List of Hebrew language poets
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'''List of [[Hebrew language]] [[poet]]s''':
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==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==
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{{Lists of poets}}
[[Category:Lists of poets by language|Hebrew]]
[[Category:Israeli writers|*]]
[[Category:Modern Hebrew writers|*]]
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