Who writes, where to read, what next

Authors, books, awards, the bookshops and libraries of every city, readers’ notes.

Contents, as on 27 October 2026

8,908 writers with Indian citizenship on Wikidata, from Odia, English, Bangla, Hindi, Telugu and 85 other languages. The most honoured first.

b. 1972writer

b. 1943writer

1936–2026(Odia) Writer

b. 1937writer

1936–2022writer

1924–2004Odia writer

b. 1933Odia writer

1932–2021Bengali poet, literary critic and educator (1932-2021)

Eight shelves, each a reading list: what the autobiographers wrote, the poets, the playwrights, the ones who write for children.

65 Indian literary prizes and 4,115 recorded wins. The latest year of the biggest one:

Safety Kit
Yogesh Vaidya

1,242 bookshops, 5,191 libraries, 1,265 stationery shops and 22 publishers on the map of India, by city.

1,217 Indian sites for people who write: courses and workshops, journals that take submissions, clubs, festivals, competitions, publishers.

A note on a book, a bookshop worth the detour, a correction, a writer we missed. Checked by hand, credited to you.