Poetry

Tapan Kumar Pradhan

b. 1972writer

Jagannath Prasad Das

1936–2026(Odia) Writer

Shankha Ghosh

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

Sitakant Mahapatra

b. 1937writer from Odisha

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)

Harbhajan Singh

1920–2002Punjabi poet (1920-2002)

Kedarnath Singh

1934–2018writer

Rajendra Kishore Panda

1944–2025Odia-language poet

Ramakanta Rath

1934–2025poet from Odisha

Soubhagya Kumar Mishra

b. 1941Odia language poet

Viswanatha Satyanarayana

1895–1976Jnanpith Award winning Telugu writer

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

1894–1950Bengali author (1894–1950)

Sachchidananda Vatsyayan

1911–1987writer (1911–1987)

Mamoni Raisom Goswami

1942–2011A celebrated writer of contemporary Indian literature

Subhash Mukhopadhyay

1919–2003writer

Haldhar Nag

b. 1950poet

Amrita Pritam

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

Bhalchandra Nemade

b. 1938writer

Ghulam Nabi Firaq

1922–2016Poet and writer

Kusumagraj

1912–1999Marathi poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer (1912–1999)

Mahasweta Devi

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

S. K. Pottekkatt

1913–1982politician and writer (1913–1982)

Suresh Joshi

1921–1986Gujarati author from India (1921-1986)

Kazi Nazrul Islam

1899–1976National poet of Bangladesh

Ajit Cour

b. 1934writer

Anil Chavda

b. 1985Gujarati language poet and writer from India

Ashok Chavda

b. 1978Gujarati poet and writer

Ayyappa Paniker

1930–2006poet and critic (1930-2006)

Balamani Amma

1909–2004writer and poet (1909–2004)

Chandrashekhara Kambara

b. 1937writer

D. R. Bendre

1896–1981Kannada poet (1896–1981)

Darshan Buttar

b. 1939Punjabi poet

Firaq Gorakhpuri

1896–1982Urdu author (1896-1982)

Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir

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

Gopala Krushna Rath

1945–2016Odia-language writer (1945-2016)

Gulzar

b. 1933poet, lyricist and author (1933- Present)

Harivansh Rai Bachchan

1907–2003Hindi poet, Father of Amitabh Bachchan (1907-2003)

Jagtar

1935–2010Punjabi poet

Jayanta Mahapatra

1928–2023poet and writer from Odisha

Jerry Pinto

b. 1966poet and writer

Joy Goswami

b. 1954Bengali writer

K. Sachhidanandan

b. 1946poet, linguist and translator

K. Shivaram Karanth

1902–1997writer (1902-1997)

Kailash Vajpeyi

1936–2015poet

Kuvempu

1904–1994poet, playwright, novelist, critic, and prolific thinker (1904–1994)

Mahabaleshwar Sail

b. 1943author (born 1943)

Manmohan

poet and writer

Mohan Singh

1905–1978Punjabi poet

Nirmal Verma

1929–2005writer (1929–2005)

Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup

1931–2016writer (1931–2016)

Prabhjot Kaur

1924–2016Punjabi poet

Raghuveer Chaudhari

b. 1938author

Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

1908–1974Hindi poet, essayist (1908-1974)

Rehman Rahi

1925–2023Kashmiri poet (1925–2023)

Sachidananda Routray

1916–2004writer from Odisha, India

Sanjib Chattopadhyay

b. 1936writer

Santokh Singh Dhir

1920–2010Punjabi Writer

Satinder Singh Noor

1940–2011Punjabi poet

Satya Vrat Shastri

1930–2021Jnanpith Award recipient in Sanskrit. Indian academic

Shiv Kumar Batalvi

1936–1973Punjabi poet (1936–1973)

Sitanshu Yashaschandra

b. 1941Gujarati poet

Sohan Singh Misha

1934–1986Punjabi poet

Sugathakumari

1934–2020poet and activist (1934-2020)

Sumitranandan Pant

1900–1977writer

Surjit Patar

1945–2024Punjabi language poet and writer (1945–2024)

Tara Singh Kamil

1929–1993Punjabi poet and prose writer (1929–1993)

Umashankar Joshi

1911–1988Gujarati poet, scholar and writer. (1911-1988)

V. K. Gokak

1909–1992writer (1909–1992)

Vaidehi

b. 1945writer

Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar

1889–1976writer (1889–1976)

Baishnab Charan Samal

b. 1939Odia writer

Kalki Krishnamurthy

1899–1954writer, journalist, freedom fighter and Tamil novelist (1899–1954)

Ram Vilas Sharma

1912–2000academic and writer (1912–2000)

Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Name in kannada -ತಾರಶಂಕರ ಬಂಡೋಪಾಧ್ಯಯ

1898–1971writer (1898–1971)

Thamizhpparithi Maari

b. 1974academician, writer and wikipedian

Adivi Bapiraju

1895–1952Telugu novelist, playwright and painter

Aurobindo Ghosh

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

Ankit Trivedi

b. 1981Gujarati author

Brajanath Ratha

1936–2014poet from Odisha

Gopi Kottoor

b. 1956poet

K. Shivareddy

b. 1943Telugu writer

Padma Sachdev

1940–2021poet and novelist (1940–2021)

Ranjit Hoskote

b. 1969contemporary English language Indian poet, translator, art-critic and curator

Ravuri Bharadhwaja

1927–2013Writer who won Jnanpith award in 2012

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

1935–2020Urdu language poet, author, critic and theorist.

Singireddy NarayanaReddy

1931–2017Jnanpith awardee and renowned Telugu poet

Vinod Joshi

b. 1955Gujarati language poet

Yashodhara Mishra

b. 1951writer in English and Hindi

Bhai Vir Singh

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

Bishnu Dey

1909–1982writer and poet (1909-1982)

Chinu Modi

1939–2017Gujarati-language poet and writer from India

Dharamvir Bharati

1926–1997writer and novelist (1926–1997)

Gadul Singh Lama

1939–2025writer

Jaswant Deed

b. 1954Punjabi poet and writer

Shakti Chattopadhyay

1933–1995writer (1933–1995)