List of Jewish American poets explained

This is a list of notable Jewish American poets. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.

Persons listed with a double asterisks (**) are winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

• David Antin, poet, critic and performance artist^[1]
• Rosebud Ben-Oni, poet and writer^[2]
• Charles Bernstein, poet, essayist^[3]
• Joseph Brodsky, Nobel Prize winner, and U.S. Poet Laureate^[4]
• Richard Chess, poet and academic^[5]
• Edith Covensky, poet, Professor of Hebrew and Israeli Studies at Wayne State University
• Celia Dropkin, poet^[6]
• David Edelshtadt, poet^[7]
• Norman Finkelstein, poet and literary critic^[8]
• Allen Ginsberg, beat poet^[9]
• Jacob Glatstein, poet^[10]
• Moyshe-Leyb Halpern, poet^[11]
• Stanley Kunitz, poet^[12]
• Allen Grossman, poet^[13]
• D.L. Lang, poet ^[14]
• Emma Lazarus, poet^[15]
• Mani Leib, poet^[16]
• Jeffrey Levine, poet^[17]
• Anna Margolin, poet^[18]
• Adah Isaacs Menken (1835?-1868), actress and poet^[19]
• Penina Moise, poet^[20]
• Aurora Levins Morales, poet, and Jewish Voice for Peace advisory board member^[21]
• Howard Nemerov, poet^[22]
• Alicia Ostriker, poet and scholar^[23]
• Charles Reznikoff, poet^[24]
• Adrienne Rich, poet, essayist^[25]
• Morris Rosenfeld, poet^[26]
• Jerome Rothenberg, poet, anthologist, essayist^[27]
• Muriel Rukeyser, poet^[28]
• Delmore Schwartz, poet and essayist^[29]
• Karl Shapiro, poet, editor and academic^[30]
• Fradl Shtok, poet^[31]
• Marcela Sulak, poet
• Samuel Ullman, poet ^[32]
• Louis Untermeyer, poet and anthologist ^[33]

• Yehoash, poet^[34]
• Louis Zukofsky, poet^[35]

See also

• Jewish American literature
• List of Yiddish language poets
• List of Jewish American authors
• List of Jewish American playwrights
• Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
• Before Columbus Foundation

Notes and References

1. Web site: Talmudic Improv: A Visit With Poet David Antin – Tablet Magazine. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150205080449/http://tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/188685/talmudic-improv-david-antin . 2015-02-05 .
2. Web site: Rosebud Ben-Oni. 2017-09-18. Poetry Foundation. en-us. Poetry Foundation. 2017-09-18.
3. Book: Chametzky . Jules . Felstiner. John. Flanzbaum . Hilene . Hellerstein. Kathryn. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W.W. Norton & Company. 2001 . 9780393048094 .
4. Pride and Poetry (on Joseph Brodsky: A Literary Life by Lev Loseff) . 4 June 2012 . 18 May 2012 . Michael . Scammell . The New Republic.
5. Web site: UNC-Ashville profile. 2019-12-31. University of North Carolina Ashville.
6. Book: Chametzky . Jules . Felstiner. John. Flanzbaum . Hilene . Hellerstein. Kathryn. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W.W. Norton & Company. 2001 . 257 . 9780393048094 .
7. Book: Chametzky . Jules . Felstiner. John. Flanzbaum . Hilene . Hellerstein. Kathryn. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W.W. Norton & Company. 2001 . 137 . 9780393048094 .
8. Web site: Scribes and Scribblers - Tablet Magazine. www.tabletmag.com.
9. Pacernick . Gary . 1997 . Allen Ginsberg: An Interview . American Poetry Review . 26 . 4 . 23–27 . 27782470.
10. Book: Chametzky . Jules . Felstiner. John. Flanzbaum . Hilene . Hellerstein. Kathryn. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W.W. Norton & Company. 2001 . 370 . 9780393048094 .
11. Book: Chametzky . Jules . Felstiner. John. Flanzbaum . Hilene . Hellerstein. Kathryn. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W.W. Norton & Company. 2001 . 245 . 9780393048094 .
12. Book: Chametzky . Jules . Felstiner. John. Flanzbaum . Hilene . Hellerstein. Kathryn. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W.W. Norton & Company. 2001 . 433 . 9780393048094 .
13. Book: Chametzky . Jules . Felstiner. John. Flanzbaum . Hilene . Hellerstein. Kathryn. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W.W. Norton & Company. 2001 . 9780393048094 .
14. Web site: Tupodtrning: A Poem for Yom Kippur. reformjudaism.org. 15 October 2019.
15. Book: Young, Bette Roth . 1997 . Emma Lazarus in Her World: Life and Letters . Jewish Publication Society . 5 . 9780827606180.
16. Book: Chametzky . Jules . Felstiner. John. Flanzbaum . Hilene . Hellerstein. Kathryn. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W.W. Norton & Company. 2001 . 217. 9780393048094 .
17. Web site: Jeffrey Levine – Harvard Review.
18. Book: Chametzky . Jules . Felstiner. John. Flanzbaum . Hilene . Hellerstein. Kathryn. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W.W. Norton & Company. 2001 . 264 . 9780393048094 .
19. Web site: Adah Isaacs Menken.
20. Book: Chametzky . Jules . Felstiner. John. Flanzbaum . Hilene . Hellerstein. Kathryn. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W.W. Norton & Company. 2001 . 69. 9780393048094 .
21. Web site: Aurora Levins Morales. 2016-09-07.
22. Book: Codde, Philippe . The Jewish American Novel. . 2007 . 84 . 9781557534378 .
23. Web site: Academy Chancellor Alicia Ostriker Named New York State Poet 2018-2020. 2018-08-16. poets.org. en. 2018-09-06.
24. Book: Chametzky . Jules . Felstiner. John. Flanzbaum . Hilene . Hellerstein. Kathryn. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W.W. Norton & Company. 2001 . 363 . 9780393048094 .
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29. Book: Chametzky . Jules . Felstiner. John. Flanzbaum . Hilene . Hellerstein. Kathryn. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W.W. Norton & Company. 2001 . 538 . 9780393048094 .
30. Book: Chametzky . Jules . Felstiner. John. Flanzbaum . Hilene . Hellerstein. Kathryn. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W.W. Norton & Company. 2001 . 553 . 9780393048094 .
31. Book: Chametzky . Jules . Felstiner. John. Flanzbaum . Hilene . Hellerstein. Kathryn. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W.W. Norton & Company. 2001 . 290 . 9780393048094 .
32. Web site: ADAH: Alabama Moments (Samuel Ullman, 1840-1924--Details) . 2007-01-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070214093036/http://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec31det.html . 2007-02-14 .
33. https://www.questia.com/PM.qst;jsessionid=F9RVBnJlFQRpNkd9hCtJFXRjhC6jzZTJjXk2ZrtQ6BbQT44zmrHh!-694504597!-40434697?a=o&d=5001868771
34. Book: Chametzky . Jules . Felstiner. John. Flanzbaum . Hilene . Hellerstein. Kathryn. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology. W.W. Norton & Company. 2001 . 139 . 9780393048094 .
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