Writers Whose First Name Starts With Y
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Discover the famous writers whose name starts with Y. The list includes people like Yukio Mishima, Yang Jiang, Yanka Kupala, Yair Lapid, 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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Yue Fei(Military General Whose Expertise in Martial Arts Made Him a National Folk Hero in China)
Birthdate: March 24, 1103
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Anyang, China
Died: January 28, 1142
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Yukio Mishima(One of the Most Important Japanese Authors of the 20th Century)
Birthdate: January 14, 1925
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Yotsuya, Tokyo, Japan
Died: November 25, 1970
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
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Yang Jiang(Chinese Playwright and Translator Who Wrote Several Successful Comedies)
Birthdate: July 17, 1911
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Beijing, China
Died: May 25, 2016
Birthdate: September 9, 1926
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saft Turab, Egypt
Birthdate: June 11, 1899
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Osaka
Died: April 16, 1972
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Yunus Emre(Legendary Turkish Folk Poet and Sufi Mystic)
Birthdate: 1238 AD
Birthplace: Turkey
Died: 1328 AD
Birthdate: November 5, 1941
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Odawara
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Yasmina Khadra(One of the Most Popular Algerian Novelists in the World)
Birthdate: January 10, 1955
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kénadsa
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Yehuda Amichai(Former poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times)
Birthdate: May 3, 1924
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Würzburg, Germany
Died: September 22, 2000
Birthdate: December 20, 1904
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russian Empire
Died: May 25, 1977
Birthdate: April 29, 1947
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bogalusa, Louisiana
Birthdate: March 13, 1897
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kars, Kars Oblast, Russian Empire
Died: November 27, 1937
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Yosano Akiko(One of the Most Infuential and the Most Controversial Post-Classical Woman Poets of Japan)
Birthdate: December 7, 1878
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Died: May 29, 1942
Birthdate: September 19, 1964
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Died: April 7, 2005
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Yuu Kamiya(Novelist known for novel series No Game No Life)
Birthdate: November 10, 1984
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Birthdate: July 7, 1882
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Maladzechna District, Belarus
Died: June 28, 1942
Birthdate: May 15, 1927
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Namro, Tibet
Died: November 26, 2019
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Yılmaz Güney(Kurdish Director, Screenwriter, and Actor of Turkish Films)
Birthdate: April 1, 1937
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Yenice, Karataş, Turkey
Died: September 9, 1984
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Yolanda Vargas Dulché(Writer principally known for the creation of the comic book character of Memín Pinguín)
Birthdate: July 18, 1926
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Died: August 8, 1999
Birthdate: October 7, 1921
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: June 9, 2001
Birthdate: 1989 AD
Birthplace: Mampong, Ghana
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Yann Martel(Author best known for the Man Booker Prize–winning novel Life of Pi)
Birthdate: June 25, 1963
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Salamanca, Spain
Birthdate: March 27, 1889
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Died: December 13, 1974
Birthdate: March 2, 1800
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died: July 11, 1844
Birthdate: February 28, 1954
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Naarden, Netherlands
Birthdate: August 22, 1940
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bandiagary, Mali
Died: October 14, 2017
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Yordan Yovkov(Bulgarian Writer Best Known for His Works: 'Legends of Stara Planina' and 'Inn at Antimovo')
Birthdate: November 9, 1880
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Zheravna, Bulgaria
Died: October 15, 1937
Birthdate: November 1, 1986
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Miami, Florida, United States
Birthdate: June 16, 1966
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Yu Lihua(Chinese Writer Who Also Served as a Cultural Ambassador Between the US and China)
Birthdate: November 28, 1929
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Shanghai, China
Died: April 30, 2020
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Yair Lapid(Journalist, Writer, Politician, Actor, Television presenter)
Birthdate: November 5, 1963
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tel Aviv
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Birthdate: May 6, 1929
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ambarawa, Indonesia
Died: February 2, 1999
Birthdate: July 18, 1932
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nizhneudinsk, Russia
Died: April 1, 2017
Birthdate: February 28, 1922
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: October 28, 1993
Birthdate: September 4, 1966
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Novosibirsk, Russia
Died: May 9, 1991
Birthdate: February 1, 1884
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lebedyan, Russia
Died: March 10, 1937
Birthdate: November 27, 1915
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Quebec City, Canada
Died: October 20, 1983
Birthdate: April 8, 1916
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: San Jose, Costa Rica
Died: July 8, 1956
Birthdate: August 8, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: November 29, 1982
Birthdate: April 27, 1635
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: China
Died: September 30, 1704
Birthdate: September 5, 1958
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Moscow, Russian
Birthdate: 1968 AD
Birthplace: Nairobi, Kenya
Birthdate: August 24, 1963
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Reykjavík, Iceland
Birthdate: July 31, 1935
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
Birthdate: December 4, 1882
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Białystok, Poland
Died: March 16, 1942
Birthdate: April 30, 1839
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Edo
Died: June 9, 1892
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Yosa Buson(Japanese Poet and Painter of the Edo Period)
Birthdate: 1716 AD
Birthplace: Settsu Province, Japan
Died: January 17, 1784
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Yasutaka Tsutsui(Actor, Novelist, Writer, Playwright, Science fiction writer, Screenwriter)
Birthdate: September 24, 1934
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ōsaka
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
Birthdate: March 13, 1946
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris
Birthdate: June 13, 1952
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: West Kameng , Arunachal Pradesh, India