About: List of Jewish American poets

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 * Rosebud Ben-Oni, poet and writer * Joseph Brodsky, Nobel Prize winner, and U.S. Poet Laureate * Richard Chess, poet and academic * Edith Covensky, poet, Professor of Hebrew and Israeli Studies at Wayne State University * Celia Dropkin, poet * David Edelshtadt, poet * Norman Finkelstein, poet and literary critic * Allen Ginsberg, beat poet * Jacob Glatstein, poet * Moyshe-Leyb Halpern, poet * Stanley Kunitz, poet * D.L. Lang, poet * Emma Lazarus, poet * Mani Leib, poet * Jeffrey Levine, poet * Anna Margolin, poet * Adah Isaac