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- Yann MartelCanadian novelist (born 1963)
- Yaşar KemalTurkish writer and activist (1923–2015)
- Yasushi InoueJapanese writer (1907–1991)
- Yevgeny BaratynskyRussian poet (1800–1844)
- Yevgeny ZamyatinRussian author (1884–1937)
- Yingying's BiographyThe Biography of Ying-ying (traditional Chinese: 鶯鶯傳; simplified Chinese: 莺莺传; pinyin: Yīn
- Yongji, ShanxiYongji (simplified Chinese: 永济; traditional Chinese: 永濟; pinyin: Yǒngjì) is a county-level
- Yosa BusonJapanese poet and painter
- Yosano AkikoJapanese poet
- Yu HuaChinese writer (born 1960)
- Yuan ZhenChinese novelist, poet, and politician (779–831)
- Yunus EmreTurkish Sufi and folk poet (1238–1320)
- Yusuf al-KhalSyrian-Lebanese poet
- Yves BonnefoyYves Jean Bonnefoy (24 June 1923, Tours – 1 July 2016 Paris) was a French poet and art his