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Yankevich,
Leo
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Leo Yankevich (born 30 October 1961) is an American poet and the editor of The New Formalist.. American poet and editor
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Yaochen,
Mei
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Mei Yaochen (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: Méi Yáochén; Wade-Giles: Mei Yao-ch'en) (1002–1060) was a poet of the Song dynasty. He was one of the pioneers of the "new subjective" style of poetry which characterized Song poetry.. Chinese poet of the Song dynasty
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Yavorov,
Peyo
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Peyo Yavorov (Bulgarian: (.) ; born Peyo Totev Kracholov, ; January 1, 1878–October 17, 1914) was a Bulgarian Symbolist poet. He was considered to be one of the finest poetic talents in the fin de siècle Kingdom of Bulgaria. Yavorov was a prominent member of the Misal group. His life and work are closely connected with the liberation movement Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization in Macedonia. He was also a supporter of the Armenian Independence Movement, and wrote a number of poems about Armenians.. Bulgarian Symbolist poet
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Yeats,
William Butler
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Yesenin,
Sergei
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Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin (sometimes spelled as Esenin; Russian: ´ ´ ´; 3 October 1895 – 27 December 1925) was a Russian lyrical poet. He was one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century.. Russian lyrical poet
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Yevtushenko,
Yevgeny
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A Russian poet, whose work contains scathing attacks on the Russian bureaucracy.... Soviet and Russian poet novelist essayist dramatist screenwriter actor editor and film director
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Yiduo,
Wen
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Wen Yiduo (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Wén Yiduo; Wade–Giles: Wen I-to; 24 November 1899–15 July 1946), born Wén Jiahuá, courtesy names Yousan, Youshan, was a Chinese poet and scholar.. Chinese poet
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Ying-wu,
Wei
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Yosano,
Akiko
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Akiko Yosano (, Yosano Akiko, 7 December 1878 - 29 May 1942) was the pen-name of a Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer, active in the late Meiji period as well as the Taisho and early Showa periods of Japan. Her real name was Yosano Shô. She is one of the most famous, and most controversial, post-classical woman poets of Japan.. Japanese author poet feminist and pacifist
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You,
Lu
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Lu You (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: Lù Yóu; Wade-Giles: Lu Yu, 1125–1209), was a Chinese poet of the Southern Song dynasty.. Chinese Song Dynasty poet
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Young,
David
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Young,
Edward
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Edward Young (June 1681 (as stated in Rev. J. Mitford's Biography of Young) - 5 April 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for Night Thoughts.. English poet
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Young,
Kevin
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Kevin Young (born 8 November 1970 Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American poet and teacher of poetry. Young graduated from Harvard College in 1992, was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University (1992–1994), and received his MFA from Brown University. While in Boston and Providence, he was part of the African-American poetry group, The Dark Room Collective. He is heavily influenced by the poets Langston Hughes, John Berryman, and Emily Dickinson and the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat.. American poet and teacher
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Young,
Marguerite
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Marguerite Vivian Young (August 28, 1908 – November 17, 1995) was an American author of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and criticism. Her work evinced an interest in social issues and environmentalism.. American author of poetry fiction non-fiction and criticism
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Yrjänä,
A W
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Yu,
Han
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Han Yu (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: Hán Yù) (768–824), born in Nanyang, Henan, China, was a precursor of Neo-Confucianism as well as an essayist and poet, during the Tang dynasty. The Indiana Companion calls him "comparable in stature to Dante, Shakespeare or Goethe" for his influence on the Chinese literary tradition (p. 397). He stood for strong central authority in politics and orthodoxy in cultural matters. He is also among China's finest prose writers, second only to Sima Qian, and first among the "Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song". Song Dynasty poet Su Shi praised Han Yu that he had written prose which "raised the standards after 8 dynasties of literary weaknesses" .. Chinese essayist and poet during the Tang dynasty
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