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Template:IndicText This List of Indian poets consists of poets:

  • of Indian ethnic, cultural or religious ancestry
  • born in India or emigrated to India
  • from other regions of the world who are poets in any of the Indian languages

Each has published poetry books either in an Indian language or in English.

Unless otherwise noted at the top of each section, poets are listed in alphabetical order by surname, as rendered in English.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Assamese

Bengali

Bengali language names in parentheses

Indian poets writing in English

In alphabetical order by last name:

  • A. K. Ramanujan (1929–1993), Indian poet, writer, academic, philologist, folklorist, translator, and playwright who wrote in English and Kannada.
  • Adil Jussawalla is Indian poet writing in English.
  • Agha Shahid Ali (आगा शाहीद अली) (4 February 1949, New Delhi – 8 December 2001, Amherst, Massachusetts) Indian poet writing in English.
  • Amit Chaudhuri (born 1962), author and poet writing in English.
  • Arun Kolatkar (Marathi: अरुण बालकृष्ण कोलटकर, 1932–2004), Indian poet writings in English and Marathi.
  • Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (born 1947) Indian poet, anthologist, literary critic and translator writing in English.
  • Deb Kumar Das
  • Dilip Chitre (born 1938) Indian poet writing in English and Marathi also a painter and filmmaker.
  • Dom Moraes (1938–2004), Goan writer, poet and columnist writing in English .
  • Eunice De Souza (also "Eunice de Souza") (born 1940) Indian poet, literary critic and novelist writing in English.
  • G. S. Sharat Chandra (1935–2000), author and poet writing in English .
  • Gieve Patel (born 1940), Indian poet, playwright and painter who practiced to be a general physician writing in English.
  • Gopi Kottoor (born 1956),Indian poet , playwright, translator writing in English.
  • Henry Derozio (1809–1831) Indian poet writing in English.
  • Indira Goswami (born 1942), also known as "Mamoni Raisom Goswami" and, popularly, "Mamoni Baideo", poet, novelist and academic writing in English.
  • Jayanta Mahapatra (born 1924) poet, critic, arts scholar, and curator writing in English.
  • Kamala Das also known as "Kamala Suraiya" (born 1934), writer and poet in English and Malayalam .
  • Keki Daruwalla Indian poet writing in English.
  • Kersey Katrak (also known as "K. D. Katrak") Indian poet writing in English.
  • Lawrence Bantleman
  • Makarand Paranjape (born 1960) is an Indian poet writing in English.
  • Mani Rao (born 1965) is an Indian woman poet writing in English.
  • Manmohun Ghose (birth year unknown – 1924)
  • Michael Madhusudan Dutt (also known as "Madhusudan Dutt") (1827–1873) Indian poet writing in English.
  • Nissim Ezekiel(1924–2004), Indian poet, playwright and art critic and editor writing in English.
  • P. Lal (born 1929), Indian poet, translator, professor and publisher; also the founder and publisher of Writers Workshop in Calcutta , India.
  • Prithwindra Mukherjee (born 1936), Indian poet writing in English.
  • Pritish Nandy (born 1951), Indian poet, journalist, politician, television personality and film producer writing in English.
  • R. Parthasarathy is an Indian poet, translator, critic, and editor writing in English.
  • Raman Mundair, poet, writer, artist and playwright writing in English.
  • Ranjit Hoskote (born 1969) Indian poet, art critic, cultural theorist and independent curator writing in English.
  • Robin S Ngangom Indian poet writing in English.
  • Rukmini Bhaya Nair Indian woman poet , writer and critic writing in English.
  • Sachin Ketkar (born 1972), bilingual poet writing in English and Marathi, translator, critic and university teacher.
  • Santan Rodrigues Indian poet writing in English.
  • Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949) Indian woman poet and freedom fighter writing in English .
  • Shiv Kumar is Indian poet , playwright, novelist, short story writer .
  • Smita Agarwal (born 1958) Indian woman poet, critic, educator, singer.]
  • Som Ranchan (born 1932), Indian poet and novelist writing in English.
  • Sri Aurobindo (Bengali: শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo) (1872–1950) major Indian English poet, philosopher, and yogi writing in English.
  • Srinivas Rayaprol
  • Tabish Khair (born 1966), poet, novelist and essayist
  • Tishani Doshi (born 1975)
  • Sudeep Sen, Indian poet and editor writing in English .
  • Vikram Seth (born 1952), is an Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist.
  • Ram Sharma (1837–1918), Indian poet and journalist writing in English .
  • Manohar Shetty Indian poet writing in English.
  • Melanie Silgardo
  • Arundhathi Subramaniam is a woman poet and writer and web editor writing in English.
  • C P Surendran, poet, novelist and editor writing in English.
  • Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) major Indian poet who won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature .
  • Shreekumar Varma (born 1955), newspaper columnist, poet, novelist writing in English.
  • T.K. Doraiswamy (Nakulan), (1921–2007), poet, novelist, translator and professor of English
  • Toru Dutt (1856–1877) Indian woman poet wrote in English and French .
  • Yuyutsu Sharma (born 1960) poet, editor and translator, writes in English.
  • Deepak Chaswal (born 1985) poet, editor and critic, writes in English. His works have been published in Pamona Valley Review, Sam Smith The Journal, Diviner, IUP Journal of American Literature, Indian Ruminations, Kritya - a Journal of Poetry, Language in India etc.

Gujarati

In alphabetical order by last name:

Hindi/Urdu

Main article: List of Hindi language poets

Kannada

Main article: List of Kannada language poets

Kashmiri

Konkani

Maithili

  • Vidyapati, also known as Vidyapati Thakur and called Maithil Kavi Kokil "the poet cuckoo of Maithili" (c. 1352 – c. 1448), Maithili poet and Sanskrit writer
  • Acharya Ramlochan Saran (1889–1971), littérateur, grammarian, publisher and poet
  • Baidyanath Mishra 'Yatri'(1911–1998), though he wrote in Hindi with name as Nagarjun, called Janakavi, the "people's poet" Maithili poet and ,Hindi novelist, short-story writer, biographer and travel writer
  • Jayamant Mishra,(15.10.1925- 7.9.2010) Sanskrit scholar and Maithili poet

Malayalam

Main article: Malayalam literature § Poetry

Medieval Poets

Renaissance Poets

Romantic Poets

Neo-Romantic Poets

Modernist Poets

Postmodern Poets


Manipuri

Marathi

For Konkani poets, see "Konkani" section, above

  • Samarth Ramdas – He has written Manache Shlok.Also, known as the Guru of Shivaji Maharaj.
  • Sant Dnyaneshwar ज्ञानेश्वर, also known as "Sant Jñāneshwar" and "Jñanadeva" ज्ञानदेव (1275–1296) saint, poet, philosopher and yogi
  • Sant Eknath संत एकनाथ or Eknāth; the epithet "sant" संत is traditionally given to persons regarded as thoroughly saintly (1533–1599), poet and scholar
  • Sant Tukaram संत तुकाराम (birth-year estimates range from 1577–-1609 – died 1650)
  • Keshav Pandit, also known as Keshav Pandit or Keshav Bhat Pandit (died 1690), religious official under Chhatrapati Shivaji, poet and Sanskrit scholar
  • Raghunath Pandit
  • Suresh Bhat सुरेश भट, 1932–2003), known as Ghazal Samrat (Emperor of ghazals) for his exposition of that form
  • Namdeo Dhasal (born 1949), poet, writer, journalist, editor and Dalit activist
  • Manohar Oak ( born 1933), poet and novelist
  • Arun Kolatkar अरुण बालकृष्ण कोलटकर, (born 1931 or 1932), poet who wrote both in Marathi and English; also a graphic designer
  • Bahinabai Chaudhari बहिणाबाई चौधरी (1880–1951), illiterate poet whose son wrote down her poems for her
  • Tryambak Bapuji Thombre
  • Vilas Sarang (born 1942), writer, critic, translator and poet
  • Kusumagraj कुसुमाग्रज, pen name of Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar विष्णु वामन शिरवाडकर (1912–1999), poet, writer and humanist
  • P. S. Rege (1910–1978), poet, playwright, fiction writer and academic
  • Shanta Shelke शांता शेळके (1922–2002), poet, journalist, a professor, composer, story writer, translator, writer of children's literature (a woman)
  • Hemant Divate (born 1967), poet, editor of Abhidhanantar magazine, translator
  • Manya Joshi (born 1972), a noted Marathi poet
  • Mangesh Narayanrao Kale ( born 1966), poet, editor, critic and translator
  • Mohan Borse ( born 1961) poet, editor, translator
  • Shridhar Tilve (born 1964), poet and critic
  • Saleel Wagh ( born 1967), poet, translator, critic
  • G. D. Madgulkar गजानन दिगंबर माडगूळकर or ग. दि. माडगूळकर , popularly known in his home state of Maharashtra by his initials, Ga Di Ma गदिमा (1919–1977), poet, lyricist, writer and actor; older brother of writer Venkatesh Madgulkar
  • Poet Borkar Balakrishna Bhagwant Borkar and also known as "Baki-baab" (1910–1984) wrote mostly in Marathi but with numerous works in Konkani
  • Varjesh Solanki ( born 1967), an award winning Marathi poet,
  • Vasant Abaji Dahake (born 1942),poet, novelist,playwright, artist, and critic
  • Bhau Panchbhai, poet and dalit activist.
  • Mangesh Padgaonkar (born 1929), मंगेश केशव पाडगांवकर, noted marathi poet and recipient Maharahtra Bhushan Award.

Oriya

  • Salabega (born 1607 or 1608), Muslim author of many bhajans and devotee of Jagannath
  • Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja (born sometime from 1670 to 1688), poet and member of the royal family of a princely state
  • Fakir Mohan Senapati ଫକିର ମୋହନ ସେନାପତି (1843–1918), short-story writer, novelist, poet, writer, government official and social activist who has variously been called the "Father of Modern Oriya Literature" and Vyasakabi or "founder poet" of the language. He wrote what is regarded as the first short story in the Oriya language, whose preservation he championed.
  • Gopabandhu Das called Utkala Mani ("Gem of Odisha"), (1877–1928), social worker, political activist, writer, novelist and poet

Nepali

Punjabi

Main article: List of Punjabi language poets

Rajasthani


Sanskrit

Ancient Poets

Modern Poets

Sindhi

Main article: List of Sindhi language poets

Tamil

Sangam poets (c. 300 BC to 300 AD)

  • Avvaiyar the name of more than one poet who was active during different periods of Tamil literature; Auvaiyar I lived during the Sangam period (c. 1st and 2nd century CE)
  • Kapilar

see also Sangam literature

Post Sangam poets (200 AD to 1000 AD)

Bakthi period poets (700 to 1300 AD)

  • 12 Alvars Namely Poigaialvar, Boothathaalvaar etc.
  • 63 Nayanmars Namely Appar, Sambanthar etc.
  • Sekkizhar (fl. 12th century), poet and scholar

Patriots

  • Subramanya Bharathi சுப்பிரமணிய பாரதி, called Mahakavi Bharati ("Great Poet Bharati") (1882–1921) poet, writer, independence advocate and reformer
  • Subramanya Siva (1884–1925), poet and independence advocate
  • Bharathidasan பாரதிதாசன், also spelt Bharatidasan (1891–1964), poet, playwright, screenwriter, short-story writer and essayist

Modern

Telugu

This list is in alphabetical order by family name (surname). The position (first, second, last place) in a Telugu name is complicated. Traditionally, most Telegu family names have been given first, followed by the given name. For men, the two names are often followed by a caste title, such as Reddy, Sastri or Raju. In the 20th century, caste titles have been replaced by secondary given names such as Rao, Babu and Baba. Women may have only two-part names or an extension of the given name, such as Devi or Amma. Christian names follow the same order, but Muslim names often have the family name at the end. Many poets use one- or two-word pen names.

  • Annamacharya శ్రీ తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య (1408–1503), mystic saint composer of the 15th century, widely regarded as the Telugu pada kavita pitaamaha (grand old man of simple poetry); husband of Tallapaka Tirumalamma
  • Aarudhra, pen name of Bhagavatula Siva Sankara Sastry (1925–1998), author, poet, essayist, writer of stories (including detective stories), playwright, translator, composer of film songs
  • Balijepalli Lakshmikantham, (1881–1953), poet and dramatist
  • Chaganti Somayajulu (1915–1993), short-story writer and poet
  • Chellapilla Venkata Sastry
  • Devulapalli Krishna Sastry (1887–1981), poet and writer of radio plays, known as "Andhra Shelly"
  • Divakarla Tirupati Sastry
  • Errana ఎఱ్ఱన్న also known as "Yellapregada" or "Errapregada" (fl. 14th century), poet in the court of Prolaya Vemareddy who ruled areas in the future state of Andhra Pradesh; third poet of the Kavi Trayam, or "Trinity of Poets", that translated Mahabharatamu into Telugu over the course of a few centuries: he concluded the project by translating the half-finished "Aranya Parvamu" in the mode of Nannaya Bhattaraka and then shifting to that of Tikkana as a bridge between the two styles; honored with the title Prabandha Parameshwara ("the supreme lord of Prabandha") and Shambudasusu; belonged to Srivatsa gotram and Apastambha sutram of the Brahmin caste
    • Gurajada Apparao గురజాడ అప్పారావు (1862–1915) poet, writer and playwright who wrote the first Telugu play, Kanyasulkam; also an influential social reformer sometimes called Mahakavi ("the great poet")
  • Jwalamukhi జ్వాలాముఖీ , pen name of Veeravalli Raghavacharyulu (1938–2008), poet, novelist, writer and political activist
  • Kandukuri Veeresalingam (1848–1919), social reformer, poet, scholar, founded the journal Vivekavardhani, introduced the essay, biography, autobiography and the novel into Telugu literature
  • Molla, also known as "Mollamamba", both popular names of Atukuri Molla (1440–1530) poet who wrote Telugu Ramayan; a woman
  • Nannaya Bhattaraka, also known as the First Poet "Aadi Kavi", the first poet of the Kavi Trayam, or "Trinity of Poets", that translated Mahabharatamu into Telugu over the course of a few centuries
  • Potana, born Bammera Pothana (1450–1510), poet best known for his translation of the Bhagavata Purana from Sanskrit; the book is popularly known as Pothana Bhagavatham
  • Rayaprolu Subba Rao
  • C. R. Reddy
  • Sri Sri – Srirangam Srinivasa Rao (1910–1983)
  • Tallapaka Tirumalamma, also known as "Timmakka" and "Thimmakka" (fl. 15th century) poet who wrote Subhadra Kalyanam; wife of singer-poet Annamacharya and was popularly known as Timmakka
  • Tikkana తిక్కన్న also called "Tikkana Somayaji" (1205–1288) a poet born into a literary family during the Golden Age of Kakatiya dynasty; the second poet of the Kavi Trayam, or "Trinity of Poets", that translated Mahabharatamu into Telugu over the course of a few centuries; he translated last 15 chapters, but didn’t touch the half-finished Aranya Parvamu; the other two poets were Nannaya Bhattaraka and Errana
  • Timmakka – see Tallapaka Tirumalamma
  • Vemana వేమన (fl. 14th century) poet, many of whose poems are now colloquial phrases in Telugu; a yogi or yogi-like person whose poems, in a simple style, are all in the Ataveladi ("dancing lady") meter, dealing with mystic, satirical, moral and social subjects, including social problems and challenging traditions; he is often portrayed in the nude
  • Viswanatha Satyanarayana (1895–1976), popularly known as the Kavi Samraat ("Emperor of Poetry")
  • The great poems from Nannaya and thikanna
Modern Poets

Urdu

Syed Mahmood "Talib" Khundmiri

Main article: List of Urdu language poets

See also

  • Indian poetry
  • "Great Sufi Poets of the Punjab", by R.M. Chopra, Iran Society, Calcutta.

Notes

  1. ^ George, K. M., editor, Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: An Anthology: Surveys and Poems, p 65, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, ISBN 9788172013240, retrieved 8 January 2009
  2. ^ These poets were prominent enough to mention in the introduction of King, Bruce, editor, Modern Indian Poetry in English (first edition), Delhi: Oxford University Press, from Amazon.co display of "Introduction", retrieved 11 December 2008
  3. Knippling, Alpana Sharma, "Chapter 3: Twentieth-Century Indian Literature in English", in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India (Google books link), Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7 ("These poets were joined, in the late 1960s and 1970s by Arvind Krishna Mehrota and Pritish Nandy" – p 91), retrieved 10 December 2008
  4. ^ Knippling, Alpana Sharma, "Chapter 3: Twentieth-Century Indian Literature in English", in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India (Google books link), Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7, retrieved 10 December 2008
  5. http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=11771
  6. ^ Mohan, Sarala Jag, Chapter 4: "Twentieth-Century Gujarati Literature" (Google books link), in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7, retrieved 10 December 2008
  7. ^ Ramanathan, Suguna; Rita Kothari, editors and translators, , published by Sahitya Akademi, 1998, ISBN 978-81-260-0294-8, Google Books version retrieved 17 December 2008
  8. Lal Ded
  9. ^ Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911–1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9, retrieved via Google Books on 23 December 2008
  10. ^ Paniker, Ayyappa, "Modern Malayalam Literature" chapter in George, K. M., editor, ' 'Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology' ', pp 231–255, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, retrieved 10 January 2009
  11. Web page titled "Robin S. Ngangom" at Poetry International website, retrieved 25 January 2009
  12. http://www.servinghistory.com/topics/Manmohan_Acharya
  13. "A Note on Telugu Names", p xix, Hibiscus on the Lake: Twentieth-century Telugu Poetry from India, edited and translated by Velcheru Narayana Rao, University of Wisconsin Press, 2003, ISBN 9780299177041, retrieved 19 January 2009
  14. George, K. M., Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology, p 411, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992 ISBN 978-81-7201-324-0, retrieved via Google Books, 4 January 2008
  15. ^ Natarajan, Nalini and Emmanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India, Chapter 11: "Twentieth-Century Telugu Literature" by G. K. Subbarayudu and C. Vijayasree' ', pp 306–328, retrieved via Google Books, 4 January, 20089 Cite error: The named reference "htclit" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  16. Vaishanava yugamu
  17. "Ismail" article, p 1752, Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature Volume 2, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1988, ISBN 978-81-260-1194-0, retrieved via Google Books on 19 January 2009
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