List of Israeli poets

The poets listed below were either born in the Israel or else published much of their poetry while living in that country.

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A

• Ada Aharoni (born 1933)
• Aharon Amir (1923–2008)
• Dan Armon (born 1948)
• Irit Amiel (1931–2021)
• Maya Arad (born 1971)
• Yehuda Amichai (1924–2000)
• Yaron Avitov (born 1957)
• Dana Amir (born 1966)
• Karen Alkalay-Gut (born 1945)
• Aharon Appelfeld (1932–2018)
• Lucy Ayoub (born 1992)
• Naim Araidi (1950–2015)

B

• Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim (1925–2023)
• Miri Ben-Simhon
• Rachel Boymvol (1914–2000)
• Avraham Ben-Yitzhak (1883–1950)
• Shmuel Ben-Artzi (1914–2011)
• Rachel Tzvia Back (born 1960)
• Ya'qub Bilbul (1920–2003)
• Erez Biton (born 1942)
• Halina Birenbaum (born 1929)
• Yocheved Bat-Miriam (1901–1980)

C

• Sami Shalom Chetrit (born 1960)
• Amichai Chasson (born 1987)
• Miriam Barukh Chalfi (1917–2002)
• Edith Covensky (born 1945)
• Raquel Chalfi
• Inbal Eshel Cahansky (born 1977)
• Ya'akov Cahan (1881–1960)
• T. Carmi (1925–1994)

D

• Fatima Dhiab (born 1951)

E

• Yael Eisenberg (born 1991)

F

• Jacob Fichman (1881–1958)
• Robert Friend (1913–1998)
• Ezra Fleischer (1928–2006)

G

• Gilla Gerzon
• Hagit Grossman (born 1976)
• Michal Govrin (born 1950)
• Dana Goldberg (born 1979)
• Leah Goldberg (1911-1970)
• Mordechai Geldman (1946–2021)
• Yael Globerman (born 1954)
• Amir Gilboa (1917–1984)
• Haim Gouri (1923–2018)
• Mikhail Gendelev (1950–2009)
• Igor Guberman (born 1936)

H

• Dalia Hertz (born 1942)
• Benjamin Harshav (1928–2015)
• Ayin Hillel (1926–1990)
• Yair Hurvitz (1941–1988)
• Hedva Harechavi (born 1941)
• Paul Hartal (born 1936)
• Amira Hess (born 1943)
• Shlomo Herberg (1884–1966)
• Galit Hasan-Rokem (born 1945)
• Sabine Huynh (born 1972)
• Tehila Hakimi (born 1982)

K

• Radu Klapper (1937–2006)
• Yehudit Kafri (born 1935)
• Adi Keissar (born 1980)
• Olga Kirsch (1924–1997)
• Yuri Kolker (born 1946)
• Ronen Altman Kaydar (born 1972)
• Abba Kovner (1918–1987)
• Shirley Kaufman (1923–2016)
• Admiel Kosman (born 1957)
• Nidaa Khoury (born 1959)
• Shlomo Kalo (1928–2014)

L

• Yitzhak Lamdan (1899–1954)
• Giora Leshem (1940–2011)
• Malka Locker (1887–1990)
• Yitzhak Laor (born 1948)

M

• Nava Macmel-Atir (born 1964)
• Margalit Matitiahu (born 1935)
• Rikva Miriam
• Agi Mishol (born 1946)
• Itzik Manger (1901–1969)
• Dory Manor (born 1971)
• Yakir Ben Moshe (born 1973)
• Efrat Mishori (born 1964)

N

• Vaan Nguyen (born 1982)
• Yehezkel Nafshy (born 1977)
• Erich Neumann (1905–1960)
• Yonit Naaman (born 1975)
• Ron Nesher (born 1983)
• Tal Nitzán (born 1961)
• Zvi Nir (born 1946)

O

• Mariya Ocher (born 1986)

P

• Dan Pagis (1930–1986)
• Israel Pincas (born 1935)
• Hava Pinhas-Cohen (born 1955)
• Ravid Plotnik (born 1988)
• Haviva Pedaya (born 1957)

R

• Alex Rif (born 1986)
• Abraham Regelson (1896–1981)
• Esther Raab (1894–1981)
• Tuvya Ruebner (1924–2019)
• Yonatan Ratosh (1908–1981)
• Janice Rebibo (1950–2015)

S

• Zoya Semenduyeva (1929–2020)
• Ayat Abou Shmeiss (born 1984)
• Shin Shifra (1931–2012)
• Esther Shkalim (born 1954)
• Avner Shats (born 1959)
• Tal Slutzker (born 1986)
• Zalman Shneour (1887–1959)
• Gali-Dana Singer (born 1962)
• Amir Segal (born 1980)
• Ronny Someck (born 1951)
• Avraham Shlonsky (1900–1973)
• Rami Saari (born 1963)
• Abraham Sutzkever (1913–2010)
• Bracha Serri
• Avraham Stern (1907–1942)
• David Shimoni (1891–1956)
• Mati Shemoelof (born 1972)
• Shva Salhoov (born 1963)
• Nava Semel (1954–2017)
• David Dean Shulman (born 1949)
• Gershom Schocken (1912–1990)

T

• Gabriel Talphir (1901–1990)
• Shimon Tzabar (1926–2007)
• Omer Toledano (born 1980)

V

• Sam Vaknin (born 1961)

W

• Yona Wallach (1944–1985)

Z

• Nurit Zarchi (born 1941)
• Tawfiq Ziad (1929–1994)
• Boaz Zippor (born 1972)
• Linda Stern Zisquit
• Benny Ziffer (born 1953)

See also

• Israeli poetry
• List of Hebrew-language poets
• List of poets
• List of years in poetry