Writing in Bangla

Shankha Ghosh

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

Annada Shankar Ray

1905–2002writer, poet, essayist (1905-2002)

Sunil Gangopadhyay

1934–2012Award-winning and bestselling Bengali poet and author (1934-2012)

Satyajit Ray

1921–1992filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

1894–1950Bengali author (1894–1950)

Subhash Mukhopadhyay

1919–2003writer

Mahasweta Devi

1926–2016Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (1926-2016)

Kazi Nazrul Islam

1899–1976National poet of Bangladesh

Abu Sayeed Ayyub

1906–1982literary critic, philosopher, poet

Bani Basu

b. 1939writer

Joy Goswami

b. 1954Bengali writer

Moti Nandi

1931–2010writer and journalist

Ramapada Chowdhury

1922–2018writer

Samaresh Majumdar

1942–2023Bengali writer (1944–2023)

Sanjib Chattopadhyay

b. 1936writer

Sudhir Chakravarty

1934–2020Bengali writer (1934-2020)

Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Name in kannada -ತಾರಶಂಕರ ಬಂಡೋಪಾಧ್ಯಯ

1898–1971writer (1898–1971)

Aurobindo Ghosh

1872–1950Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)

Shamik Ghosh

b. 1983writer

Sukumar Sen

1900–1992linguist (1900–1992)

Swapnamoy Chakraborty

b. 1951Bengali novelist

Bimal Kar

1921–2003writer (1921-2003)

Bishnu Dey

1909–1982writer and poet (1909-1982)

Rajshekhar Basu

1880–1960writer (1880–1960)

Samaresh Basu

1924–1988Bengali writer (1924-1988)

Shakti Chattopadhyay

1933–1995writer (1933–1995)

Abanindranath Tagore

1871–1951painter and writer (1871–1951)

Jibanananda Das

1899–1954Bengali Poet (1899-1954)

Kalidas Roy

1889–1975poet (1889-1975)

Leela Majumdar

1908–2007author of children’s books (1908–2007)

Amar Mitra

b. 1951Bengali writer

Amiya Bhushan Majumdar

1918–2001novelist

Atin Bandyopadhyay

1934–2019Bengali writer

Buddhadeb Bose

1908–1974writer (1908–1974)

Gopinath Kaviraj

1887–1976Hindu philosopher (1887–1976)

Nabaneeta Dev Sen

1938–2019poet (1938-2019)

Nirendranath Chakravarty

1924–2018Popular contemporary Bengali poet

Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri

b. 1950Indologist

Prafulla Roy

1934–2025writer

Radharaman Mitra

1897–1992politician and writer

Sananta Tanty

1952–2021Assamese poet

Subodh Sarkar

b. 1958Bengali poet, writer and editor

Syed Mustafa Siraj

1930–2012Bangali Writer (1930–2012)

Premendra Mitra

1904–1988writer and film director

Abul Bashar

b. 1951writer

Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay

1899–1979writer (1899–1979)

Bratya Basu

b. 1969academician, dramatist, director, actor and politician

Buddhadeb Guha

1936–2021writer

Chinmoy Guha

b. 1958Bengali writer

Dipanwita Roy

writer

Indira Devi Chaudhurani

1873–1960Bengali literary figure, author and musician

Khudiram Das

1916–2002Bengali scholar and acamedician

Mani Shankar Mukherjee

1933–2026Bengali writer

Pinaki Thakur

1959–2019poet

Pracheta Gupta

b. 1962Bengali author and journalist

Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay

b. 1956writer

Sibnarayan Ray

1921–2008writer (1921-2008)

Srijato Bandyopadhyay

b. 1975poet of the Bengali language

Tilottama Majumdar

b. 1966Bengali writer

Amiya Chakravarty

1901–1986literary critic, academic and Bengali Poet (1901–1986)

Arun Mitro

1909–2000writer (1909-2000)

Ashapoorna Devi

1909–1995writer (1909–1995)

Bimal Mitra

1912–1991Bengali writer (1912–1991)

Binoy Majumdar

1934–2006writer and poet

Jhumpa Lahiri

b. 1967American author of Indian origin (born 1967)

Maitreyi Devi

1914–1989Bengali poet and novelist (1914–1989)

Nirad C. Chaudhuri

1897–1999Bengali−English writer and man of letters (1897–1999)

Sandipan Chattopadhyay

1933–2005Bengali language writer (1933–2005)

Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay

1899–1970writer (1899–1970)

Benode Behari Mukherjee

1904–1980artist (1904-1980)

Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay

1894–1987writer (1894-1987)

Prabir Ghosh

1945–2023writer & rationalist

Sarojini Naidu

1879–1949poet, politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from1947 to 1949

Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'

1896–1961Hindi poet and novelist (1896–1961); pioneer of free verse in Hindi; Chhayavaad pillar

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

1896–1977spiritual teacher and founder of the ISKCON

Advaita Mallabarmana

1914–1951Bengali writer (1914–1951)

Amartya Sen

b. 1933economist and philosopher (1933-)

Benoy Kumar Sarkar

1887–1949academic

Ritwik Ghatak

1925–1976Bengali filmmaker and script writer (1925–1976)

Shaktipada Rajguru

1922–2014writer

Suchitra Bhattacharya

1950–2015writer

Surendranath Dasgupta

1887–1952Bengali scholar of Sanskrit and philosophy (1887-1952)

Binod Ghosal

b. 1976Bengali Writer

Gautam Basu

1955–2021Bengali poet

Mridul Dasgupta

b. 1955Bengali poet

Nirupama Devi

1883–1951Bengali writer

Subhas Bhattacharya

b. 1939lexicographer

Ranajit Das

b. 1949

Abu Hasan Shahriar

b. 1959poet

Abu Rushd

1919–2010Bangladeshi author (1919–2010)

Akash Banerjee

b. 1980YouTuber & Journalist

Anindya Chatterjee

Bengali Singer, Composer, Lyricist, Film Director, Actor

Anish Deb

1951–2021Bengali writer

Anita Agnihotri

b. 1956Bengali writer and civil servant

Anurupa Debi

1882–1958Bengali writer

Arup Chandra

b. 1951Bengali poet and writer

Asit Kumar Haldar

1890–1964painter of Bengal school (1890-1964)

Badal Sarkar

1925–2011Dramatist and theatre personality

Barindra Kumar Ghosh

1880–1959revolutionary and journalist

Basudeb Dasgupta

1938–2005writer (1938-2005)

Benimadhab Barua

1888–1948Bengali Writer, Indologist, and pundit of Pali and Buddhism (1888-1948)

Bhakti Hridaya Bon Swami

1901–1982writer

Bibhas Roy Chowdhury

b. 1968Bengali poet

Bidhushekhar Shastri

1878–1959Bengali scholars (1878-1959)

Bijon Bhattacharya

1917–1978actor (1917-1978)

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

1944–2024politician (1944–2024)

Buddhadeb Dasgupta

1944–2021director (1944–2021)

Dulal Chndra Mukhopadhyay

1910–1978Bengali writer

Haricharan Bandyopadhyay

1867–1959Bengali writer

Haridas Siddhanta Bagish

1876–1961writer and translator

Hariprabha Takeda

1890–1972Bengali writer

Hemanga Biswas

1912–1987musician and lyricist (1912–1987)

Hemanta Kumar Sarkar

1897–1952writer and activist

Humayun Kabir

1906–1969British Indian politician and writer (1906-1969)

Jadunath Sarkar

1870–1958Bengali historian (1870–1958)

Jaimin Rajani

b. 1991singer-songwriter

Jatindranath Sengupta

1887–1954Bengali poet (1887-1954)

Jayanta Dey

b. 1964Bengali novelist and short story writer

Jaydeep Sarangi

b. 1973writer

Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey

1972–2021writer, translator, and journalist (1972–2021)

Jyotirmoy Ghosh

1896–1965mathematician

Kabir Suman

b. 1949Bengali singer

Kiran Shankar Roy

1891–1949Home Minister of West Bengal

Kshitimohan Sen

1880–1960scholar

Kusumkumari Das

1875–1948Poet

Mabinul Haq

b. 1956writer from West Bengal (born 1956)

Malay Roy Choudhury

1939–2023Bengali writer and poet (1939–2023)

Mamata Banerjee

b. 1955Former Chief Minister of West Bengal

Manmatha Roy

1899–1988Bengali playwright

Manohar Mouli Biswas

b. 1943poet

Manoj Mitra

1938–2024Bengali Indian theatre, film and television actor, director and playwright

Manoranjan Byapari

b. 1950writer, social activist and politician

Mohit Ray

b. 1954activist and writer

Mohitlal Majumdar

1888–1952Bengali Poet, literary critic and essayist

Moinul Ahsan Saber

b. 1958Bangladeshi writer

Moushumi Bhowmik

b. 1964Bengali singer, songwriter, researcher

Mrinal Sen

1923–2018film director (1923–2018)

Mrityunjoy Prasad Guha

1919–2012scholar, academic

Muzaffar Ahmed

1889–1973Bengali politician, journalist and communist activist (1889–1973)

Narayan Debnath

1925–2022comics artist, writer and illustrator

Narayan Sanyal

1924–2005Bengali, Indian writer

Nathuram Premi

1881–1960author of Jainism and Hindi literature

Nolini Kanta Gupta

1889–1983disciple of Sri Aurobindo (1889–1983)

Pabitra Sarkar

b. 1937academician, Writer

Piyush Dasgupta

1922–2002academician, political activist and Marxist theoretician

Prabir Kumar Goswami

1927–2010Bengali writer and journalist (1927-2010)

Prabodh Kumar Bandyopadhyay

1908–1956writer and poet (1908-1956)

Prajnasundari Devi

1884–1950Bengali writer

Pranab Mukherjee

1935–2020President of India from 2012 to 2017

Prithwindra Mukherjee

1936–2024French writer and researcher

Probal Dasgupta

1953–2026former president of the Universala Esperanto-Asocio

Punyalata Chakrabarty

1890–1974Bengali writer (1890-1974)