Writers Whose First Name Starts With Y

Discover the famous writers whose name starts with Y. The list includes people like Yukio Mishima, Yang Jiang, Yanka Kupala, Yotam Ottolenghi, Yamiche Alcindor and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. This list of writers whose names start with Y includes people from Japan, United States, Russia, France and other countries all over the world.
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Yukio Mishima
(One of the Most Important Japanese Authors of the 20th Century)
Yukio Mishima
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 14, 1925
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Yotsuya, Tokyo, Japan
Died: November 25, 1970
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
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Yue Fei
(Military General Whose Expertise in Martial Arts Made Him a National Folk Hero in China)
Yue Fei
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 24, 1103
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Anyang, China
Died: January 28, 1142
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Yang Jiang
(Chinese Playwright and Translator Who Wrote Several Successful Comedies)
Yang Jiang
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 17, 1911
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Beijing, China
Died: May 25, 2016
 4 
Yunus Emre
(Legendary Turkish Folk Poet and Sufi Mystic)
Yunus Emre
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1238 AD
Birthplace: Sivrihisar, Türkiye
Died: 1320 AD
 5 
Yann Martel
(Author best known for the Man Booker Prize–winning novel Life of Pi)
Yann Martel
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 25, 1963
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Salamanca, Spain
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Yasunari Kawabata
(Novelist)
Yasunari Kawabata
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 11, 1899
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Osaka
Died: April 16, 1972
 7 
Yoshiyuki Tomino
(Film director, Screenwriter, Novelist)
Yoshiyuki Tomino
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 5, 1941
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Odawara
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Yehuda Amichai
(Former poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times)
Yehuda Amichai
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 3, 1924
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Würzburg, Germany
Died: September 22, 2000
 9 
Yaa Gyasi
(Novelist)
Yaa Gyasi
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1989 AD
Birthplace: Mampong, Ghana
 10 
Yasmina Khadra
(One of the Most Popular Algerian Novelists in the World)
Yasmina Khadra
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 10, 1955
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kénadsa
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Yevgenia Ginzburg
(Writer)
Yevgenia Ginzburg
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 20, 1904
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russian Empire
Died: May 25, 1977
 12 
Yusef Komunyakaa
(Poet)
Yusef Komunyakaa
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 29, 1947
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bogalusa, Louisiana
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Yeshi Dhonden
(Writer)
Yeshi Dhonden
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 15, 1927
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Namro, Tibet
Died: November 26, 2019
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 14 
Yeghishe Charents
(Poet)
Yeghishe Charents
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 13, 1897
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kars, Kars Oblast, Russian Empire
Died: November 27, 1937
 15 
Yotam Ottolenghi
(British Chef, restaurateur, and Food Writer)
Yotam Ottolenghi
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Listed In: Food Experts
Birthdate: December 14, 1968
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Jerusalem, Israel
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Yuyuko Takemiya
(Japanese Novelist)
Yuyuko Takemiya
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 24, 1978
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
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Yusuf al-Qaradawi
(Egyptian Islamic Scholar)
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
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Birthdate: September 9, 1926
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saft Turab, Egypt
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Yvonne Vera
(Author)
Yvonne Vera
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 19, 1964
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Died: April 7, 2005
 19 
Yanka Dyagileva
(Poet)
Yanka Dyagileva
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 4, 1966
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Novosibirsk, Russia
Died: May 9, 1991
 20 
Yanka Kupala
(Belarusian Writer and Poet)
Yanka Kupala
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 7, 1882
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Maladzechna District, Belarus
Died: June 28, 1942
 21 
Yolanda Vargas Dulché
(Writer principally known for the creation of the comic book character of Memín Pinguín)
Yolanda Vargas Dulché
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 18, 1926
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Died: August 8, 1999
 22 
Yosano Akiko
(One of the Most Infuential and the Most Controversial Post-Classical Woman Poets of Japan)
Yosano Akiko
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 7, 1878
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Died: May 29, 1942
 23 
Yaltah Menuhin
(Musician)
Yaltah Menuhin
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 7, 1921
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: June 9, 2001
 24 
Youp van 't Hek
(Comedian, Singer)
Youp van 't Hek
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Birthdate: February 28, 1954
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Naarden, Netherlands
 25 
Yevgeny Baratynsky
(Poet)
Yevgeny Baratynsky
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Birthdate: March 2, 1800
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died: July 11, 1844
 26 
Yordan Yovkov
(Bulgarian Writer Best Known for His Works: 'Legends of Stara Planina' and 'Inn at Antimovo')
Yordan Yovkov
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 9, 1880
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Zheravna, Bulgaria
Died: October 15, 1937
 27 
Yair Lapid
(Journalist, Writer, Politician, Actor, Television presenter)
Yair Lapid
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 5, 1963
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tel Aviv
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 28 
Y. B. Mangunwijaya
(Indonesian Writer, Architect, and Catholic Religious Leader)
Y. B. Mangunwijaya
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Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: May 6, 1929
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ambarawa, Indonesia
Died: February 2, 1999
 29 
Yves Bonnefoy
(French Poet)
Yves Bonnefoy
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 24, 1923
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Tours, France
Died: July 1, 2016
 30 
Yılmaz Güney
(Kurdish Director, Screenwriter, and Actor of Turkish Films)
Yılmaz Güney
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Birthdate: April 1, 1937
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Yenice, Karataş, Turkey
Died: September 9, 1984
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Yosa Buson
(Japanese Poet and Painter of the Edo Period)
Yosa Buson
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1716 AD
Birthplace: Settsu Province, Japan
Died: January 17, 1784
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Yamiche Alcindor
(Journalist)
Yamiche Alcindor
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Birthdate: November 1, 1986
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Miami, Florida, United States
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Yuu Kamiya
(Novelist known for novel series No Game No Life)
Yuu Kamiya
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 10, 1984
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu
(Turkish Journalist, Novelist, Diplomat, and Political Figure)
Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 27, 1889
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Died: December 13, 1974
 35 
Yambo Ouologuem
(Author)
Yambo Ouologuem
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 22, 1940
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bandiagary, Mali
Died: October 14, 2017
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Yukio Ninagawa
(Theatre director)
Yukio Ninagawa
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Birthdate: October 15, 1935
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kawaguchi, Japan
Died: May 12, 2016
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Yulia Latynina
(Writer, Journalist)
Yulia Latynina
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 16, 1966
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Yu Dafu
(Writer)
Yu Dafu
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 7, 1896
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Zhejiang, China
Died: September 17, 1945
 39 
Yury Olesha
(Novelist)
Yury Olesha
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 3, 1899
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ukraine
Died: May 10, 1960
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Yevgeny Zamyatin
(Novelist)
Yevgeny Zamyatin
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 1, 1884
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lebedyan, Russia
Died: March 10, 1937
 41 
Yu Lihua
(Chinese Writer Who Also Served as a Cultural Ambassador Between the US and China)
Yu Lihua
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 28, 1929
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Shanghai, China
Died: April 30, 2020
 42 
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
(Writer Best Known for 'Babiyy Yar', a Political Poem)
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 18, 1932
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nizhneudinsk, Russia
Died: April 1, 2017
 43 
Yuli Daniel
(Writer)
Yuli Daniel
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 15, 1925
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: December 30, 1988
 44 
Yoram Kaniuk
(Israeli Writer and Critic)
Yoram Kaniuk
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 2, 1930
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Died: June 8, 2013
 45 
Yoshida Kenkō
(Japanese Author and Buddhist Monk)
Yoshida Kenkō
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1283 AD
Birthplace: Japan
Died: 1350 AD
 46 
Yuri Trifonov
(Author)
Yuri Trifonov
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 28, 1925
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: March 28, 1981
 47 
Yasutaka Tsutsui
(Actor, Novelist, Writer, Playwright, Science fiction writer, Screenwriter)
Yasutaka Tsutsui
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 24, 1934
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ōsaka
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 48 
Yuan Zhen
(Author)
Yuan Zhen
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 0779 AD
Birthplace: Luoyang, China
Died: September 2, 0831
 49 
Yves Thériault
(Author)
Yves Thériault
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 27, 1915
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Quebec City, Canada
Died: October 20, 1983
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Yasushi Inoue
(Japanese Novelist)
Yasushi Inoue
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 6, 1907
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Died: January 29, 1991