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This is a '''list of Hebrew-language poets''' (year links are to corresponding "[year] in poetry" article):

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==Biblical==
* [[Moses]]
* [[King David]]
* [[King Solomon]]
* [[Jeremiah]]

==Early Middle Ages==
* [[Eleazar Kalir|Eleazar ha-Kalir]]
* [[Jose b. Jose]]
* [[Yannai]]

==Golden Age in Spain==
* [[Joseph ibn Abitur]]
* [[Abraham Abulafia]]
* [[Meir Abulafia|Meir Halevi Abulafia]]
* [[Todros ben Judah Halevi Abulafia]]
*[[Samuel of Speyer|Samuel he-Hasid]]
* [[Todros Abulafia]]
* [[Yehuda Alharizi]] ([[1190 in poetry|1190]]-[[1240 in poetry|1240]])<ref name=nk2/>
* [[Judah Ben Samuel Halevi]] (born c. [[1086 in poetry|1086]])<ref name=nk2>{{cite book|last=Kravitz|first= Nathaniel|title=3,000 Years of Hebrew Literature|url=https://archive.org/details/3000yearsofhebre00krav|url-access=registration|location= Chicago|publisher= Swallow Press Inc.|year= 1972|isbn= 9780804005050}}</ref>
* [[Dunash ben Labrat]] (10th century)<ref name=nk2></ref>
* [[Santob De Carrion]] (late 14th 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/>
* [[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]]
* [[Solomon ibn Zakbel]] ({{fl|12th century}}
* [[Yehuda Halevi]]
* [[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 Naghrela'' or ''Samuel Ha-Naggid'' ([[992 in poetry|992]]-[[1055 in poetry|1055]])<ref name=nk2/>
* [[Menahem ben Saruq|Menahem ibn Saruq]]
* [[Joseph ben Jacob ibn Zaddik]] (died [[1149 in poetry|1149]])

==Medieval Germany==
* [[Baruch ben Isaac|Baruch of Worms]] (early 13th 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 of Rothenburg|Meir ben Baruch]], known as Ma'aram of Rothenburg ([[1215 in poetry|1215]]-[[1293 in poetry|1293]]), a Talmudist, Tosafist and liturgical poet<ref name=nk2/>
*[[Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg|Judah he-Hasid]]
* [[Eleazar of Worms|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==
* [[David Hakohen]] (late 13th century), composer of ''piyyutim'' from [[Avignon]]
* [[Isaac Gorni]] (late 13th century), troubadour from [[Aire-sur-l'Adour]]
* [[Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi]] ([[1270 in poetry|1270]]-[[1340 in poetry|1340]]), poet, philosopher and physician born in [[Béziers]]<ref name=nk2/>
* [[Joseph ben Isaac Bekor Shor]] (12th century), Tosafist, exegete and poet from [[Orléans]]<ref name=nk2/>

==Safed Cabalists==
* [[Solomon Alkabetz]] (16th century)<ref name=nk2/>
* [[Israel ben Moses Najara]]<ref name=nk2/> (c. [[1555 in poetry|1555]]-c. [[1625 in poetry|1625]])

==Italian Renaissance==
* [[Deborah Ascarelli]] (17th century)<ref name=nk2/>
* [[Immanuel Frances]]
* [[Immanuel the Roman]] also known as ''Immanuel ben Solomon'' and ''Immanuel of Rome'' ([[1270 in poetry|1270]]-[[1330 in poetry|1330]]), a satirical poet and scholar<ref name=nk2/>
* [[Daniel ben Judah]] (late 14th century), liturgical poet<ref name=nk/>
* [[Moses Judah Abbas]] (17th century)
* [[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/>
* [[Sara Copia Sullam]] (died [[1641 in poetry|1641]])<ref name=nk2/>

==North Africa and Yemen==
* [[Shalom Shabazi]]
* [[David Buzaglo]]

==Jewish Enlightenment ([[Haskalah]])==
* [[Isaac Erter]] ([[1792 in poetry|1792]]-[[1851 in poetry|1851]]) satirist and poet<ref name=nk2/>
* [[Judah Leib Gordon]] ([[1831 in poetry|1831]]-[[1892 in poetry|1892]]),<ref name=nk2/> also known as "Judah Löb ben Asher Gordon" or "Leon Gordon"
* [[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>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Rachel Morpurgo|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/morpurgo-rachel|publisher=Jewish Women's Archive|encyclopedia=Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia|last=Breger|first=Jennifer}}</ref>
* [[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]] (born [[1972 in poetry|1972]]), Israeli poet and author
*[[Shmuel Yosef Agnon]]
* [[Ada Aharoni]]
* [[Lea Aini]]
* [[Nathan Alterman]], also known as Natan Alterman ([[1910 in poetry|1910]]-[[1970 in poetry|1970]]), Israeli journalist, translator and popular poet
* [[Ronen Altman Kaydar]] (born [[1972 in poetry|1972]])
* [[Yehudah Amichai]] ([[1924 in poetry|1924]]-[[2000 in poetry|2000]]), Israeli poet and one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew
* [[Aharon Amir]]
* [[Aharon Appelfeld]]
* [[Roy Arad]]
* [[Dan Armon]]
* [[David Avidan]] ([[1934 in poetry|1934]]&ndash;[[1995 in poetry|1995]]), Israeli poet, painter, filmmaker, publicist and playwright

===B===
*[[Simon Bacher]]
* [[Yocheved Bat-Miriam]] ([[1901 in poetry|1901]]&ndash;[[1979 in poetry|1979]]), German-born [[Israeli poetry|Israeli]]
* [[Menahem Ben]] (Braun)
* [[Itamar Ben Canaan]]
* [[Yakir Ben Moshe]]
* [[Avraham Ben-Yitzhak]]
* [[Reuven Ben-Yosef]]
* [[Fania Bergstein]]
* [[Hayim Nahman Bialik|Haim Nachman Bialik]] ([[1873 in poetry|1873]]-[[1934 in poetry|1934]])<ref name=nk2/>
* [[Ya'qub Bilbul]]
* [[Erez Biton]]

===C===
* [[Ya'akov Cohen (writer)|Ya'akov Cahan]] ([[1881 in poetry|1881]]-[[1960 in poetry|1960]])<ref name=nk2/>
* [[T. Carmi]]
* [[Miriam Chalfi]] (writing as Miriam Barukh)
* [[Rahel Chalfi]]
* [[Sami Shalom Chetrit]]
* [[Amichai Chasson]]

===D===
* [[Menahem Mendel Dolitzki]]  ([[1858 in poetry|1858]]-[[1931 in poetry|1931]])<ref name=nk2/>

===E===
*[[Dror Elimelech]]
* [[Israel Eliraz]]

===F===
* [[Jacob Fichman]] ([[1881 in poetry|1881]]-[[1958 in poetry|1958]]) a critic, essayist and poet<ref name=nk2/>
*[[Ezra Fleischer]]
* [[Simeon Samuel Frug]] ([[1860 in poetry|1860]]-[[1922 in poetry|1922]]), wrote in Russian, Yiddish and Hebrew<ref name=nk2/>

===G===
*[[Yehonatan Geffen]]
*[[Mordechai Geldman]]
*[[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, immigrated to Israel<ref name=nk/>
*[[Uri Zvi Greenberg]] (Tur Malka)

===H===
*[[Simon Halkin]]
*[[Avigdor Hameiri]] ([[1886 in poetry|1886]]-[[1970 in poetry|1970]]), born in Carpato-Russ and immigrated to Israel in 1921; also a novelist<ref name=nk/>
*[[Hedva Harekhavi]]
* [[Shulamith Hareven]]
* [[Paul Hartal]]
* [[Galit Hasan-Rokem]]
* [[Roy Hasan]]
*[[Haim Hazaz]]
* [[Haim Hefer]]
* [[Dalia Hertz]]
* [[Amira Hess]]
*[[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===
*[[Yehudit Kafri]]
*[[Ben Kalman]], ''see'' Abraham Reisen
*[[Itzhak Katzenelson]] (anglicized: Isaac Katzenelson; [[1886 in poetry|1886]]-[[1944 in poetry|1944]]), murdered in [[Auschwitz]]<ref name=nk/>
*[[Admiel Kosman]]
*[[Abba Kovner]]

===L===
* [[Yitzhak Lamdan]] ([[1899 in poetry|1899]]-[[1954 in poetry|1954]])<ref name=nk2/>
* [[Yitzhak Laor]] (born [[1948 in poetry|1948]]) Israeli poet, author, and journalist
* [[Haim Lensky]], also known as "Hayyim Lensky" ([[1905 in poetry|1905]]&ndash;[[1942 in poetry|1942]] or [[1943 in poetry|1943]]), [[Russian poetry|Russian]] poet who wrote in Hebrew; imprisoned in Soviet labor camps after 1934, where he wrote most of his verse
* [[Giora Leshem]]
* [[Hezi Leskali]]
* [[Hanoch Levin]]
* [[Judah Lob Levin]] ([[1845 in poetry|1845]]-[[1925 in poetry|1925]])<ref name=nk2/>
* [[Ephraim E. Lisitzky|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/>
* [[Salomon Mandelkern]] ([[1846 in poetry|1846]]-[[1902 in poetry|1902]]), Ukrainian poet and scholar; author of the Hebrew concordance, Hekal Hakodesh<ref name=nk/>
* [[Mordecai Zvi Mane]] ([[1859 in poetry|1859]]-[[1886 in poetry|1886]])<ref name=nk2/>
* [[Reda Mansour]]
* [[Salman Masalha]]
* [[Margalit Matitiahu]]
* [[Rivka Miriam]]
* [[Agi Mishol]] (born [[1947 in poetry|1947]]), Hungarian-born Israeli poet

===N===
*[[Vaan Nguyen]]
*[[Tal Nitzán]]

===O===
*[[Amir Or]]
*[[Ofra Offer Oren]]

===P===
*[[Dan Pagis]]
*[[Alexander Penn]]
*[[Isaac Loeb Peretz]] ([[1851 in poetry|1851]]-[[1915 in poetry|1915]]), wrote in Hebrew and Yiddish<ref name=nk2/>
* [[Israel Pinkas]]
*[[Anda Pinkerfeld Amir]]
*[[Elisha Porat]]
* [[Daniel Preil]] ([[1911 in poetry|1911]]- )<ref name=nk2/>
*[[Gabriel Preil]]

===R===
*[[Rachel (poet)|Rachel]] (Hebrew: רחל) in English, sometimes transcribed as "Ra'hel" or "Rahel", also known as "Rachel the poetess" (Hebrew: רחל המשוררת), pen name of Rachel Bluwstein Sela ([[1890 in poetry|1890]]&ndash;[[1931 in poetry|1931]]), poet who immigrated to Palestine in 1909
*[[Yonatan Ratosh]]
*[[Dahlia Ravikovitch]]
*[[Janice Rebibo]]
*[[Abraham Regelson]]
*[[Abraham Reisen]] ([[1870 in poetry|1870]]-[[1953 in poetry|1953]]), Russian native who immigrated to the United States; prolific poet and prose writer; pen name: [[Ben Kalman]]<ref name=nk/>
*[[Tuvya Ruebner]]

===S===
* [[Rami Saari]]
* [[Yossi Sarid]]
* [[Zalman Shneur]] ([[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/>
* [[Amir Segal]]
* [[Aharon Shabtai]]
* [[Yaakov Shabtai]]
* [[Amnon Shamossh]]
* [[Zalman Shazar]]
* [[Naomi Shemer]]
* [[David Shimonowitz]], also known as "[[David Shimoni]]" ([[1886 in poetry|1886]]-[[1956 in poetry|1956]])<ref name=nk2/>
* [[Abraham Shlonsky]]
* [[Simha Siani]]
* Tal Slutzker
* [[Ronny 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/>
*[[Yoram Taharlev]], ([[1938 in poetry|1938]]-present)

===V===
*[[David Vogel (poet)|David Vogel]]

===W===
*[[Yona Wallach]]
*[[Meir Wieseltier]]

===Y===
*[[Zvi Yair]]
*[[Miriam Yalan-Shteklis]]
*[[Avoth Yeshurun]]
*[[Natan Yonatan]]

===Z===
* [[Nathan Zach]]
* [[Nurit Zarchi]]
* [[Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky|Zelda]]
* {{ill|Eliezer Zvi Zweifel|he|אליעזר צבי צווייפל}}, also a Russian scholar, commentator and defender of Hassidism<ref name=nk/>
* [[Stephan Zweig]], ([[1836 in poetry|1836]]-[[1913 in poetry|1913]]), wrote in Hebrew and Yiddish<ref name=nk2/>
* [[Eliakum Zunser]], ([[1881 in poetry|1881]]-[[1942 in poetry|1942]]), born in Vienna; also a biographer and dramatist<ref name=nk/>

==See also==
*[[The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself]]

==Notes==
<references/>

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