Yiddish
- Sholom Asch (1880–1957)
- David Bergelson (1884–1952)
- Der Nister (1884–1950)
- Shira Gorshman (1906–2001)
- Chaim Grade (1910–1982)
- Esther Kreitman (1891–1954)
- Mendele Moykher Sforim (1836–1917), pseudonym for Sholem Yankev Abramovitch
- Joseph Opatoshu (1886–1954)
- Yitzok Lebesh Peretz (1852–1915)
- Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916) (real name: Solomon Rabinovitz), Fiddler on the Roof was based on his stories
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904–1991)
- Israel Joshua Singer (1893–1944)
- Anzia Yezierska (c. 1880–1970)
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