In translation

Tapan Kumar Pradhan

b. 1972writer

Binapani Mohanty

1936–2022writer

Sitakant Mahapatra

b. 1937writer from Odisha

Harbhajan Singh

1920–2002Punjabi poet (1920-2002)

Suresh Joshi

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

Kazi Nazrul Islam

1899–1976National poet of Bangladesh

Ashok Chavda

b. 1978Gujarati poet and writer

Ayyappa Paniker

1930–2006poet and critic (1930-2006)

Chandrashekhara Kambara

b. 1937writer

Jayanta Mahapatra

1928–2023poet and writer from Odisha

Jerry Pinto

b. 1966poet and writer

K. Sachhidanandan

b. 1946poet, linguist and translator

Mohapatra Nilamani Sahu

1926–2016Odia writer

Nirmal Verma

1929–2005writer (1929–2005)

Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup

1931–2016writer (1931–2016)

Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

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

Ravindra Kelekar

1925–2010author (1925–2010)

Rehman Rahi

1925–2023Kashmiri poet (1925–2023)

Satya Vrat Shastri

1930–2021Jnanpith Award recipient in Sanskrit. Indian academic

Sitanshu Yashaschandra

b. 1941Gujarati poet

Surjit Patar

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

Tara Singh Kamil

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

Amaresh Pattnaik

b. 1948Odia language writer

Aurobindo Ghosh

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

Brajanath Ratha

1936–2014poet from Odisha

I. Panduranga Rao

1930–2011scholar, poet, writer, linguist and orator of Telugu descent

Naiyer Masud

1936–2017writer

Nandini Satpathy

1931–2006politician from Odisha, India (1931-2006)

Ranjit Hoskote

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

Tridip Suhrud

b. 1965writer and translator

Vinod Joshi

b. 1955Gujarati language poet

Qurratulain Hyder

1927–2007writer (1927–2007)

Vijay Tendulkar

1928–2008writer

Basant Kumar Satpathy

1913–1994academic and Odia-language writer

Leela Majumdar

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

Neela Padmanabhan

b. 1938writer

Srinibash Udgata

b. 1935writer, translator from Odisha

Arun Kamal

b. 1954Hindi Poet & Critic

Ashok Vajpeyi

b. 1941poet

Attoor Ravi Varma

1930–2019poet and translator

Bakibab Borkar

1910–1984Marathi and Konkani poet, writer and freedom fighter (1910–1984)

Bhisham Sahni

1915–2003writer, playwright, and actor (1915-2003)

Gita Upadhyay

1939–2026educator, writer, and translator from Assam (born 1939)

H. S. Shivaprakash

b. 1954writer

Haraprasad Das

b. 1945poet from Odisha

K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar

1908–1999writer, vice-chancellor

Mangesh Padgaonkar

1929–2015poet

Mulk Raj Anand

1905–2004English writer (1905–2004)

R. Narayanapaniker

1889–1959Malayalam Writer

Raghuvir Sahay

1929–1990writer (1929–1990)

Ramakrushna Nanda

1906–1994(Odia) writer

Sharifa Vijaliwala

b. 1962Gujarati critic, editor and translator who won Sahitya Akademi award 2018

Shyam Charan Tudu

Santali-language author

Sunetra Gupta

b. 1965novelist and epidemiologist

Uday Prakash

b. 1952journalist, author and film producer

Aparna Mohanty

b. 1952poet

Arun Kolatkar

1932–2004writer (1932-2004)

Aruna Jadeja

b. 1950translator from Gujarat

Maithili Sharan Gupt

1886–1964poet and one of the pioneers of modern Hindi literature(1886-1964)

V. K. N.

1932–2004writer

Prabhakar Mandaara

b. 1950

C. Rajagopalachari

1878–1972politician and activist (1878–1972)

Chandrakant Topiwala

b. 1936Gujarati language poet and critic from India

Chinmoy Guha

b. 1958Bengali writer

Dasaradhi

1925–1987Indian, Telugu language novelist

Dhiruben Patel

1926–2023writer (1926–2023)

Govind Chandra Pande

1923–2011historian

Indira Devi Chaudhurani

1873–1960Bengali literary figure, author and musician

Malik Ram

1906–1993Urdu-language Indian poet and scholar

Puviarasu

1930–2026writer

Rupchand Hansda

d. 2024author of Santali

Sirpi Balasubramaniam

b. 1936writer and academic

Sukhlal Sanghvi

1880–1978Jain Scholar and Philosopher from India

Tala Tudu

b. 1975Award Winning Indian Santhali writer and translator

Venna Vallabha Rao

b. 1956poet, author and professor in Telugu and Hindi (born 1956)

Vinesh Antani

b. 1946Gujarati writer from India

Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad

b. 1953author

A. K. Ramanujan

1929–1993linguist (1929-1993)

D. R. Nagaraj

1954–1998writer, critic

Dilip Chitre

1938–2009writer, painter and filmmaker (1938-2009)

Jhumpa Lahiri

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

Syed Abid Husain

1896–1978educator and philosopher (1896-1978)

Devulapalli Krishnasastri

1897–1980writer (1897-1980)

Jagdish Joshi

1932–1978Gujarati poet