi Sarid]] * [[Zalman Schnaiur]] ([[1887 in poetry|1887]]-[[1959 in poetry|1959]]), novelist and poet<ref name=nk2/> * [[A. A. Schwartz]] ([[1846 in poetry|1846]]-[[1931 in poetry|1931]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Aharon Shabtai]] * [[Yaakov Shabtai]] * [[Amnon Shamossh]] * [[Rina Shani]] * [[Zalman Shazar]] * [[Naomi Shemer]] * [[David Shimonowitz]], also known as "[[David Shimoni]]" ([[1886 in poetry|1886]]-[[1956 in poetry|1956]])<ref name=nk2/> * [[Abraham Shlonsky]] * [[Roni Someck]] * [[Jacob Steinberg]] ([[1887 in poetry|1887]]-[[1948 in poetry|1948]])<ref name=nk2/> ===T=== *[[Shaul Tchernichovsky]], also known as [[Saul Tchernihowsky]]* ([[1875 in poetry|1875]]-[[1943 in poetry|1943]])<ref name=nk2/> *[[Ben-Zion Tomer]] ===V=== *[[David Vogel]] ===W=== *[[Yona Wallach]] *[[Rafi Weichert]] *[[Meir Wieseltier]] ===Y=== *[[Miriam Yalan-Shteklis]] *[[Avoth Yeshurun]] *[[Natan Yonatan]] ===Z=== * [[Nathan Zach]] * [[Nurit Zarchi]] * [[Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky|Zelda]] * [[Eliezer Zebi Zweifel]] ([[1815 in poetry|1815]]-[[1888 in poetry|1888]]), also a Russian scholar, comentator and defender of Hassidism<ref name=nk/> * [[Eliakum Zunser]] ([[1836 in poetry|1836]]-[[1913 in poetry|1913]]) wrote in Hebrew and Yiddish<ref name=nk2/> * [[Stephan Zweig]] ([[1881 in poetry|1881]]-[[1942 in poetry|1942]]), born in Vienna; also a biographer and dramatist<ref name=nk/> * [[Zvi Yair]] ==Notes== <references/> {{Lists of poets}} [[Category:Lists of poets by language|Hebrew]] [[Category:Israeli writers|*]] [[Category:Modern Hebrew writers|*]] [[Category:Hebrew-language poets|*]]