Fiction

Pratibha Ray

b. 1943writer

Bibhuti Pattnaik

b. 1937writer

Binapani Mohanty

1936–2022writer

Kishori Charan Das

1924–2004Odia writer

Santanu Kumar Acharya

b. 1933Odia writer

R. K. Narayan

1906–2001English-language writer (1906–2001)

Amitav Ghosh

b. 1956writer

Dalip Kaur Tiwana

1935–2020writer

Gourahari Das

b. 1960author

Gurbachan Singh Bhullar

b. 1937Punajbi short-storywriter

Ramachandra Behera

b. 1945Odia writer

Shrilal Shukla

1925–2011writer (1925–2011)

M. T. Vasudevan Nair

1933–2024author, screenplay writer and film director (1933–2024)

Viswanatha Satyanarayana

1895–1976Jnanpith Award winning Telugu writer

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

1894–1950Bengali author (1894–1950)

Sachchidananda Vatsyayan

1911–1987writer (1911–1987)

Devdas Chhotray

b. 1946lyricist and writer

Gurdial Singh

1933–2016writer & novelist (1933–2016)

Amrita Pritam

1919–2005novelist, poet, and essayist (in Hindi and Punjabi languages) (1919–2005)

Mahasweta Devi

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

Kazi Nazrul Islam

1899–1976National poet of Bangladesh

Ajit Cour

b. 1934writer

Baldev Singh

b. 1942Punjabi Novelist, Storywriter

Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir

1899–1976Punjabi poet and Politician (1899-1976)

Gulzar Singh Sandhu

b. 1935Punjabi writer

Jaswant Singh Kanwal

1919–2020Punjabi writer

Jaswinder Singh

b. 1954Punjabi academic

Jerry Pinto

b. 1966poet and writer

Khalid Hussain

b. 1945Punjabi storywriter

Kirpal Kazak

b. 1943Punjabi writer

Manmohan

poet and writer

Mitter Sain Meet

b. 1952Punjabi author

Mohan Bhandari

1937–2021Punjabi writer

Paramita Satpathy

b. 1965Odia writer

Prem Parkash

1932–2025writer

Ramapada Chowdhury

1922–2018writer

S. L. Bhyrappa

1931–2025novelist.philosopher and screenwriter

Samaresh Majumdar

1942–2023Bengali writer (1944–2023)

Sant Singh Sekhon

1908–1997writer

Santokh Singh Dhir

1920–2010Punjabi Writer

Sujan Singh

1909–1993Punjabi writer

Surendra Verma

b. 1941writer

Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai

1912–1999novelist and short story writer of Malayalam language (1912–1999)

Vaidehi

b. 1945writer

Waryam Singh Sandhu

b. 1945Punjabi author and academic

Indira Dangi

b. 1980Novelist, Playwright, Short Story Writer

Sarah Joseph

b. 1946writer

Jagadish Mohanty

1951–2013writer

Padma Sachdev

1940–2021poet and novelist (1940–2021)

Vinod Joshi

b. 1955Gujarati language poet

Yashodhara Mishra

b. 1951writer in English and Hindi

Amar Kant

1925–2014writer (1925-2014)

Bhai Vir Singh

1872–1957poet, scholar and theologian (1872–1957)

Dharamvir Bharati

1926–1997writer and novelist (1926–1997)

Kartar Singh Duggal

1917–2012writer

Rajshekhar Basu

1880–1960writer (1880–1960)

Vikram Seth

b. 1952novelist and poet

Abanindranath Tagore

1871–1951painter and writer (1871–1951)

Arundhati Roy

b. 1961novelist, essayist, and activist

Basant Kumar Satpathy

1913–1994academic and Odia-language writer

Shashi Deshpande

b. 1938writer

Amish Tripathi

b. 1974writer

Anand Gandhi

b. 1980film director

Mu. Varadarajan

1912–1974Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Tamil scholar, writer and educationist

Alka Saraogi

b. 1960novelist

Amit Chaudhuri

b. 1962contemporary Indian-English novelist

Amritlal

1916–1990Hindi-language writer (1916-1990)

Bindu Bhatt

b. 1954Gujarati writer

Gopalakrishna Pai

writer

Jayant Narlikar

1938–2025astrophysicist and writer (1938–2025)

Jinder

b. 1954Punjabi writer

Kahnu Charan Mohanty

1906–1994Odia language novelist

Kamleshwar

1932–2007writer and screenwriter (1932-2007)

Kashinath Singh

b. 1937writer

Mulk Raj Anand

1905–2004English writer (1905–2004)

Nanak Singh

1897–1971writer (1897–1971)

R. Narayanapaniker

1889–1959Malayalam Writer

Ramnarayan V. Pathak

1887–1955Gujarati author from India (1887-1955)

Shantinath Desai

1929–1998writer

Shyam Sundar Besra

b. 1961Santali Poet

Smita Nair Jain

b. 1969business executive

Sukhjit

1961–2024Punjabi writer

Sundri Uttamchandani

1924–2013sindhi language short story writer, novelist (1924–2013)

Sunetra Gupta

b. 1965novelist and epidemiologist

Anand Neelakantan

b. 1973writer

Jaishankar Prasad

1889–1937poet, dramatist, and novelist of modern Hindi literature (1889–1937)

Poornachandra Tejaswi

1938–2007writer (1938–2007)

Pragyan Prabartika Dash

b. 1980academic and Odia-language writer

Premendra Mitra

1904–1988writer and film director

Radheshyam Sharma

1936–2021Gujarati language writer

Rajanikanta Mohanty

b. 1952writer

Sundaram

1908–1991Gujarati poet (1908-1991)

Ampasayya Naveen

b. 1941writer

Atul Kumar Rai

b. 1992novelist and screenwriter

Cho Dharman

b. 1953Tamil writer from India

Dipanwita Roy

writer

George Onakkoor

b. 1941writer

Harindra Dave

1930–1995Gujarati writer, Novelist