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)
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)
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)
Birthdate: July 17, 1911
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Beijing, China
Died: May 25, 2016
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Yunus Emre
(Legendary Turkish Folk Poet and Sufi Mystic)
Birthdate: 1238 AD
Birthplace: Sivrihisar, Türkiye
Died: 1320 AD
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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
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Yasunari Kawabata
(Novelist)
Birthdate: June 11, 1899
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Osaka
Died: April 16, 1972
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Yoshiyuki Tomino
(Film director, Screenwriter, Novelist)
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)
Birthdate: May 3, 1924
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Würzburg, Germany
Died: September 22, 2000
Birthdate: 1989 AD
Birthplace: Mampong, Ghana
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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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Yevgenia Ginzburg
(Writer)
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: May 15, 1927
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Namro, Tibet
Died: November 26, 2019
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Birthdate: March 13, 1897
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kars, Kars Oblast, Russian Empire
Died: November 27, 1937
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Yotam Ottolenghi
(British Chef, restaurateur, and Food Writer)
Birthdate: December 14, 1968
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Jerusalem, Israel
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Yuyuko Takemiya
(Japanese Novelist)
Birthdate: February 24, 1978
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
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Yusuf al-Qaradawi
(Egyptian Islamic Scholar)
Birthdate: September 9, 1926
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saft Turab, Egypt
Birthdate: September 19, 1964
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Died: April 7, 2005
Birthdate: September 4, 1966
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Novosibirsk, Russia
Died: May 9, 1991
Birthdate: July 7, 1882
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Maladzechna District, Belarus
Died: June 28, 1942
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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
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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: October 7, 1921
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: June 9, 2001
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Youp van 't Hek
(Comedian, Singer)
Birthdate: February 28, 1954
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Naarden, Netherlands
Birthdate: March 2, 1800
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died: July 11, 1844
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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
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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)
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Y. B. Mangunwijaya
(Indonesian Writer, Architect, and Catholic Religious Leader)
Birthdate: May 6, 1929
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ambarawa, Indonesia
Died: February 2, 1999
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Yves Bonnefoy
(French Poet)
Birthdate: June 24, 1923
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Tours, France
Died: July 1, 2016
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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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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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Yamiche Alcindor
(Journalist)
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)
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)
Birthdate: March 27, 1889
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Died: December 13, 1974
Birthdate: August 22, 1940
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bandiagary, Mali
Died: October 14, 2017
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Yukio Ninagawa
(Theatre director)
Birthdate: October 15, 1935
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kawaguchi, Japan
Died: May 12, 2016
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Yulia Latynina
(Writer, Journalist)
Birthdate: June 16, 1966
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Birthdate: December 7, 1896
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Zhejiang, China
Died: September 17, 1945
Birthdate: March 3, 1899
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ukraine
Died: May 10, 1960
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Yevgeny Zamyatin
(Novelist)
Birthdate: February 1, 1884
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lebedyan, Russia
Died: March 10, 1937
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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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Yevgeny Yevtushenko
(Writer Best Known for 'Babiyy Yar', a Political Poem)
Birthdate: July 18, 1932
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nizhneudinsk, Russia
Died: April 1, 2017
Birthdate: November 15, 1925
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: December 30, 1988
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Yoram Kaniuk
(Israeli Writer and Critic)
Birthdate: May 2, 1930
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Died: June 8, 2013
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Yoshida Kenkō
(Japanese Author and Buddhist Monk)
Birthdate: 1283 AD
Birthplace: Japan
Died: 1350 AD
Birthdate: August 28, 1925
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: March 28, 1981
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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: 0779 AD
Birthplace: Luoyang, China
Died: September 2, 0831
Birthdate: November 27, 1915
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Quebec City, Canada
Died: October 20, 1983
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Yasushi Inoue
(Japanese Novelist)
Birthdate: May 6, 1907
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Died: January 29, 1991